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Mercadona wanted to find out in Portugal if its business formula works outside of Spain. You already have the answer

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Your bet on the white labelthe short assortment, ready-to-eat foods and territorial expansion has allowed Mercadona to gain almost 30% of the Spanish market, far surpassing its competitors in the retail. That’s nothing new. What is curious is that this same bet seems to be giving good results also in Portugal, a country in which the chain premiered in 2019 with a first store in Vila Nova de Gaia. Since then the Valencian company not only he got sixth in your expansion lusa, has also expanded its business quota. And it doesn’t seem to be going bad at all. Beyond Spain. The percentage may vary depending on the period or region being analyzed, but for some time now studies on retail show that Mercadona is (by far) the chain that takes the largest part of the distribution business in Spain. In January, the consulting firm Nielsen presented a report on “mass consumption” that it assigns to Juan Roig’s chain 29.5% of the marketwell above direct competitors such as Carrefour, Lidl or DIA. This footprint is explained by a strategy that dates back (at least) to the end of the 80s, when the Valencian company made the leap to Madrid. On the other side of ‘la Raya’, however, its history is much more recent. Mercadona did not put its head into the Portuguese market until 2016when it decided to bet on its internationalization, and its first store in the neighboring country is even more recent: a 18,000 m2 supermarket in Vila Nova de Gaia opened in 2019. Chain Distribution share in Portugal (2024) Distribution share in Portugal (2025) Continent 26.6% 27.5% Pingo Doce 21.7% 21.7% Lidl 13% 12.9% Mercadona 7.0% 7.2% Intermarché 6.6% 6.4% Auchan 4.4% 5.3% aldi 2.7% 2.9% Miniprice 23% 0.8% Leclerc 0.8% 0.8% And how is it going there? We knew that the company was expanding for Portugal, which in 2024 achieved a positive net result and that in 2025 its profit in the neighboring country amounted to 26 million of euros; What we have just discovered is that this data is largely explained by its share of business. The Economist just published a report from Worldpanel by Numerator (formerly Kantar) that shows that the Valencian chain has established itself in the ‘TOP 5’ of the most important firms in the Portuguese distribution sector. A percentage: 7.2%. To be more precise, in 2025 its quota rose to 7.2%two percentage points more than in 2024. It is a much lower percentage than in Spain, but it draws attention when analyzed in its context. First, because Mercadona has gained that 7.2% gap in just five years, a time in which it has overtaken firms such as Intermarché, Auchan or Aldi. Second, because it is already the fourth distribution chain in terms of business footprint. It is only surpassed by Lidl (12.9%) and above all Pingo Doce (21.7%) and Continente (27.5%), the undisputed leaders of the retail in the neighboring country. Gaining weight. Mercadona has not only increased its share of the pie in the Portuguese business. It has also expanded its territorial footprint. And clearly. When it opened its first store, in the summer of 2019, the firm has already advanced that its landing did not only include the supermarket in the Porto area, it also contemplated a logistics block, offices and plans to open nine other stores that year. In his last annual reportpresented just a few weeks ago, Mercadona specifies that it closed 2025 with 69 stores, 7,500 employees and a turnover of 2,092 million euros in Portugal, which contributed to closing the year in green. If nothing goes wrong, the company plans launch another five super soon. “Since 2019, the company has invested a cumulative total of 1,230 million euros and, in this second year in which it registered a positive result in the country, it achieved a net profit of 26 million,” explains. According to his calculations, he already monopolizes 3.5% share in total sales area in Portugal. Are they all advantages? Not at all. If Mercadona has managed to establish its business share in Portugal, it has been largely thanks to its investment, the opening of new stores and the creation of a ambitious logistics block in Santarém. However, the Worldpanel by Numerator data that confirms its growth also reflects that it will not be easy if it wants to continue growing. The Valencian firm has Lidl ahead of it, but above all Pingo Doce and Continenttwo chains with decades of history and a very wide presence in Portugal. Between them they add up hundreds and hundreds of points of sale spread across the country and a market share that the old Kantar figure at 49.2%. Images | Continent and Mercadona Via | elEconomista.es In Xataka | Mercadona and the rest of the supermarkets have realized something worrying: they spend a million dollars on printing paper

Magnesium has become the star supplement for constipation. Science is clear about how it works

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Constipation is undoubtedly one of those silent problems that many people carry inside with a lot of suffering due to the symptoms it generates, such as abdominal distention. And in search of different remedies to be able to go to the bathroom regularly, magnesium It has positioned itself as one of the star supplements, whether in the form of pills, powders or even mineral waters. And here the question is clear: does it really work? The engine of the intestine. We know that magnesium acts in our digestive system fundamentally as an osmotic laxative. This means that, by not being completely absorbed in the intestine, it attracts water from the walls into the intestinal lumen. And in the end, this extra hydration softens the stool and increases its volume, which in turn stimulates colon movements that facilitate evacuation. Something very similar to what happens when you consume fiber. The use of magnesium. The most compelling evidence about its proper functioning comes from Japan, where magnesium oxide is a historically used first-line treatment for this problem. Here the science wanted to put it to the test in a group of adult patients with functional chronic constipation, and the results showed that magnesium oxide not only significantly improved stool frequency, but also stool shape and colonic transit time. The most revealing data is the overall response rate, since 70.6% of those treated with magnesium oxide saw their periods of constipation reduced compared to 25% of the control group. But beyond this, patients reported an improvement in their quality of life, demonstrating that magnesium goes beyond simple punctual symptomatic relief. Natural prevention. It is not always necessary to resort to supplementation in pills, since intake through food also plays a fundamental preventive role. Analysis of the NHANES database in American adults reveals a clear correlation: increased consumption in the diet Magnesium is associated with a lower prevalence of being constipated, which is an effect that is very marked in men. This is also adds the power of mineralized waters rich in magnesium and sulfate that have been seen to have a real therapeutic impact. The data suggests that a dose of 20 mmol per day is sufficient to increase the number of bowel movements and improve the consistency of the stool from the second week of consumption, making these waters a very important dietary tool that should always be present in cases of constipation. The pediatric dilemma. In the case of children, everything changes, and it forces us to be very careful because what may be good for an adult does not have to be transferred to the little ones. And, although science suggests that at a physiological level, frequency and consistency are improved and abdominal pain is reduced, it has an important problem: taste. Here studies suggest that a good part of children can reject magnesium oxide orally. Likewise, in the pediatric field it is always better to avoid supplementation and consult a specialist in order to receive the best possible treatment and under strict control by doctors. Your fine print. Magnesium is a priori natural, but this is not synonymous with ‘harmless’. The B side of magnesium supplementation lies in the possibility of having an excess of magnesium in the blood in cases where it is thought that the more, the better. An excess of magnesium in the blood due to self-medication can directly affect the kidneys, which are ultimately responsible for filtering and excreting this excess, so those people who already have an underlying kidney problem should be very careful about overdoing it with this ‘natural’ remedy. In Xataka | There are people obsessed with consuming magnesium as a supplement when the best way is to put it in your diet

If the controversy is that AI steals works in its training, the European Union has the solution: license them

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A few weeks ago the Washington Post published this image of the “Panama Project”: It is a warehouse with hundreds of thousands of books waiting their turn to be scanned and destroyed in the process. It is part of an internal program Anthropic to train its AI and the result of tens of millions of dollars in purchases to digitize all those works without permission from their authors. They are not the only ones who “they borrow” copyrighted content to train their artificial intelligences and the European Union is clear about something: stop stealing protected content and properly license works to train AI. And AI companies defend themselves by saying that no one is going to think about small companies. Europe is clear: if you want to train AI, pay the author It is curious how the entertainment industry and the regulation of countries shook hands at the beginning of the 2000s with those ads of “you wouldn’t steal a purse. You wouldn’t steal a car. Don’t steal a movie.” They portrayed copying a CD or downloading a movie as if you were breaking into the Pentagon’s systems. Years later, that same industry turns a deaf ear given what big technology companies are doing to train AI. The Washington Post document states that others such as Meta, Google and OpenAI They had also participated in the race to obtain data in bulk for your models. There are kicking examples, like the 81.7 TB of copyrighted books that you have downloaded Meta or that OpenAI will use animation from all the studios to train its AI (earning reproaches by Ghigli and more Japanese studies and complaining that Deepseek has looted ChatGPT). Given the context, it is time to say that the European Parliament has grown tired of this and has one of the things he is best at: legislating. In this case, it makes perfect sense for Europe to take this measure, and the agency issued a report non-binding law that urges the European Commission to develop rules that set minimum standards for these AI companies. “Generative AI should not operate outside the rule of law” Basically, if they use protected content for their training, they must license it and also compensate the authors. with the title “Protecting creative work with copyright in the age of AI”the European Parliament demands a series of measures apart from licensing the works. They are the following: Calls for the transparent and remunerated use of protected content to train generative AI. AI vendors are expected to recognize and pay for the copyrighted work they used to train their systems. Measures so that owners of works with rights can exclude their protected work from training. The reason that they argue MEPs is that “generative AI should not operate outside the rule of law. If copyrighted works are used to train artificial intelligence systems, creators have the right to transparency, legal certainty and fair compensation.” The European Group of Societies of Authors and Composers, or GESAC, points in the same direction. In statements to EuronewsAdriana Moscoso del Prado, general manager of GESAC; assures that “this vote adds to the growing recognition at the EU level of what is at stake. Innovation, equity and cultural sovereignty must go hand in hand.” AI companies fight back From the CCIA, the Computer and Communications Industry Association, it was noted that this is not a measure to protect artists, but rather “a compliance tax.” That is, something that must be fulfilled no matter what and that goes against progress. The group argued that such a measure would not go against large companies, but against small ones. They say that many will have difficulty negotiating complex licensing agreements with major publishers, “holding back Europe’s digital competitiveness on the global stage” and stating that what they would need to do is improve existing laws in the European Union, including the AI ​​Law and the Copyright Directive. In any case, there is nothing on the table at the moment. As we say, it is a self-initiative report by Parliament and is not binding. The Commission can now consider whether to do so or not, but it makes one thing clear: Parliament’s position on any future AI measures by the Commission. The problem is that generative AI has already plundered millions of copyrighted works on which it can build its next interactions. The software has tons of information to pivot on and can evolve in other areas, like stopping hallucinating, for example. And it is another example of the two speeds of this matter: the technological ones taking the first steps and the legislators behind them seeing what can be done when the act they want to legislate on was already carried out years ago. Images | Washington Post, Anti-Piracy Campaign (edited) In Xataka | The AI ​​industry is only sustainable by violating copyright laws. So he’s trying to eradicate them

What is Antigravity, how it works and what you can do with Google’s artificial intelligence IDE

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Let’s explain to you what is Antigravity and what you can do with this Google development tool. It is a popular developer environment powered by artificial intelligencewhich makes creating web projects as easy as possible. We are going to start the article by explaining to you in a simple way what it is. Antigravity. Then, we are going to tell you its main functions and what you will be able to do with it. Next, we will mention how you can use it, giving you the essential news, and we will end by talking about its price and availability. What is Antigravity Antigravity is an integrated development environment (IDE)one of those programs that developers use for programs. Come on, it is used to write code and create applications or web pages. The difference is that Antigravity is an IDE powered by artificial intelligence. This means you can delegate complex coding tasks to autonomous AI agents to write the bulk of the code and perform checks. Come on, instead of writing all the code by hand as in classic IDEs, simply you explain to the Antigravity assistant what you wantand then it will use artificial intelligence to plan it, schedule it, test it, and show you the final results for you to review. Just as there are other AI programming tools whose agents simply assist you while you write and you do the bulk of the work, Antigravity is the opposite. Here the burden of writing code falls on the AI, while you are just telling it the concept you want and reviewing everything. So, it is an IDE for whoever doesn’t know how to program can do it. It’s like one of those generative artificial intelligence that responds with text or creates images or videos of whatever you ask, but instead what it does is write code. There are other AI services like Claude that have very good capabilities in writing code. However, Antigravity is capable of not only generating the code, but also testing it, detect and correct errors that could have been generated. And as for the artificial intelligence to which it delegates, its agents use the Gemini, Claude and GPT models. As new versions are released, they are added, but today Gemini 3.1 Pro, Gemini 3 Flash, Claude Sonnet and Opus 4.6, and gpt-oss-120b are available. In essence, making a website with Antigravity can be a little more complicated than making it with Claude if you are an inexperienced user. But if you are a developer, you will have much more controland you will also be able to take advantage of AI to review other projects you have created. What you can do with Antigravity Antigravity is not simply a code editor, but goes much further. For a start. Let’s leave you a list with the main functions What does this tool have: Planning and autonomous execution of tasks. Antigravity agents can autonomously plan, execute, and verify complex tasks through the editor, terminal, and browser. You simply give it the instruction in natural language, which can range from creating a website to reviewing an existing one, and the agent will take care of the process, from planning to implementation. Management of multiple agents in parallel. In the Manager view, a developer can launch five different agents working on five different bugs simultaneously, effectively multiplying their productivity. Verifiable artifacts. Agents produce tangible deliverable artifacts such as task lists, implementation plans, screenshots, and browser recordings. This way, you can verify the logic that the agent is following, and leave comments on the artifact to make corrections or leave feedback without stopping their workflow. Browser control for automatic testing. Antigravity’s browser subagents can launch Chrome, interact with your application interface or website, and verify its operation automatically. Come on, in addition to creating a website you can have the AI ​​verify that everything works well. Two modes of work. Antigravity offers a Plan mode, which generates a detailed plan before acting on complex tasks, and a Fast mode, which executes instructions instantly, great for quick fixes. You can also choose the level of autonomy you give the agent. Compatibility with the existing ecosystem. Antigravity works on top of your existing toolchain: Git, language runtimes, package managers, CLIs, and browsers, so you can open the same repositories and run the same commands you already use. How Antigravity works The way Antigravity works is simple. The main screen is divided into two. On one side you will have the code, where you can open and see the content of the projects. And on the other side you will have the artificial intelligence agent, with a writing prompt where you will only have to describe the website you want. If you want to create a project from scratch, then go to the agents section and Describe the website or application you want to create. You’ll need to do this as completely and thoroughly as possible, talking about what you want it to be able to do, and describing the design you have in mind. Then, send it the prompt and Antigravity will first start thinking about how to do it, and then it will start writing the code, which you will see in the other part of the application. During the process, you will be able to see how the agent is thinking, and this will ask your permission to make changes or actions. You can also, when you launch Antigravity, open a project you already have to see its code. Then, in the agent section you can ask them to make the changes or checks you want. Price and availability You can use Antigravity with your free Google account. This means that you will be able to use it to create any website or application without problems. It is designed for occasional and not very demanding use. However, if you pay for a Google AI Pro or Ultra subscription, you will have much broader limits if you are a professional developer … Read more

In 1850, Almería inaugurated one of the largest hydraulic works in 19th century Spain. It was a complete disaster

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It is May 8, 1850, Níjar (Almería). Although the promoters have been trying for months, finally the inauguration of the Isabel II reservoir will not have the physical presence of the Queen which gives it its name. But they are not going to let that ruin the moment, their moment. We talk about what may be the largest hydraulic work of the Andalusian 19th century and one of the most ambitious on the peninsula: 35 meters of stonework built at will by more than a thousand private investors that culminate the old dream of the Duchess of Abrantes, to build a dam along the Rambla del Carrizal. A dam doomed to failure. Money in abundance. In 1821, in the heat of the mining boom in the Sierra Almagrera of Almería, Diego María Madollel He created ‘Irrigation of Níjar’ and obtained tax exemptions from the crown. The idea was simple: build a stone structure 44 meters long and 35 meters high with the idea of ​​irrigating more than 18,000 hectares in Campo de Níjar and Campohermoso. Over the next 40 years, Madollel would learn that there are many ways to fail. The first was almost immediate. The second took almost twenty years and the third, in 1842, with the constitution of the Níjar Reservoir Company, seemed to be the good one. The businessman gathered more than a thousand shareholders from Almería, Murcia, Málaga, Madrid and Valencia (people who had become rich from the mines, wanted to invest, but did not know much about the matter) and got the state to declare the project a ‘public utility’; but, five years later, the project could not get off the ground. It wouldn’t have started, but In 1848 the drought began. A persistent, sharp and prophetic drought… but that promoted the construction of the swamp. Madollel saw his opportunity and began selling water rights. The construction moved forward, the Murcian Jerónimo Ros took control of the construction and by 1857 not only the dam was finished, but also a very complex system of irrigation canals and pipes. Madollel had built a hydrological Ferrari: but the road was not in condition to go more than 20 kilometers per hour. How much everything goes wrong. Despite the very long development, the promoters did almost everything wrong. To begin with, they did not carry out hydrological studies of the area and that prevented them from realizing that the riverbed did not have enough flow to fill the reservoir or to irrigate 18,000 hectares. Furthermore, they did not realize that the regime of the boulevard was ‘torrential’: when it rains, it does so torrentially and that causes enormous amounts of sediment to be washed away. By 1871, the reservoir was completely blocked. The failure was enormous. Or almost. Because, although it is true that today the prey is a relic for hikersthe truth is that Madollel did have some vision. Today the Campo de Níjar is the epicenter of one of the largest seas of plastics in the country. The hydrological pressures are the same or worse, but this shows that it doesn’t matter how many times the climate twists our hand, the man is there to try again. Image | ANE In Xataka | The reservoir that would “never be filled” is opening its floodgates: 23 years later, the largest swamp in Western Europe is completely full

a textbook “if something works, don’t change it”, but with two beastly hearts

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Apple is having a big week. The company is not attending the Mobile World Congress, but has decided to talk about it this week. Yesterday he presented the iPhone 17e and today they were playing the laptops. If last year they launched the MacBook Pro with an M5 processor, it was clear that it was our turn to see the older brothers. Next, we go with all the details of the new MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max. Some beasts with eight times more AI performance (but with immense fine print). First of all, the technical sheet of the new laptops. Technical sheet of the MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max 14 inch macbook pro 16 inch Macbook Pro screen 14.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR 3,024 by 1,964 pixels ProMotion technology with up to 120Hz adaptive refresh rate HDR 1,600 nits (peak) 16.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR 3,456 by 2,234 pixels ProMotion technology with up to 120Hz adaptive refresh rate HDR 1,600 nits (peak) processor Apple M5 Apple M5 Pro Apple M5 Max Apple M5 Pro Apple M5 Max RAM 16 to 128 GB 24 to 128 GB storage 1TB to 8TB 1TB to 8TB ports SDXC card slot HDMI port 3.5mm headphone jack MagSafe 3 port 3x Thunderbolt 4 (USB‑C) SDXC card slot HDMI port 3.5mm headphone jack MagSafe 3 port 3x Thunderbolt 4 (USB‑C) WEIGHT 1.55kg 2.14kg webcam and sound 12MP Center Stage and Top-down View Camera Six Dolby Atmos speakers 12MP Center Stage and Top-down View Camera Six Dolby Atmos speakers battery 72.4Wh Fast charging with a 96W adapter 100Wh Fast charging with 140W adapter operating system macOS 26 Tahoe macOS 26 Tahoe price From 1,929 euros From 3,049 euros Identical on the outside We said it in analysis of the MacBook Pro with M5: Apple is one of the few companies that can afford to launch a generation without it being noticed. With the iPhone it is something that was set in stone with the notch, now with the ‘Dynamic Island’ and with the MacBook the same thing is happening. They made the change by introducing the notch and giving us connection ports again and, since then, the changes have been more internal than external. In this sense, the new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro are no exception. In development…

I have tried all the browsers with AI on the market and the one that works best is the one that started the worst: Dia

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I started using Arc in the summer of 2024. I was slow to get into it (I had tried it before and found it too capricious, too determined to teach me how to sail when I already knew) but when I arrived, I really arrived. Vertical tabs. The spaces. The way he organized the digital day without me having to think about it too much. Arc to me was not just a browser: it was a work environment. And then The Browser Company Dia announced. I remember it with some annoyance. Josh Miller, the company’s CEO, uploaded a video talking about “something new,” and Arc was in “minimal maintenance,” a euphemism for not saying the word “abandonment.” The Arc community complained, rightly so, and I joined the discontent. They had built something great and threw it overboard at the first opportunity to pursue the AI ​​chimera. Still, I tried Dia as soon as I could and wrote about it: You opened Dia and saw Chrome. Chrome with better typography, Chrome with more careful animations, but Chrome nonetheless. No split tabs, no gaps, no anything that had made Arc great. Just a chatbot in the sidebar. I closed it and went back to Arc, which continued to work despite the abandonment warnings, until I started trying other AI-based browsers. Months passed and Dia was updated, week by week, with a striking cadence. And at some point I started to notice something: the things I missed were coming backsometimes even improved. First the vertical tabs, which Arc had popularized and which Chrome has just announced that it will also adopt, something that says a lot about who sets the pace in browser design. Then the groups of eyelashes, with that aesthetic care that has always been a trademark of the house and now goes further than before. Other browsers already have this feature, but “not like this.” Recently, the split viewwhich I have been using for years in Arc and which is one of those functions that, once you have it, you don’t understand how you navigated without it: Simultaneous view of several tabs in a single window. Split tab view to display multiple tabs in a single window. Image: Xataka. Tab groups have even partly replaced my use of favorites. You can create them by hand or see how they are automatically grouped and renamed when you open multiple tabs from the same place. Its design and user experience are fantastic. Image: Xataka. The set favorites are still there. Tabs in the sidebar also ended up coming to Dia. And between both blocks, the groups of tabs. Image: Xataka. There is a pattern in The Browser Company that you should have already learned with Arc: they release something that seems incomplete, almost “psché”, and then they improve it until you can’t put it down anymore. It took me two tries to fall in love with Arc. Something similar has happened with Dia, only the process has been longer and the reconciliation more gradual. And that boss now has to live with a new owner, because since September This company was bought by Atlassianwhich wants to make Dia the reference for working with AI. Nothing has changed at the moment on a day-to-day basis (pun intended) of the browser. What Dia has done smartly (and differently than Arc) is start almost from scratch and give up all the weirdness. Arc asked you to adapt to it, to learn its logic, to assume its curve. And Dia does exactly the opposite: she is very Chromiumvery familiar, very little foreign to anyone coming from Chrome and not as rigid as Arc. That takes a toll: some of Arc’s more radical ideas have been lost in the transition, but it also means it doesn’t create as much friction for the average user. You open Dia and browse. There is no twenty-minute tutorial on how to think about tabs, which is something that penalized the growth of Arc: those of us who used it loved it, but many people left when they saw that they did not understand the proposal. The weight is what catches my attention the most on the negative side: it’s around gigabyte, which is an outrage for a browser. And there is no mobile version yet. That hurts more, because it means the experience is split between devices, and the consistency Arc was trying to offer across platforms doesn’t yet exist on Dia. I hope they don’t take long. In theory it will arrive this year. Regarding AI, it is not what I use the most. Of course I use Claude or Gemini, I mean Dia’s chatbot sidebar. It’s not something I used on Dia nor have I used much on Neon, Atlas or Comet, the other three that I’ve tested in some depth. The chat in the sidebar is a good complement, I can ask it something about the tab I have open, ask it to summarize several at once, respond with context of what I am reading; but it is not the focus of my browsing experience. All three browsers conveyed at their launch that AI would change everything, and reality is more modest– It’s useful, sometimes very useful, but it doesn’t transform your workflow in the same way that a good tab design does. At least in my experience. I have tested more browsers that leverage AI for their value proposition. And they all have their strong points: Comet It is very fast and efficient searching for information in real time. Atlas is very capable when you need to systematically extract data from multiple pages, but none have the level of care in the experience that Dia has. Opera Neon is a browser built from the ground up for the AI ​​era, with much more than a well-placed chatbot. But it’s not just that they work. Dia feels good. There is something in the design, in the animations, in how the groups of tabs are constructed, that remains … Read more

What it is, what you can do with it and how it works to create your bots within Telegram

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Let’s explain to you What is BotFather and how does it work? This father of bots, a bot created by Telegram to be able to create other bots within the messaging app. When you want to proceed to carry out projects such as controlling an AI agent from Telegram, or you simply want to have your information and news bot, this will always be the first step to take. Let’s start by explaining what exactly this bot is. Then, we’ll go on to summarize the things you can do with it, and we’ll finish by telling you how you can use it to create your own bot. What is BotFather BotFather is the official Telegram bot to create and manage bots created by you. Its idea is to be a bot that literally acts as the father of all the bots within the platform. Being official, this bot has been created and is maintained by the official Telegram team, not by third parties. With this Telegram bot you will be able to create a bot, give it a name, add a description and avatar, and manage it as you wish. It will also give you a bot token to connect to it. to an external program with which to control it and make it work. Therefore, what BotFather allows you to do is create the bot shellbut then you will need to connect it to some program to give it functionality. Of course, it will also allow you to edit the welcome message, configure visible commandsactivate or deactivate privacy mode or manage your permissions. But then, the actual programming of the bot will have to be done outside. In summary, we can say that this is a bot for creating bots, and that it works in such an extremely simple way that democratizes creating them so that anyone can do it. Of course, without forgetting that you only create the framework, then making it work depends on your skills connecting it with the tools where you program it. What you can do with BotFather The main function of BotFather is to create new bots which will remain in your name so that you can use them as you wish. You will be able to create a name and you will have to give them a username to be located. When you create a bot, you will receive the access token to connect it to external tools. You can also customize the bot you created to adapt it to your needs. You can change their description, their “about” presentation, and their profile photo. You can also choose the list of commands it accepts, and activate or deactivate advanced functions such as inline mode to use it from the text bar of any chat, its payment system, or its privacy in groups. In addition to this, you will also be able to edit the bot to change these aspects as you want, as well as regenerate access tokens in case you need a new one. How to use BotFather. Creating bots is as easy as open a chat in BotFather and write /newbot. This will open a process where you will first have to type the bot name and then the username. The bot’s username, the @bot to find and write to, must be empty and end in “bot.” Once you have it, you will be given the API token and the address to access it. Then, in the bot you will always have a button open that opens a window with your bots. By pressing one of them you can enter its settings and change all the aspects you want about it, from the commands to the information or the internal games and all its settings. In these options you will also be able to configure your payment system, and transfer or delete it. If you delete it, the bot will disappear forever and its username will be free. And if you transfer it, you will make a different user own it and be able to control and configure it. You will no longer be able to do it. In Xataka Basics | How to create a Telegram bot that sends you a summary made by Gemini of each email you receive in Gmail and other emails

How the new document that registers the fingerprint and iris of citizens works

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The Government of Mexico has decided to update the identity document of its citizens. The Unique Population Registry Code (CURP) goes from its classic 18-character format to become a biometric document which incorporates fingerprints, facial photography, electronic signature and even iris scanning. The change is no small feat, since it affects the entire population. And that is precisely why there have also been certain doubts about its implementation. What exactly is biometric CURP. The CURP is the personal identifier that the Mexican State assigns to each citizen and resident of the country. In its traditional version, it was simply an alphanumeric key printed on paper. This new biometric version maintains this, but now also includes a photograph of the holder, electronic signature, QR code with cryptographic authentication and, in most cases, iris registration. Management is carried out by the National Population Registry (RENAPO). What is it for and what problem does it seek to solve. The Government of Claudia Sheinbaum has placed the fight against disappearances in Mexico as one of the main arguments to promote this new measure. By integrating biometric data into the ‘Single Identity Platform’, authorities will be able to carry out identity searches and validations on site, connecting the RENAPO bases with the National Forensic Data Bank and with records from institutions such as the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) or state intelligence bodies. Beyond that, the document also seeks to combat identity theft, reduce the proliferation of falsified documents and simplify procedures such as opening bank accounts, accessing health services, applying for a passport or school registrations. What data does it collect and how does the document look like? Citizens have to appear at the Civil Registry, and the process usually takes between 20 and 30 minutes. During that time, ten fingerprints, a scan of the iris of both eyes, a photo, and the applicant’s digital signature are taken. The document is issued in physical and digital format, and includes the usual personal data (name, date and place of birth, sex, nationality) along with the new biometric elements and a QR code that gives encrypted access to all that information. As the Government assures, the document is valid both nationally and internationally. Who should process it and when. The decree establishes that the biometric CURP will be mandatory for all Mexican citizens and legal residents. However, its implementation is being gradual. The measure came into force last Octoberwith a pilot phase that involved Mexico City, the State of Mexico and Veracruz, and since then the expansion has reached other regions, including Jalisco, Nuevo León, Querétaro and Tlalnepantla. According to RENAPO, from October 2025 145 modules operate throughout the country. Starting this month of February, this document will be requested for certain government and private services. Although the traditional CURP will continue to be valid during this transition period, public institutions and banks will progressively require the biometric version for new procedures or data updates. What documents do you have to bring? The process is in person, free and is carried out only once. To attend the module, you must present: Original birth certificate or certified copy Valid official identification with photograph (INE, passport or professional ID; for minors, school ID) Validated traditional CURP Proof of address no older than three months personal email According to the authorities, in the case of minors, they must be accompanied by their mother, father or legal guardian. Where is it processed? The enabled modules include RENAPO offices, Civil Registry offices, the CURP Mobile service and itinerant modules installed in schools and community centers. The institution recommends managing the prior appointment through the official website from RENAPO. Issues. Despite the official argument to implement the measure, the project has not been without criticism. The fact of being obliged to transfer biometric data to the State (fingerprints, irises, photographs) has generated discomfort among citizens, especially those who fear improper use of this information or an expansion of mass surveillance. The decree establishes that the data will be stored under strict security protocols and with audited access in accordance with the General Law on Protection of Personal Data, although the real effectiveness of these guarantees is, reasonably, a matter of debate. From GQ Mexico express that some citizens do not feel comfortable providing information of this nature to the Government, although others consider that it is not new given the level of personal data that already circulates on the Internet. What happens if it is not processed. There are no economic sanctions if a citizen does not request the biometric CURP, but there are practical consequencesespecially in terms of blocking access to certain services. And those who do not have it when it is required may see their request rejected in public or banking procedures, longer waits in administrative procedures or incompatibilities in digital identity records. How to check if you already have it. To know if the biometric registration has already been processed, simply access the official portal of the CURP. If the receipt shows “CURP Biometric – Verified with RENAPO and Civil Registry”, the record is already updated. You can also go directly to any Civil Registry or RENAPO module to confirm it in person. Cover image | SEGOB and Onur Binay In Xataka | The US closed the El Paso airport and everyone looked at the Mexican cartel. It was worse: it was the US with a weapon that it did not know how to use

What is Claude Cowork, how it works, and what things you can do with this AI assistant on your computer

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Let’s explain to you What is Claude Cowork and how does it work?one of the advanced tools of the artificial intelligence of Claude. It is an automation assistant for the computer, a kind of AI agent which you can ask to do tasks on your PC without you having to touch anything. Let’s start by explaining what it is so that you understand the concept. Then we will tell you how it works, to finish by giving you some examples of the things you can do with it. What is Claude Cowork Claude Cowork is basically a personal assistant with artificial intelligence Designed to work natively on your computer. This way, you can use Claude on your Windows or Mac PC to ask it to do things automatically. It has been designed above all to help you with the repetitive tasks you do in your daily life with files, folders and applications. Imagine being able to ask the AI ​​to do things like rename files in a folder, look for duplicates, or even give you summaries of the contents of these files. It is something similar to an AI Agent, but it is not exactly this. AI agents are capable of doing complex tasks for you, like booking a hotel. However, Claude Cowork is designed specifically for automate tasks with files and applicationsand manage the operating system of your local computer. So it doesn’t have as many features, but it does what it’s trained to do better. This tool is available in the Claude desktop appalthough only for paying users. This means that you always have it available. In addition to this, You can also give access to your browser to be able to ask it to do tasks on it or interact with web content, but for that you need to install the extension Claude in Chrome. How Claude Cowork works The way Claude Cowork works is very simple. You open the Claude application and go to the Cowork tab, and in there you ask him what you want him to do using natural language. When making the request, you will have to specify what you want, the folder where you want it done, and all the details you want. Here, you should think that you are asking a person for the task. If you want to change the name of the files in a folder, you will have to specify that you want to rename them, indicate what folder it is, and even the format, in case you want it to be “Year-Month-Name” or any other. Cowork has controlled access to your file systemso that you can decide and customize which elements you can touch and which ones you can’t. When you make a request you can even choose the folder where you want it to act. This tool will first process your text to understand what you want, and then will chain several actions to carry it out. It will be Claude’s own AI that will figure out the way he wants to do it, and if necessary because it doesn’t work, rectify it to do it another way. In the Claude app, within the Cowork section, you will be able to see step by step what it is doing this assistant. The AI ​​will ask you for permission on each piece of data, for example to rename files or connect to a tool, and you can always see the progress and stop it whenever you want. Lastly, you should know that you can use the connectors and extensions to link web services and applications on your computer and be able to do things in them. You can add your notes application, Spotify, or the messaging app among many others. But also web services such as Gmail, Google Drive, Notion, Trivago, WordPress, and many others. What you can do with Cowork The uses of this tool depend on many things, although there are a series of basic actions that you can know and that will save you a lot of time. They are the following: File management: Manage files in any folder, organizing downloads, renaming batches of files with specific patterns, moving documents between folders, finding and deleting duplicates, zipping and unzipping files, and more. Document processing: You can process various document types by extracting text from PDFs, converting files from one format to another, combining multiple documents into one, or extracting specific data from multiple files to create summaries. Automation of repetitive tasks: It can also help you automate tasks you do every day or week, such as preparing reports by putting together data from different files, creating folder structures for new projects, or making organized backups of certain files. Cleaning and maintenance: You can also ask it to do tasks like asking it to delete old files that you no longer need, clean up temporary folders, organize your photo or music library, or find large files that are taking up space. But these are just the basic features of Cowork, and you can get it to do many more things connecting it to cloud services, other applications, or installing the extension to use Chrome. To give an example, I have asked you to create a text file with the list of all the songs (more than 600) that I have in a certain playlist on my Spotify account. So Claude ran his Chrome extension, I could see it go to my Spotify account, I gave him permission to log in, he then looked for various ways to read the songs in the list (first a script and then using the mouse to scroll), and then he created the plain text document. In Xataka Basics | Claude: 23 functions and some tricks to get the most out of this artificial intelligence

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