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Apple seeks to reinvent itself beyond the iPhone

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Apple seeks to reinvent itself beyond the iPhone Launches its new video platform and launches its own credit card   The experts and the market expected a new platform that would face Netflix, the great king of the market. The lights of the great theater Steve Jobs of the Apple Park have been ignited to discover a new stage in Apple and that wants to prop up a leg of the business of the giant of Cupertino: the services. Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, has a goal and wants to get it: 50,000 million dollars of income for services in 2020. iPhones, iPads, Macs have given way to other ads.   With all the lights looking at Apple, the giant of Cupertino has taken his chest and has pulled Hollywood stars to present his new Apple TV + and the first face, Steven Spielberg. A declaration of intentions, because the misunderstandings of the renowned director with Netflix are already known. However, the bet of Apple, beyond stars of the Seventh Art, has been in an ad without major ...

Q, the first assistant without gender

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Q, the first assistant without gender A campaign denounces gender stereotypes in virtual assistants   At the end of last year, the agency Tangoº, along with the National Confederation of Women in Equality and the Association of Men for Gender Equality (AHIGE) launched a campaign to ask that virtual assistants such as Siri or Alexa stop having a voice. woman. "Sometimes gender stereotypes are so established in our daily lives that they go unnoticed," they said. A complaint that has been repeated by several countries and that has had echo. Virtue and Copenhagen Pride have created Q, the first neutral voice assistant that does not sound like a man or a woman.   His first public words came earlier this month in Texas (United States) at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin. During the programming of Q, the researchers recorded 24 people who identified themselves as binary gender, transgender or fluid gender. The objective of these tests was the search for a co...

«If the boxes hid something in Bankia, the first one deceived was me»

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«If the boxes hid something in Bankia, the first one deceived was me» Verdú, former CEO, follows the defensive line of "it was not my responsibility", although he claims that the bank's accounts "have been the most blessed in Spain"   The defense manual being followed by those who were the main collaborators of Rodrigo Rato in the Bankia dome begins to be clear and introduces nuances regarding the position of his former boss, who denies any type of irregularities and glimpses a kind of political plot in his forced exit as in the subsequent criminal process. Unlike him, both José Manuel Fernández Norniella , who was executive director, and Francisco Verdú , who was named 'number two' of the entity, are not so clear in denying that there could be "problems" and bad performances, but they coincide in that they were not "under their responsibility". This line of argument has led in recent days to the visible anger of the chie...

Villalobos rules out reconvening the Toledo Pact

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Villalobos rules out reconvening the Toledo Pact The PSOE tries to save the agreement and announces that it will present a minimum text that includes only the first two recommendations   «The document is not sufficiently consensual». With this reason, the president of the Toledo Pact Commission, Celia Villalobos - who announced her farewell to politics yesterday - justified her decision not to call a new meeting to discuss the proposals that the groups had reached during the most two and a half years of work. PSOE, PNV, PDeCAT and Compromís had filed the petition the day before. However, the formations voted against it yesterday because there was no consensus text that could be submitted to debate and voting, with four noes (PP, Podemos and Ciudadanos) and a yes (the PSOE). This happened just 24 hours after Podemos could unmark yesterday a possible agreement by announcing that he would present particular votes to 20 of the 21 recommendations drafted.   However, th...

The Swiss bank UBS, fined in France with 3,700 million euros for tax fraud

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The Swiss bank UBS, fined in France with 3,700 million euros for tax fraud He is sanctioned for helping his clients hide billions from the country's tax authorities   The French justice has condemned on Wednesday the Swiss bank UBS to a fine of 3,700 million euros, a record sum in France, in a case of tax fraud. The group was sanctioned for helping its French clients hide billions of euros from the country's tax authorities. The bank's lawyers announced that they would appeal the judgment. The trial began late last year after seven investigations that began when a former employee alleged alleged illegalities. The start of the investigation coincided with an offensive by the European authorities against tax evasion and certain banking practices after the global financial crisis of 2008.   The pressure led Switzerland to give up its banking secrecy and join the more than 90 countries that agreed to automatically share their bank details with each other. In the ca...

Facial recognition accumulates problems

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Facial recognition accumulates problems An NBC investigation reveals the use of images without consent   Facial recognition continues to make inroads in the world of smartphones and also in the different security devices in cities. However, although it keeps updating and improving its algorithm, it shows more and more bias problems. The most advanced in the field is Amazon with its Rekognition system, although it has been involved in more than one scandal. Now, the ball is on the roof of IBM after an investigation of the US network NBC.    Algorithms and machine learning need continuous training with images and the large bank of photographs is internet. The network of networks stores a wide range of faces. Users upload their favorite photos to the cloud, share their funniest moments on social networks. With this information, researchers and academics can collect hundreds of data on sex, age, race and facial features, despite all the final problems of facial recognition to...

Renault News for the Talisman, Espace and Koleos

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Renault News for the Talisman, Espace and Koleos Add a specific range high and new gasoline and diesel engines   Renault renews part of its range, specifically the Talisman models (in its two bodies), Espace and the Koleos SUV. It incorporates a high-end equipment that is identified by a prominent logo on a large calender and adds a new generation of gasoline and diesel engines with the latest emission reduction technologies to meet the most demanding standards. These three vehicles bring details such as the shark antenna on the roof, the C-shaped full- light luminous signature that reflects a more striking image, the large diameter wheels and the sculpted high flanks combined with the reduced lateral glass surfaces that add a largest premium packaging. The feeling of perceived quality improves with the finish of the leather with stitching, the satin finish of the chromed inserts and the trim of the doors.   There are small details in the respective ranges, such a...

BMW Z4, for sale

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BMW Z4, for sale  With a price of 48,900 euros, the first units will arrive in March  BMW has just announced the commercialization of the new Z4. A cabrio with two seats with a daring design, lighter compared to the previous generation and with a lower center of gravity. The range consists of three versions with the names sDrive 20i, SDrive 30i and the exclusive and powerful M40i with 340 horses. The new Z4 incorporates a whole battery of technological elements. In addition, it releases the version of the operating system 7.0, the new graphics of the recent Series 8 and X5 and a connectivity of last generation. You can also equip the small Head-Up Display, with an identical size to the Series 7. The hood is canvas, electric drive in all versions and opens in just ten seconds; It is possible to do it up to 50 km / h. The standard equipment includes the Connectivity package, with alarm, Live Cockpit Professional, Connected Package Professional, wireless charging, Wi...