Month: February 2025

2024 was his first year being profitable in full reinvention of his model

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Spotify has closed 2024 with a historic milestone: It has been his first full year of benefitsafter years of funambulism between some green shoots in idem and quarters chained in red. And he has done it while diversifying beyond music. Why is it important. The company has not only closed its first year in positive: it has also shown that it can be profitable without sacrificing growth, right now that Wall Street demands results to technological ones and is not made up of future promises. In figures: 675 million monthly active users (+12 % year -on -year). Gross margin of 32.2% (its record). 477 million euros of operational benefit. 10,000 million dollars paid to the music industry (60,000 since it began operating). The context. Spotify has been transforming silently but radically. It is no longer just a music platform in streaming And it will hardly be. In your catalog there are also … 6.5 million podcasts. 330,000 VideoPodcasts. 350,000 audiobooks. In fact, according to the company, 270 million of its users have consumed video content. This type of content is the great opportunity that Spotify has had for the user to continue using the app, but consuming content that does not require payment of Royalties. It is his perfect play: that the user continues in the app but without costing the company so much. Let’s add to that Your commitment to advertising. He is going well. Between the lines. The strategy goes beyond audio. Spotify is building a complete ecosystem for content creators, similar to the YouTube model. And in the presentation of these results they have checked their model: 70% of eligible programs already participate in their program of Partners. The number of video creators grows more than 50% year -on -year. The aforementioned diversification reduces the dependence of records. The next. The issue is now if Spotify will be able to maintain this profitability in the coming years, and especially if he will be able to do it with such an aggressive competition to retain our view and ears on their platforms. Tiktok, Apple or An intractable youtube with the new podcasting. Daniel EK, CEO and founder, points to a more ambitious vision: “We will continue to bet on initiatives that generate a long -term impact.” Reading between the lines, the current profitability can only be the first step of a deeper metamorphosis of your business. Outstanding image | Xataka with Mockuuuups Studio In Xataka | The great surprise of the Pódcast is not that people are listening to them. Is that he is seeing them

There is a challenge to run seven marathons in seven days worldwide. And a Spanish with eight children is sweeping

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In the world of sport there are demanding challenges, difficult, difficult, extreme challenges and then delusional challenges and within reach of physicists (and minds) with a iron resistance, such as the one he has decided to assume Estefanía Unzu Ripollbetter known in networks such as ‘Verdeliss’. Of 39 years and mother Outcutuplethis pamplonesa has proposed to end Seven marathons. The surprising thing is how you want to do it: the seven 42 -kilometer races are held in consecutive days… and in different parts of the planet. It has already begun. And he is not going wrong. Figure issue. Yes, the numbers are correct. All. Verdels is 39 years old, eight children and is embarked on the challenge of completing seven marathons that are held over seven days in seven different places on the planet. And by different we do not refer to small borders. No. The races that have already completed were held in Antarctica, Africa, Australia and Asia. The idea is to continue with Europe, South and North America. And all this, we repeat, in a period of Only 168 hours. Why’s that? There are several answers. If the question is why completing seven marathons in those seven places for seven days, the answer is simple: they are part of an international challenge that has already Some years celebrating, the World Marathon Challenge. The test has a limited number of squares and this year is celebrated over 168 hours in Antarctica, Cape (Africa), Perth (Australia), Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Madrid (Spain), Fortaleza (Brazil ) and Miami (United States). When they ask Verdeliss why he has decided to submit to such a test (and of course, it is something that They have asked him During the last weeks) she replies that he seeks to “live life intensely” and enjoy without the fears limited. Your participation It also has a solidarity component. As I explained recently At 20 minutes, he wants to raise funds for the investigation of a rare disease, the Menke-Hennekam syndrome. Verdeliss herself is in contact with Claudia’s mothera girl who suffers from it. Hard test, good results. The challenge is still underway and he has several days left to finish, but for the moment the Navarra is doing well. Quite wellin fact. In Antarctica he crossed the goal after 3 hours, 38 minutes and 53 secondsin Cabo del Cabo he did it in 3 hours, 10 minutes and 14 secondsIn Australia he toured almost 42 kilometers in 3 hours, 10 minutes and 30 seconds And in Arab Emirates completed the challenge in 3 hours, 9 minutes and 46 seconds. With such brands the Spanish has not only managed to finish all the races, but even becoming the first woman to reach the finish line or even getting the men who compete in the test. Ahead they have three races: that of Madrid, which is celebrated today, and that of Brazil and Miami, which it will face throughout Wednesday and Thursday to complete the circuit. “I have carbonized skin”. That meets its objectives does not mean that the extreme challenge is not taking its toll to the Navarra athlete. In his Instagram profile he has been recounting for example how he has encountered stomach problemssome difficulties To rest aboard the “military” plane in which they travel between continents, Discomfort in the quadriceps and also some other unforeseen. “My only discomfort is that I have charred skin … the rush is not good advisors and I forgot to apply the sunscreen,” I wrote From Cape City. Although Verdeliss has been running and has already achieved some notable feat, such as becoming Champion of Spain 100 km, in January I recognized to The country that the new challenge would force her to face the unknown. “I have run 27 marathons in 24 months, but this time one of them is extremely cold in Antarctica. I have never experienced such low temperatures, or running with some nails in the shoes.” Beyond the seven marathons. The challenge of the seven marathons in seven days has given him even more visibility, but the truth is that Verdeliss has been used to be under the spotlights. On Instagram, where he shows his facet as a athlete and mother of eight children he adds around one and a half of followers and on YouTube it has 2.1 million of subscribers. Also He has participated In ‘Big Brother Vip’ and ha called attention of the press for his sports successes. Professional, in addition to their work in networks acts as CEO of a cosmetics firm. Images | World Marathon Challenge 777 1 and 2 and Verdeliss In Xataka | More and more people participate in popular marathons. Science knows that going as optimistic has its risks

We have been listening to the benefits of Omega-3 for years. Now we know that it also rejuvenates us

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Surely we have heard more than once about the benefits of omega-3 fatty acids. This compound has a well -documented positive effect on our cardiovascular health, but perhaps its positive impact is more complex (and more extensive). Stop the clock. A new study has observed that omega-3 fatty acids is able to slow down our epigenetic clock, that is, biological aging. The participants in the study were subject to different treatments that combined not only Omega-3 supplements, but also vitamin D and exercise. Omega-3. The Omega-3 They are a group of polyunsaturated fatty acids that we usually associate with fish consumption (especially species such as northern north or white tuna, mackerel, salmon, sardines and trout), but which can also be found in other types of food, from Linaza oil nuts, through soybeans or chia seeds. Over the years, we have found a beneficial impact of omega-3 fats on our cardiovascular health: they decrease the presence of triglycerides (other types of fat present in our blood), as well as the possibility of developing arrhythmias and the accumulation of plate in the arteries. Omega-3 can also help reduce blood pressure. 777 participants. The study conducted A follow -up of 777 participants over three years in the context of the DO-HEALTH project. Participants were 70-year-old or older adults to whom a combination of a gram per day of Omega-3, 2,000 International units (IU) of vitamin D and/or an exercise program at home (three 30 -minute weekly sessions). The details of the study were published In an article For the magazine Nature Aging. Four measures. The team used four biological age measures, the “watches” Phenage, Grimage, Grimage2 and Dunedinpace. They observed that the Omega-3 fats had an effect on three of these four measures (Phenage, Grimage2 and Dumedinpace). On the other hand, they did not observe remarkable effects when vitamin D applied as the only treatment. The team also quantified the measure to which the Omega-3 “slowed down” the passage of time in our body. During the three years of study, those who consumed this supplement saw their aging in the equivalent of Between 2.9 and 3.8 months. “This result extends our previous findings of the DO-HEALTH study, in which these three factors (Omega-3, vitamin D and exercise) combined had the greatest impact by reducing the risk of cancer and preventing premature fragility in a period of three years, to reduce the rhythm of the biological aging process ”, explained in a press release Heike Bischoff-Ferrari, who led the study. Stop the clock. Measure ours biological age It is not a simple task. In his research the team combined different measures to achieve a precise image of the real aging of people but even this is, they admit, a strategy with limitations. That is one of the reasons why the team intends to continue investigating the interactions between the consumption of fatty acids and the improvements in our hope and quality of life. An approach that goes beyond concrete diseases and focuses on something much more generic but of first importance. In Xataka | What food supplements really work and which are not, in a great graphic Image | Alesia Kozik / Gabin Vallet

The first trailer of ‘The fantastic 4: first steps’ reveals the most important ingredient for Marvel’s future: its villain

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Surrounded by considerable paraphernalia (a countdown of more than an hour, the appearance of the four protagonists, a scenario that imitated the launch of a rocket), Marvel has launched the first trailer of ‘The Fantastic 4 first steps‘, advance of what we can expect from the anticipated arrival of the first family to the MCU And it’s not for less: Marvel He knows that he plays a lot with this new production, more than with any other film planned by 2025, such as the closest ‘Captain America: a new world’ or ‘Thunderbolts’. After stumbling in 2024 as ‘The Marvels’ and a parenthesis as notorious as the one that has been 2025 and only ‘Deadpool and Wolverine’ in theaters, ‘the fantastic 4 first steps’ is Marvel’s opportunity to recover the pulse of the pulse of the cinema mainstream which controlled with a iron pulse during the early phases of the MCU. On July 25 we will have to wait to see this movie, which The truth is that it is unusually faithful to the original comicsespecially thanks to the retrofuturist atmosphere in an alternative reality: the costumes, the fantasticar, herbie, the Baxter building … everything is both modern and classic, and the effect is very intriguing. Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach are perfect in papers traced to the originals. There are many elements that do not appear in the trailer and that are about to be revealed: from Reed Richards using their powers to the rumored silver wake. What is seen, although only on his back, is to Galactus, the most colossal enemy of the fantastic four, and one of the nemesis par excellence of the Marvel universe. The presentation in this return to the classic Marvel is not accidental: frustrated plans with Kang … Is Disney presenting the villain that will vertebrate the next movies of the house, as Thanos did? Are the company decidedly cosmic? We will have to keep waiting to know. Header | Disney In Xataka | The loose box office of ‘Venom 3’ forces Hollywood to reconsider superheroes: they are no longer a golden egg chicken

The procedures can be extended more than expected

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The Council of Ministers has given the green light to the processing of the draft law to reduce working hours at 37.5 hours a week without salary reduction. That does not mean that the reduction will be applied immediately, but that it is another step in the approval process and gives free way to be debated in Congress in the coming months. Has the Law on Day Reduction been approved? No. The Council of Ministers has given its conformity to Draft for the reduction of day that the Ministry of Labor and Social Economics and the unions They signed In December 2024 after a year of negotiations. This procedure is necessary for the Government to present the deletion to the Congress of Deputies. Once between the agenda of the parliamentary sessions, the different parliamentary groups will vote their approval prior amendments to the text. The text is not definitive. As the name implies, the text of the draft for the reduction of day is a provisional working document, which parliamentary groups can propose amendments, annuling or adding measures to the proposal, until finally a consensus is reached and approved. The processing time in Congress will depend on the amendments and negotiations between the different parliamentary groups. Given the current political arc fragmentation, it is possible that the parliamentary journey of this law will be extended over time due to the negotiations that the Government will need to achieve its final approval and is more than probable that its final text undergoes modifications with respect to the proposal. When the reduction of working hours will be applied. Assuming that the processing in Congress follows its usual course, the day reduction law It could be approved before summer. However, there is no closed term for approval since, as we say, it will depend on parliamentary negotiations. Once it is approved, article 34 of the Workers Statute To replace the weekly 40 hours of the current day, for 37.5 hours of the new day. At this point, the clock will be launched and the different negotiation tables of collective agreements must include the new 37.5 -hour day in those who contemplated a 40 -hour day. That said, and taking into account that all the previous deadlines are fulfilled, it leads us to reduce the day to 37.5 hours could enter into force as of December 31, 2025. Much more than reducing the day. The text that will arrive at Congress (which does not have to be the same that comes out) has as its main pillar the reduction of working hours to a maximum of 37.5 hours per week for the full day, or its equivalent in the part -time models, No salary reduction. This measure is framed in the objective of Improve productivity and family conciliation. However, to ensure effective compliance with the reduction of working hours, a modification of the day registration system. This registration must be carried out through digital means, guaranteeing objectivity, reliability and accessibility to employees, union representatives and labor inspection. Workers must register the entry, exit and any interruption In your day and these records must be maintained for four years. The draft does not detail whether the government will create a new platform, if it can be carried out with any of the digital registration platforms that already exist or how that registry will be made. More rights and more obligations. The draft law that will arrive at Congress also addresses the inalienable right to Digital disconnectiona right that was already addressed in the process of the call Teleworking Lawbut that is reinforced with this new rule. Employees are explicitly exemp Reason for sanctions or reprisals. Exceptions are only established in cases of justified emergency. With the new standard, new sanctions are also included, increasing the amount of fines to companies that Failure to comply with the day regulationsrest and schedule registration and how to account it, which will no longer impose for each type of sanction, but for each employee affected by breach. In Xataka | Employees in Spain clear doubts: working less days is better than working less hours, according to a survey Image | Pexels (Paul h) Wikimedia Commons (Vickbol)

For years the prefabricated houses were the ugly duckling of the house. Now the Basque Country believes that they are its salvation

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The Basque Country wants more housing. And it has A plan to get it: Bet on prefabricated constructionsa model that over the last years has gained weight in the real estate sector but that – that –They recognize From Euskadi – it loads with the negative image that still has the “prefabricated” among part of the population. To clear doubts, knock down prejudices and above all make clear its institutional commitment, last week the Basque Government presented its’White Book of industrialized social housing ‘. “It is essential to knock down biases,” claims. Housing deficit. The Basque Country needs more housing. Or so those responsible, which recently estimated that the current construction rhythm is insufficient and the region loads with a deficit of some 1,500 annual houses. The problem is not only that gap between the creation of new homes and demand, but to what extent it influences a market that, according to idealist data, has seen how in a matter of only one year the prices of sale rose almost 7% and those of rent 8% In Euskadi. … and “structural deficits”. A few days ago, speaking precisely about the real estate market, the Minister of Housing and Urban Agenda of the Basque Government, Denis Itxaso, warned of another very related “deficit”: the one that drags the industry itself. “The construction sector has structural deficits, such as lack of labor, challenges related to training and professionalization and a higher speed in construction processes,” he reflected. The relationship between the two problems is evident: the lags in the industry affect their ability to increase the offer and satisfy a residential market. “The challenge that represents the scarcity and housing failure requires balance the market with the greatest offer,” The regional head advocates of urban agenda. In his opinion, Euskadi must endow “his own strategy.” And precisely for that reason a few days ago the Executive presented A document: his ‘White Paper of Industrialized Social Housing’. What strategy is that? The book and the act during which it was presented – in which Itxaso and the director of the Public Society for Protected Housing Promotion participated Visesaamong other positions related to the sector – served to give a track of where the Basque Country wants to go. His government looks with special interest the “industrialized” buildingsreal estate that are created with previously manufactured pieces in a ship instead of following the traditional method of lifting walls and forged in situ. “The way to reduce deadlines”. During The presentation From the manual, held in Bilbao, there was talk of sustainability, digitalization, security, improvement of working conditions, inclusion and also a formula that allows the sector to “respond to the housing and labor deficit”. “The ‘White Book’ includes examples of good architectural practices, highlighting how the use of industrial processes should be the way to reduce execution deadlines and minimize environmental impact,” the Basque Executive ends in Your statement About the act. Along the same lines, the Visesa director pointed out that industrialization is “fundamental” to build “quality housing”. Issue of challenges. Not everything is facilities and clear path in the future of prefabricated housing. During the event there was also talk of “the administrative, financial and regulations barriers that still persist” and the important role that the public administration plays, especially “assuming the role” of promoter. However, if there was a challenge for industrialization in which the accent was accent in Bilbao was another, one other than bureaucratic obstacles or difficulties in getting credit: the image. Perhaps more modular houses are seen today than a couple of decades ago, but the big question, especially if we want to strengthen its weight in the sector, is … What concept do we have of them? “One of the main challenges is citizen perception towards what is considered ‘prefabricated’, often associated with lower quality or provisionality,” admits the Basque Government in Your statementin which curiously only that word is used once: “prefabricated.” Itxaso himself assumes that he “demolish preconceived biases and ideas.” Of the theory … To practice, there is. Visesa He spoke too of the development of about thirty protected homes in Sopela-Asu, in the province of Vizcaya, using precisely “industrialized construction processes.” In the sector, prefabricated, industrialized, modular solutions are also expanding time … and although in Spain they still suppose A modest part of the sector, in other nations, such as the Netherlands, Germany or the United Kingdom, they have managed to get a respectable presence. Some construction companies trust that in a few years industrialization is a significant part of their income. In their favor they do not only have the impulse of the Basque Government, which for another part has already seen On other occasions His commitment to industrialized homes. At the state level the PP has been in favor also to promote this kind of buildings to stop The housing problem In Spain, following the example of countries Like Australia. Images | Wikipedia and Aedas Homes In Xataka | The prefabricated houses have always been infravy. Now many governments are driving them in front of the crisis

Give yourself the whim and take two headphones or two watches for much less

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February is here, and it is a month that has a date marked in the calendar of many people: Valentine’s Day. February 14 is an ideal day to give our partner a gift, and although we have many options available, Technology always provides double value: It is very useful and is also great. If we do not know what to use, beware of the official Huawei store: it is full of discounts and a promotion that is perfect for lovers. No matter what you are looking for: Huawei’s store has it at the best price The idea of ​​this promotion is quite clear: to be able to get a lot of Huawei products paying much less. Any of them will come great as a gift, although also to give us that whim we were waiting for. The first to highlight is a series of discount coupons, available until next February 17. Are the following: Code Discount Minimum purchase ASV20200 20 euros 200 euros ASV40400 40 euros 400 euros ASV60600 60 euros 600 euros ASV150 150 euros 1,000 euros ASV300 300 euros 2,000 euros These will serve us for all our purchases, although it is not the only incentive we have right now to go buy from the Huawei store. We also have the coupon available ASVOC10which will give us a 10 % discount for watches, headphones and mobiles, being able to choose in this way between it or the previous ones, as it suits us to save to the maximum. In addition, Valentine’s Day goes from couples, and therefore the axis of their promotion now itself is to take two devices in a pack paying much less for it. This is something that is active for both headphones and Huawei watches, being also quite configurable. In the case of headphones, we have the option to combine the Freebuds pro 4 and the FreeClip As we want, that is, we can take two of them equal or one. It is a very simple process: It is enough to enter the page of either of the two headphones, choose the second headset that we want within the section ‘The best options for you’, click on ‘Add’ and click on ‘Buy’. In this way, the minimum possible price will always be applied. Here you will depend on each user, since both headphones offer different things. The Freebuds pro 4 will allow us to have A brutal noise cancellationas well as calls without any noise in our microphone (it is able to cancel up to 100 dB). The FreeClipon the other hand, they stand out more for their groundbreaking design and for an experience very different from the rest. The normal price of buying two Freebuds pro 4 is 398 euros, but thanks to Huawei Valentine’s, we can get them for them for 338 euros. If we prefer to combine, no problem: in that case, the package formed by some pro 4 and some FreeClip stays in 348 euros. And be careful, because there does not end the thing: if we use the exclusive code AFB4xta We will get 30 euros of additional discount for any of these packages. FREEBUDS PRO 4 + FREEBUDS PRO 4 * Some price may have changed from the last review If we prefer that the two devices are two smartwatches, no problem. The Valentine’s promotion also extends to the Huawei watches line, and in a very similar way to the previous one. This extends to the Huawei Fit 3 and even Huawei GT 5although with a peculiarity: in this case, We can only form the pack of two equal models. The process is identical, so it is enough to access the one we want, choose another unit within ‘The best options for you’, click on ‘Add’ and click on ‘Buy’. If we opt for the first one, we will be making ourselves for us and our partner with a device that stands out for a 1.82 -inch AMOLED screen, a great health control And a battery that easily lasts a week. Separately, two of these devices leave for 318 euros, although if we make the pack they stay at 228 euros. Of course, using the ASV20200 coupon we would reduce that price to the 208 euros. Watch Fit 3 + Watch Fit 3 * Some price may have changed from the last review We can also bet on two Watch GT5. In that case, we will have an option with a more traditional, very resistant cutting design (it has IP69K and resistance certification up to 5 atm) and ideal for controlling training, With a very good tracking for the Running. The price of two separately is 498 euros, but with the Valentine’s pack we can reduce this price to 408 euros. And of course, if we use the ASVOC10 code, we can lower its price to the 367.20 euros. A bargain. * Some price may have changed from the last review Other prominent products from Valentín de Huawei It is true that we can take a pack for our partner and for us it is great, but it is not the only interesting thing we can buy right now in the Huawei store. Just then we leave you A selection that deserves a lot of penalty. MATEROBLY D16 With the Matebook D16 we have a great option if we look for a powerful, manageable and very good autonomy laptop. Its usual price is 899.90 euros, but if we take advantage of this Valentine’s promotion, We can take it much cheaper: Its price is 599 euros with a flash offer, but if we use the ASV40400 coupon, its price will stay in alone 559 euros. This model we refer to comes with a processor Intel Core i5 of 12th generationas well as 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB of SSD. Its screen is 16 inches, and it is ideal if we are looking for something to be working with everywhere thanks to that it barely weighs 1.72 … Read more

There is thirteen Oscar at stake

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When they were done public the Oscar nominationsit stood out how ‘Emilia Pérez’ had added the greatest number of nominations, ahead of other favorites such as’The Brutalist‘ either ‘WICKED‘. That brought a collateral effect: Netflix was again the most nominated producer of the year. An poisoned gift, because now, with all the scandal that surrounds the star of the film, the platform is in a péguda situation. Controversy Karla Sofia. Yesterday We explained in detailbut in summary: to the already considerable controversies for the Use of AI And the vision that the film offers both the transgender community as of the Mexican populationa new scandal has joined in recent days. Karla Sofía Gascón, protagonist of the film, in which she exhibits attitudes have been recovered Islamophobes, xenophobes, racist, Homophobic and little tolerant in general. The actress He has apologizedS Not very convincingly, and the general sensation is that their attitude could dynamite the possibilities of the film, from the moment in which the Oscars reward both the quality and the story behind the nominees. Netflix, collateral damage. There is a main affected by these tweets from Karla Sofía Gascón (and for the interviews she is giving to restore her reputation, as a long one hour conversation in CNN), And it is Netflix. The company distributes the film in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom and has not participated in production, but it is the one that can afford the financial muscle necessary to support the expensive promotion and the race for the Oscar that a film needs to become in the winner of the ceremony. Netflix expects the revenues to arrive later, with the prestige granted by the statues and subscribers who will go to the platform. Full agenda. The agenda for this week of Karla Sofía Gascón was overflowing with commitments, According to Hollywood Reporter. On Thursday 6, the AFI Swards food in which the 10 most important films and 10 series of the year meet; on Friday 7, round table at the Choice Awards critics; On Saturday 8, Guild Awards and Guild Awards, where ‘Emilia Pérez’ is nominated; And Sunday 8, the Virtuoso Awards, where he would have enjoyed individual interviews. Possibly you have not heard of many of these events and awards, but that is where the quotes, statements and red carpets come from that the media around the world repeat later without stopping. They are continuous opportunities for promotion. Canceled appointments. As detailed by the aforementioned article, Netflix has decided to cancel Gascón’s assistance to all these appointments as a measure to face the crisis, and it will be their castmates who attend the press. Apparently, the platform is not only understandably bothering with the past tweeter of Gascón, but also with how it is facing the crisis and the type of statements with half and little convincing apologies that it is providing. Apparently, relations between the actress and Netflix are going through a complicated moment, and communicate exclusively through the agent of the first. Campaign reformulation. Netflix is ​​taking a considerable turn to its promotion: to begin with Gascon from its personalized and email communications with academics, or at least its presence has softened. In return, he is pouring his efforts to give a push to the candidacy of Zoe Saldaña as best secondary actress, who already left as an almost safe winner. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the presence of Gascon possibly ends up softening in the posters that now plagan Hollywood. The maneuver of “Let’s contemplate all the elements of this film except for the protagonist” is complicated to manage, but Netflix has enough budget to get out of the trance. Header | Netflix In Xataka | ‘The Brutalist’ is so long that it includes an intermediate of 15 minutes. And to the surprise of the director himself, people are delighted

Spain will go from an opposite olive oil crisis in less than a year. The industry begins to see the ears to the wolf

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Two weeks. Two weeks of consecutive falls in the price of olive oil in origin have enough to put the entire sector on red alert. But … why? Wasn’t high prices They were also suffocating To the industry causing millionaire losses? What are low is also a problem? Let’s go in parts … how much has the price of oil dropped? As reported Agroinformationas of January 31, the average price in extra virgin olive oil was 4,275 euros/ton, in the virgin oil of 3,701 euros/ton and in the lampante of 3,452 euros/ton. That represents a fall of 3.20%, 6.80% and 2.80% respectively compared to last week and a 50.55% drop, 52.55% and 56.55% compared to the year past. And why is this a problem? Because, As we explained a few weeks agothe historical profitability limit for the traditional dry land olive tree is around four euros. If the low price of that figure, the farmers (dry) will not be able to cover the fixed costs. And this would not be a problem if it were not because more than two thirds of the Spanish olive grove is dry (1.913,531 hectares in front of 874,553 of irrigation). From a crisis to the opposite. It is curious because, in recent years, the situation has been the opposite: but the result is the same. The Olivareros de dryo did not have enough olive to compensate for fixed expenses – although the price was in the clouds. In addition, the distributors could not impact all the rise in the final prices (deoleo, the largest oil company in the world, owner of brands such as hojiblanca or carbonell, It was left 34.3 million euros in 2023). Isn’t it a bit weird? The truth is that no. In recent years, we have seen exactly the same problem with The lemons, The almonds either bananas. The olive grove has been relatively protected because it is a product with a limited international competition: what was not protected is of climate change. In fact, those who have been (those of irrigation who have not suffered cuts) have not had this problem. The irrigation has been the great beneficiary (or the least harmed) of these successive crises: they had more olives when prices were expensive and have less costs now than prices are low. Can the olive grove be saved? That is the big question. If the industry continues to hook financially complicated years, the problems can be increasing. Therefore, the Olivar tendency has been “go passing“To irrigation (or to ultraintensive models). There is no water for everyone. “The difficult thing is to have water because the Guadalquivir basin is already deficient, so there are no new concessions,” explained in DAP Diego BarrancoProfessor at the University of Córdoba. These concessions do have “historical plots of other crops that were always irrigated or the olive groves that emerged” directly as “irrigation”. However, transforming 1,901,529 hectares of olive groves before it is too late one of the most important agricultural challenges of the century. And it is not clear that we can do it. Image | Kostas Morfiris | Visual Karsa In Xataka | Spain faces the problem contrary to a year ago: an olive oil so cheap that it is no longer profitable for farmers

A van full of solar panels has been circulating in Europe for four months. The result is as good as doubtful

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The anxiety for autonomy It is still one of the great inconvenience when convincing the skeptics of the electric car. For years, manufacturers juggle the kilometers that can be traveled with a single battery charge. There are even debates on how interesting it is more interesting to increase the size of the batteries or improve recharge times. Among those juggling has been tested with solar panels as a solution to problems. An option that until now does not seem to have given the expected results but that some German researchers point out as an interesting solution to win up to 30% autonomy. What is behind this study? A solar van that promises 30% more autonomy The use of solar energy for the battery recharge of a car and the increase in its autonomy has been studying for a long time. In fact, in 2022 the Lightyear 0an electric car with solar panels that promised to extend autonomy in 70 kilometers every day. Just over a year later, the company itself announced that closed its vehicle division And that, from now on, he would stay with the only thing that seemed to have a future: his solar panels. Its history is the best example of how everything that has to do with the application of solar panels seems to work in cars. Promises of increases of dozens of kilometers of autonomyinterest is generated, it is proven that the system is not so much and ends up falling into oblivion. In an electric car, the space to incorporate solar panels is very small. It can be done on the roof, on the hood and in the trunk. However, the surface is relatively small, the curved shapes of the pieces make the solar sheets that can be incorporated and, as if that were not enough, the results are little encouraging. In fact, the Mercedes Vision EQXXthat the German company uses for its leading tests with the electric car, barely recovered 43 kilometers on a trip that lasted more than 1,200 kilometers thanks to its solar panels. The company, however, is sure that the system can be interesting and The last thing he has tried is a solar paint with which they ensure that they can suppose up to 12,000 additional kilometers per year in a medium SUV and in the light conditions of Germany. Mercedes points out that the efficiency of the system is 20% but has not confirmed what price we are talking or when they expect to be commercially available. At the moment, everything is still part of more research. Which, on the contrary, affirms the study by the Gauss Center for Supercomputing EV and the German Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy, published in Wiley It is that a light commercial vehicle can take performance to this technology. They base their studies on a project that began in 2021. Then, they filled the body of a small van and analyzed the energy recovered between the months of April and July of that year in Hannover. According to its results, the van I could have traveled 530 km from the 1750 km circulated. That is, 30% of the total distance. However, you have to take several things into account. The van left every morning early (5:00 am) to Institute for Solar Energy Research in Hamelin (ISFH). There, the car was detained for hours until the working day was over and the driver returned home touring, again, the approximate 45 minutes it took to his work. They ensure that with this system the van was able to take advantage of more than 60% of the recovered energy and that, in total, extended its autonomy by 30%. However, in the study it is clear that they are estimates in which the energy recovered by the regenerative braking has been discriminated against, for example. They also point out that the tests were performed in the spring and summer months, where the incidence of sunlight is much greater. But, above all, there is a great but: we are talking about a commercial vehicle that spent hours and hours detained and, in addition, strategically positioning to obtain the greatest possible radiation over time. In this way, they reduced shade areas and less efficient areas. Of course, this is not the way of working that is expected of a commercial vehicle that makes much more moved days and that travels much more than 31.25 kilometers recorded in each session. In motionit is expected that the energy collected by the solar panels will be much lower because the shadow periods on the vehicle and the plates are less exposed in their best position. In addition, if the commercial vehicle moves in an urban environment, it is very likely that the shadow areas will increase. Nor is the cost that this system can have. It is possible that in a commercial vehicle it may make more sense than in a tourism but we would have to study the added weight, the increase in temperature inside the cabin and, subsequently, how long the car would need by plugging it into a fast charger (and its cost) to estimate whether or not it really makes sense. Photo | Wiley In Xataka | The owner of a Tesla Model and has filled his roof of solar panels to load “up to 100 km”. It is not a good idea

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