The virtual assistant of the Galaxy S8, Bixby, is already available worldwide, although you may want to wait.

As announced by Samsung on Tuesday, Bixby is available from today for all users, although it only works in English and Korean. This means that you can use Bixby regardless of your region, but you must use Bixby in one of those two language options – because there is no more.

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Samsung has another point against. If you know English is not enough to take advantage of Bixby, because Samsung says that not all accents, dialects and expressions are recognized by the virtual assistant with less than a year to be in the Galaxy S8.

The technology giant says that you can activate this feature from today on your Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus by simply saying hello to Bixby or pressing the side button dedicated to awakening it.

The Galaxy S8 is the only product that can work with Bixby, but it will not be this way for long. This week, Samsung will present the Galaxy Note 8 which, in addition to having a design similar to the S8, will have integration with Bixby.

However, the Note 8 will also have some new features, such as a new S Pen and a double lens rear camera. Do not miss the LIVE BLOG of CNET en Español, because we will be covering the event of Note 8 live from New York.

This Monday, August 21, a solar eclipse could be seen totally in the United States and partially in Mexico. In Zacatecas only 25 to 50 percent of its splendor could be observed, while in northern states such as Baja California and Sonora it was appreciated from 50 to 70 percent.

Undoubtedly this natural phenomenon generated great expectation in the Zacatecan, so large and small went to open spaces in the hope of capturing this very unusual moment.

“It is an event that children should see and take advantage of, and appreciate this beautiful natural phenomenon” (…) “Enjoy it, because at the end of the day you have to enjoy, that’s why we come from the fast school” expressed the Zacatecanos

“It’s a very important phenomenon since it has not been repeated for a long time, and I think this serves to increase interest in astronomical, scientific things,” they said.

They also talked about the myths that revolve around eclipses.

“I think it is necessary to investigate astronomical processes, I could say that they are mere speculations, but for sure you never know.”

“The truth is I also think it is a myth, they are natural phenomena, the moon has to cross with the sun as they both revolve around us and I do not think it’s anything that ends the world or something like that” They said.

The eclipse is a transient hiding, total or partial, of an astro due to the interposition of another star or to the passage of the first by the shadow projected by another.

Although it could not be observed in a total way in the country, it will be until 2024 that Mexico can see a total eclipse of sun being the northern states the most fortunate to see in all its splendor the next eclipse.

US stocks were trading on Tuesday as investors bought low-priced assets after two weeks of turbulence as markets awaited the annual meeting of central bankers to take place this week in Jackson Hole.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 0.7%; While the S & P500 index gained 0.8%; And the Nasdaq composite index was 1.2%.

Traders in the New York park were clearly betting on purchases, encouraged by the good performance of companies in the technology sector and a recovery in the price of oil.

• Europe

European shares closed higher on Tuesday thanks to good business results, except for Milan. London rose 0.9% to 7,381.74 points; And Paris also rose 0.9% and closed at 5,131.86 points.

In addition, Frankfurt won 1.3% and stood at 12,229.34 points; Madrid rose 0.5% and closed at 10,409.8 points; While Milan lost 0.1%, and finished at 21,729 points.

• Tokyo

The Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Nikkei index fell on Tuesday to close its fifth consecutive day of losses amid tension on the Korean Peninsula, although a sharp rebound in metal stocks helped stabilize the broader market.

The Nikkei dropped 0.1% to 19,383.84 points, after traversing negative and positive territory. The benchmark fell for the fifth straight day to mark its longest streak of losses since April 2016.

Investors were cautious after the United States and South Korea began joint military exercises on Monday, raising tensions with North Korea, which called the trials “a rash step” toward a nuclear conflict.

After Monday’s holiday, the dollar traded with a drop of three cents, selling on average to $ 17.54, according to the usual survey conducted by the Central Bank among the main entities of the City of Buenos Aires.

It should be recalled that after the PASO, during the previous week the price of the ticket suffered an important correction, higher than 40 cents.

In the wholesale segment, the exchange rate was quoted at the resumption of activities at $ 17.20, which is seven cents below the previous close, as a result of a greater liquidation of foreign exchange by exporting companies.

In the informal segment, in turn, the blue was operating just below the values of Friday, as it was offered in the caves of the microcentro to $ 18.27 for sale.

Finally, on the Stock Exchange, the liquidated account fell to 17.20 pesos per unit.

The long weekend re-edited the exodus of Argentines to make shopping tours in Chile and Paraguay, a mechanism that generates concern in local commerce and that led to the border Mendoza to prepare a megasubasta with articles seized by Customs And that the Argentine Confederation of the Medium Enterprise (CAME) advances in mitigation agreements in Misiones.

In this last province was recorded during these days an intense traffic in the bridge that unites to the provincial capital Posadas with the Paraguayan neighbor of Encarnación. The delay to carry out the immigration process was greater than two hours to cross to Paraguay and around four for the return. The cars were mostly local and to a lesser extent in nearby provinces such as Corrientes or Chaco. The situation in that locality is worrying: in 2016, only by the bridge Posadas-Encarnación passed 12 million people and it is estimated that by month the posadeños in Encarnación leave about $ 115 million, that is to say, $ 1,380 million per year approximately, without counting the holidays .

At the warning signal that returned to light, CAME President Fabián Tarrío asked the governor of Misiones, Hugo Passalaqcua, to support and spread the plan 12 quotas without interest every day in all areas and thus counteract the ” Effect Paraguay “. The objective is to safeguard the local trade against the lack of competitiveness with the neighboring country.

In addition, Tarrío signed an agreement with the intendant of Posadas, Joaquin Losada, for the development of the Shopping Centers to Open Sky.

In the cordillera zone, the climate prevented a massive crossing to Chile by routes, although the trasandino malls continue to bill at the expense of Argentines who are looking for advantageous prices: in the last 12 months, close to USS 1 billion, almost a third of Which collected the totality of the commercial centers of the Federal Capital and Conurbano of Buenos Aires.

In this sense, between September 12 and 14 there will be an event that will help to alleviate the situation. The Banco Ciudad will auction more than 800 lots of technological articles, jewelry and cars in the city of Mendoza, within the framework of the auctioned by the bank in the interior of the country by order of the national Customs. The novelty of this measure that already took place in Cordoba is that credit cards will be accepted with up to 50 installments.

These are lots of auctioned in the deposits of Mendoza, San Rafael, San Luis and San Juan, made up of cell phones Samsung, Motorola and iPhone, oak barrels, netbooks, car stereos, cameras, camcorders, Tablets, diving equipment, jewelery and gold watches, electric and acoustic guitars, golf club sets, mp3 players and 4, memory cards, wrist watches, LCD TVs, auto parts, appliances and cars, among others.

“After the successful auction that Banco Ciudad developed in Cordoba – in which 100% of the lots offered were sold and exceeded 10 million pesos of revenue – the City of Mendoza will host another extraordinary auction open to all Public where they will be able to acquire a great quantity and variety of articles coming from lots confiscated by the Customs of the cuyana region, “the entity said in a statement.

The appointment will be in the large Bodega Centenario, located in Guaymallén.

Prices for prepaid medicine, cell phone and electricity services will increase with September, in a context in which prices of basic necessities and food continue to rise.

The government has recently authorized a 5% increase in prepaid quotas since September 1, while in October there will be a similar adjustment that has yet to be formalized.

The increase in prepaid quotas will exceed government forecast inflation this year: the already authorized increases in February (6%), July (6%), 5% (August) and 5% (September) Will add another 5% in October, which will soon be formalized by the Executive Branch.

On the other hand, mobile phone users who are Movistar customers will experience an increase of up to 12 percent from next month, while Personal will adjust in October.

As companies are obliged by regulations to announce increases in advance to their customers, Movistar has already begun to communicate that since September 25, prepaid customers will have an average increase of 12%.

In turn, users who are in the postpaid mode (with invoice) will have an adjustment similar to the cut of the billing for that period.

For its part, Personal, the company of cellular of Telecom, will raise 4% in average the prices for the prepaid customers from next October 8.

It had already applied a rise of 9.5% for its prepaid and subscription users last June.

Meanwhile, energy distributors in the interior of the province of Buenos Aires will begin to issue light bills with increases that will be around the 58 percent average from September.

The increase that had been announced by the provincial government but paralyzed by the Justice will reach users of EDEA, EDEN, EDES, Edelap and the nearly 200 cooperatives that provide the service. (NA)

The US automaker General Motors announced today that it will invest 300 million dollars in the production of a new model of Chevrolet in the plant of Rosario, to which will also add 200 million dollars of investment that will realize its chain of suppliers .

From the company, however, they did not anticipate what will be the vehicle that will be produced from this investment, but estimated that the new product will see the street in approximately 2021. In the plant of General Alvear, in the outskirts of this city santafesina, the company produces the Chevrolet Cruze and its line will be extended with the next model, since it will be a “new global platform that shares nothing with the Cruze”.

“The main markets for the new car will be Brazil and Argentina, and new jobs will be created in the province and in the country starting in 2020,” said Carlos Zarlenga, president of the firm for the two countries, during the presentation.

“It is a new high-tech vehicle with high added value. It has a different and completely new global architecture to that of the Chevrolet Cruze,” added the executive. Sitting in the front row of the auditorium of the industrial park was heard by Governor of Santa Fe, Miguel Lifschitz, and Secretary of Industry, Martín Etchegoyen.

For the company, an outstanding factor of the industry is that of competitiveness. As indicated by GM, production in Argentina is 25% more expensive than in Brazil and 65% more than in Mexico. However, Zarlenga indicated that the Rosario plant “is going to be very competitive with this investment”.

General Motors announced an investment of US $ 500 million to manufacture a new model in Rosario
General Motors announced an investment of US $ 500 million to manufacture a new model in Rosario. Photo: Gentileza GM
In 2016, GM was the second largest car company to sell in the country with 99,617 units and had a market share of 14.2%. Between Argentina and Brazil, the company ended the year with sales for 450,000 units and by 2017, according to Zarlenga, they estimate to increase the units sold to 560,000 vehicles.

The Rosario plant produces 55,000 units a year and exports 80% of the units to Brazil. “There is a great growth of the automotive industry this year in the Mercosur. Brazil is going to grow 8% and will reach 2.3 million units, while Argentina will grow to 25% and will reach 900,000 “This is the first year of future growth, with the timing of this investment, in addition to the $ 1.5 billion we announced in Brazil in the last month, are very conducive to our Mercosur business,” said Zarlenga.

Regarding the company’s analysis of the country, Zarlenga said: “Since the beginning of 2016 we saw a very important normalization in the sector’s operation, which first manifested itself with the elimination of the DDJJ, continued with the elimination of the limitation to import and normalization of access to foreign exchange.This generated more competition, more diversity of supply for customers and that this industry is operating in Argentina, in the normal way as they operate in all countries of the world.

The last investment announced by GM in the country had been the so-called Phoenix Project in 2012, which meant a US $ 750 million disbursement to start Cruze’s production and adapt the Rosario plant for production.

Crude steel production reached 413,000 tonnes in September and grew 28.2% year-on-year, according to the Argentine Chamber of Steel (CAA).

The company noted that in September “both crude steel production and rolled products continued to show a good level of activity, driven by the reactivation in different customer sectors.”

The company explained that the growth was due to the increase in shipments destined to the construction sector, which consolidated itself as the segment with the greatest sign of robustness, mainly in the public works sector.

He projected that next year “the increase in mortgage loans will boost private work next year” and reported that the dispatches directed to producers of agricultural machinery “maintain a steady growth, showing a good level of activity in the production and sales of harvesters, tractors, seeders and agricultural implements. ”

“In addition, the activity linked to developments in energy areas such as Vaca Muerta and trunk gas pipelines in Córdoba is continuing sustained, driving the growth of demand for steel tubes,” he added.

According to the report crude steel production in September was 413,000 tonnes and grew 1% over August and 28.2% higher than in September of the previous year.

Primary iron production reached 275,300 tons and was 45.6% higher than in August and 53.3% higher than in September of the previous year.

The production of hot-rolled sheets last September grew 1.2% compared to last August and 20.6% year-on-year.

The report notes that September’s cold rolled flat was 2.6% higher than in August and 18.1% higher than in September 2016.

A small asteroid named 2012 TC4 passed today very close to Earth. It was not dangerous and allowed scientists to simulate a defense exercise, that is, to prepare in case one of these objects posed a real threat in the future.

The 2012 TC4 asteroid traveled between Earth and Moon at a minimum distance of less than 42,000 kilometers and at a relative velocity with respect to the Earth of 7.3 km per second. His move “is not worrisome,” said Detlef Koschny of the European Space Agency (ESA). “But we will use it to train ourselves,” he added.

“So, on the day that a truly dangerous object arrives, we will have rehearsed several times before,” said the scientist, who was involved in the Rosetta, Smart-1, Venus Express, Chandrayaan-1 (ISRO) and ExoMars 2016 missions.

The exercise was coordinated by the University of Maryland, in the United States, along with NASA, ESA and several observatories.

Michael Kelley of NASA’s Planetary Studies division said the passage of asteroids near Earth “is quite frequent,” but what made this “a special event” is that the rock was subject to “an exercise of planetary defense. ”

The observatories directed their telescopes towards the asteroid, a “very small object”, “like a house” between 15 and 30 meters, Koschny explained, when he approached Earth and sent the information to emergency management centers . “We will then see if the data we send them are understood properly, if they are clear or if things are to be improved,” Koschny said.

The asteroid was not visible to the naked eye, but fans equipped with good telescopes could have captured images. Australia was the most easily observable place, when the 2012 TC4 passed as close to Earth at 5.41 GMT (2.41 in Argentina).

This object, which revolves around the sun in 609 days, was discovered in 2012, but had not been observed in the last five years. It was detected again this year by the VLT telescope of the Southern European Observatory, in Chile, and allowed astronomers to accurately calculate its trajectory.

In addition to catching the virtual creatures, Pokémon Go players will also be able to play with the camera of the smartphone and participate in the photo contest that takes advantage of the resources of augmented reality. In this way, the users of the mobile game will be able to compete with the most creative and funny photo that combines the pokémon with a scenario in the real world.

The Pokémon GO AR Photo Contest contest consists of posting the augmented reality portrait of the game on Instagram with the hashtag # PokemonGOcontest. Each user can upload up to three photos, and the top ten captures will be awarded with a kit composed of a poster autographed by the team developer of Pokémon Go, wireless headsets and a bracelet Pokémon Go Plus.

The call will be open until October 25 for all markets where Pokémon Go is available, even in Argentina. The rules and conditions of the contest are available on the official game blog.