Month: March 2025

How to prepare your mobile for the statement we will make in 2025

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Let’s explain How to prepare your mobile for the income statement that we will do in 2025, which is the one that corresponds to the last fiscal year. In this way, in the event that you want to make the statement on the mobile you will know everything you need. It is not mandatory to make the statement on your device, although you are going to have the option of Receive, review and present your draft In the event that you consider that everything is fine. Remember the key dates Whether you plan to make the statement from the mobile and if you are going to do it from the computer, the first step must always be to check the RENTAL CALENDAR 2024and remember the key dates. Especially keep in mind when you can do it onlinewhich will be when you can use your mobile for it. These are the dates of this year: Fiscal Data Consultation: Without announcing, but possibly in mid -March. Reference number request: You can do it from March 12. INTERNET INCOME DECLARY: You can do it from April 2 to June 30, 2025. Declaration of income by phone: You can do it from May 6 to June 30, 2025. Face -to -face income statement: You can do it from June 2 to June 30, 2025. Lower the APP of the Tax Agency One of the essentials to make the income statement is to have downloaded on the mobile The APP of the Tax Agency or aeat. You have it available for Android In Google Play and for iOS In the App Storeand it is totally free. It is an application serves to Perform several farm proceduresincluding the statement. In fact, when you enter it You will have a specific section Rentwhere you will have available both the possibility of seeing and presenting the draft and consulting previous exercises or performing other related efforts. Lower your digital certificate To be able to identify yourself in the AEAT app or to do any other management from your mobile phone, you will also need to use Your digital certificateincluding the FNMT certificate and the DNIE. Therefore, you have to request your digital certificateand in the event that you already have it, save it in a folder. The most comfortable is install FNMT digital certificateavailable In the App Store For your iPhone and In Google Play For Android. This application will allow you to request your certificate if you do not have it, but it will also allow you to access the certificates that you have already requested and have them by hand. If you have doubts, check the statement When the time comes, when requesting the draft statement on the mobile You will have summarized results. You will simply see if you have to pay or return. When you get to that screen, click on the statement to enter the draft and see your data. Here, it is important that you review all the data and that modify what you think is necessary Before sending the statement. Keep in mind that even if it is a draft made by the Treasury, in the event that there is any failure you will be the fined person and who has to pay the fine. Take the time necessary to check all data. Check fiscal data first The best way that when the time comes you are clear if you have to make modifications is Review fiscal data in advance. This is something you will have to do from the browser, that’s why we mention it at the end, but it is still important. You can consult the fiscal data since mid -March through the website of headquarters.GENCIBUTARIA.gob.es/sede/renta.htmlfrom the computer or mobile browser. Once inside, click on the option of Fiscal dataand log in with your digital certificate. On the page of this data is where You are shown all your discs. In it you can review them all to detect errors, and that when asking for the draft You know what things you should change for having detected them before. Get your reference number Finally, you must also Know the reference number for your statement. The reference number It has six digits, and serves to manage any of the services related to this income campaign. To see your reference number from your mobileyou must go to the application of the Tax Agency. In it, press the option to see your profile up to the right. Upon entering your profile, the number will appear just below the box where your name is. In Xataka Basics | FNMT digital certificate on the mobile: 8 uses that you can give on your device for different procedures

Drought and mass tourism have aggravated the shortage of water in the Balearic Islands. Now it is going to entrust the desaliners

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Throughout the month of March Let’s have a storm characterized by many rains. However, when this temporary pass will come the good weather and return The drought again. Given this situation, the Balearic Islands, one of the communities most affected by water scarcityThey are looking to get ahead. The projects. The seafore and water cycle. has announced The construction of three desalination plants in Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza. The installation will have an initial budget of 3.5 million euros and are expected to be operational within five years, supplying more than 60,000 inhabitants. A serious problem. Currently, reservoirs on the islands are 51% of its capacity, showing the water problem despite the recent rains. For that reason, from the Ministry They have pointed out That these new desalination makers are to guarantee the medium and long term water supply, regardless of the weather conditions. However, this is not all, because there are other concerns, such as overexploitation of aquifers that It has generated problems With the introduction of salts. In addition, the archipelago receives a large amount of tourism every summer, which triggers demand and Test The supply capacity. Future desalination. The Balearic Government has planned the construction of desalists financed through the STI 24-25 call, with the aim of improving the water supply in the region. In Mallorca, the Rostent area will be prioritized, especially the strip between Ses Salines and Artà, as well as the municipalities of the PLA. In Menorca and Ibiza, areas with the highest water deficit will be served. The project will take place in several phases with the construction in 2027 and the commissioning of the facilities in 2030. But they already have others … that’s how, in the Balearic Islands There are desalination plants They help meet the growing demand for water. Currently, ABAQUA manages a supply and desalination infrastructure network that includes several plants, such as Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza. To give an example, the three existing desalination plants in Ibiza operate at 75 % of their capacity throughout the year, and They reach 110 % peaks In more than five months, which shows the overload of the supply system. Inconveniences. Although desalination plants have become an alternative for water use, they have a series of problem. On the one hand, they need high energy consumption, so would imply an increase in the price of water In the long term. On the other hand, these facilities They can have brinea residue with high salt concentration that can damage marine ecosystems. So the Balearic Islands will have to continue trusting technologies such as desalination plants, which despite the aforementioned problems, offer a response to the growing demand for water. However, they can bet on the implementation of long -term measures such as Wastewater reuse or Other methods within desalination. Image | Pexels Xataka | Barcelona is about to live something unpublished for 50 months and that until recently we thought it impossible: the end of drought

use any handless device

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The technological world usually starts from the assumption that we can all use our hands, but more than 100 million people with reduced mobility are excluded from that equation. The Spanish startup Aurax has decided to solve this problem with Mouthx, an oral controller that allows anyone (has their reduced mobility or not) interact with mobiles, tablets and computers without using the hands. “In Aurax we have developed a hands -free, intraoral control device, consisting of two Joysticksone that acts with the jaw and another with the tongue. We also have Head Tracking For secondary controls, “explains Narcís Codina, founder of Aurax, during an interview at 4yfn Barcelona, ​​the entrepreneurship event starts from the MWC 2025. Mouthx’s origin is deeply personal. The project arose when Codina met Armando Folgado, who has pentaplejía due to a spinal cord injury. Armando, current partner of Aurax, became inspiration to develop this technology that wants to transform the lives of millions of people. Precision that exceeds current limitations What distinguishes Mouthx from other solutions, according to its creators, is Its precision and versatility. “We use a technology from Joysticks that measures the magnetic field. In the end the accuracy is 500 points on each axis, in a millimeter of radius. In the end we do not move the tongue or the jaw more than a millimeter, “says Codina. A Mouthx model exposed in the MWC 2025. Image: Xataka. This wireless oral controller is an integral solution for those who have had very limited options. “They (in reference to users with reduced mobility) cannot control a mobile, apart from the fact that it is only with the voice. And as a computer, they use tobii, which is like a Eye Trackerin the end is two axes, it is a mouse with one click. And you have to click twice to select the second button, “explains the founder. Tobii is an old acquaintance of XAtaka: The difference in Mouthx with respect to what is raised by teams such as Tobii is remarkable: while current solutions allow only a basic interaction, Mouthx offers total control. “We in the end have made a device that allows you the total control of a mobile and a computer. And in fact as we also emulate, we can be like a joystick, we can be up to a Gamepad“Narcís adds. The device works with three axes in each joystick, which allows three -dimensional precision. “It’s 3D, it’s not two axes and click,” says Codina. This technology makes it possible for users to perform precise movements with hardly any effort. Easy to use, quick to learn One of the pleasant surprises that the Aurax team has taken has been The speed with which users learn to use the device. “The learning curve of users so far, we put both the equipment and Beta Testers as Focus Groups That we have done, it goes between fifteen minutes and an hour that most to learn. That is, go through the learning curve and use a mobile and a computer in full, “says Codina. The device, similar to an invisible dental splint, is manufactured for each user by means of an oral scanner. This customization is an inevitable friction today, but guarantees comfort and precision, even allowing to speak normally while used. Although Mouthx was born thinking about people with functional diversity, The company has discovered that its technology has much broader applications of the initially planned. “We were surprised, there are people without mobility problems that interest more than we expected. In the end there are always uses that one can get him,” says the founder. “We are realizing that for a neurosurgeon it is like having two more hands. Or a pilot you can use Google Maps With your hands on the steering wheel and looking where you have to look. A chef, a musician, a creative, or an engineer who wants more control, “he says as more use cases. The power of the device is not only in its precision, but also in Its ability to execute multiple commands simultaneously. “There are many solutions that allow you several buttons, several commands, but not simultaneous, you have to click one or the other. We allow you three tongue axes, three axes in jaw and three axes in the head. And this is quite powerful,” he explains. For Gamersthis capacity represents a competitive advantage, according to the founder: “You with your jaw can have eight commands and with your tongue too.” Eight are also the hours that your battery lasts, rechargeable connecting Mouthx to your case. Mouthx is accompanied by a highly configurable application that allows total customization. “We have a very configurable app that allows the user to choose which devices that are matched at the same time,” Codina explains. Users can create different configurations according to their specific needs: “You have your settings for your computer, one in general for Office or one for a specific program, and one for … for whatever you want. Well, you can jump from each other directly from the device.” An imminent pilot and launch The Vall d’Hebron University Hospital in Barcelona He has started a pilot study to evaluate Mouthx’s usability in people with reduced mobility. Dr. Lluïsa Montesinos, head of the unit of core injured, expects the device to offer greater autonomy and independence to patients. A patient testing mouthx. Image: Vall d’Hebron University Hospital. The device will be available for presale from the end of March Through the Aurax website. “Now people can point like Beta Testerbut at the end of the month they can point, and make orders. Can buy through Pre-Orders With a 30% discount, that is, for 1,000 euros instead of 1,300, delivering to seven months seen, towards October, “says Codina. Initial marketing will be online, due to the personalized nature of the product: “As the device is personalized, both design and manufacturing now requires a buffer scannerany dentist can do it, the dentist who has a reference, because … Read more

We have been trying to decipher how 1950 the Antarctica would be like. We just discovered it

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We have always seen the earth in the same way: Green and Brown Earth masses and the poles contrasting in white. Logical, because it has been tens of thousands of years covered by that white command, but the funny thing is that we have been trying to unravel What would Antarctica be like without ice. And we just discovered it in what is a curious and bleak view that could be the future of the earth. Decades melting Antarctica. Making Antarctica is not just a matter of curiosity. It is also key to predicting ice loss and sea level elevation. It is something that has studied Since 1950, but in 1996 the culminating moment came: the creation of the Bedmap consortium. With European support, many measurements and the most avant -garde technology at that time, the researchers marked the goal of creating a complete map of Antarctica. That came a few years later, with the Bedmap1 published in 2001. Bedmap1 Methods. It is what allowed us to know the average elevation of the rock base of Antarctica, the distribution of ice and its volume. Bedmap1 gave us a vision of that scenario with a resolution of five kilometers. In 2013 Bedmap2 appeared, for which they used ten times more measurements than the first and with a superior resolution. For the analysis, the researchers gathered data thanks to airplanes that fly over the area by sending radio pulses that allow measuring both the ice thickness and the most interesting: the depth of the rock bed. Crossing the data of these radars, batimetric data, satellite information and seismic studies, we can have that radiography of Antarctica. Bedman2 To the third is the defeated. And the most accurate so far is the one that crowns this article: Bedmap3. This is the result of the study of more than 82 million data points – some times more than those taken into account to elaborate Bedmap2 – and, as explained from British antarctic surveyit is as if they had removed the 27 million cubic kilometers of ice that cover the territory. In this new analysis, we see the most hidden places of the great mountains, but also details of the deepest cannons. Bedmap 2 already had a great level of detail, but this third map reveals is more depth in some areas. For example, where is the thickest layer of ice. It has been identified in an unnamed cannon in Wilkes, where the ice has a whopping 4,757 meters thick. Bedmap3 Fascinating. The resolution of this third attempt is 500 meters and, as we say, is the result of 70 years of measurements that have combined to give life to the new map. The three overlapping models It is what allows researchers to be more precise when having place statistics: Total ice volume in Antarcticaincluding ice platforms: 27.17 million km³. In Bedmap1, the calculation was 25.34 million km³. In Bedman2, 26.54 million km³. Total ice surface in Antarcticaincluding ice platforms: 13.63 million km² Ice thickness in Antarcticaincluding ice platforms: 1,948 m (excluding ice platforms: 2,148 m) Potential increase in sea level globally if all ice melts: 58 meters. And scary. That last value, the potential increase in sea level, is one of the main utilities of this type of research. It has not varied in the three attempts to map Antarctica and, as one of the researchers of the Bedmap project points out, the utility goes beyond the simple objective of satisfying curiosity. With the new data, Peter Fretwell comments that “it is evident that the Antarctic ice layer is thicker than we originally realized and has a greater volume of ice. It is also buried in a layer of rock located under sea level and is something that exposes ice at a greater risk of melting due to the incursion of warm water of the ocean. It is something that is taking place on the banks of the continent and what Bedmap3 shows us is that we have a slightly more vulnerable Antarctica than we thought. ” Precisely there is the disturbing. If the average temperature continues to increase, Bedmap3 may go from being a simple map to a prediction of the future of the earth. By the way, if you want to toys with Bedmap3, you have it in This link. Images | Bedmap, Bas In Xataka | Whenever there is a cold episode, voices arise that question climate change. The explanation is simpler than it seems

Volkswagen believes that car screens are getting too far

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For some car manufacturers, Only the screens matter. After the extreme minimalism of Tesla Model 3 2017 That eliminated buttons to relegate the control of the car to the huge central screen, there were manufacturers that got into the car. Filling the screw dashboard seemed like luxury at the wheel, but it is an idea that has not set Among users, critics and even the most relevant body in Europe to evaluate the safety of vehicles: EURO NCAP. Now, the brands are realized that they cannotPost everything to the screens And there are such strong statements as that of the Volkswagen design chief, who has recognized that “it is not a phone: it is a car.” Trend. Tesla is the perfect example when talking about cars screens. It is not the one that has the most, but that, in its last models, has relegated virtually all the functions of the car to that central console. Other brands like Mercedes soon got into the car with splashes in which the screens were protagonists and there are those who have taken this to the extreme, especially when we talk about electric car. Mazda 6e, the Electric Berlina And Mazda 3 It seems that talking about 100% implies putting aside the buttons. Even brands such as Mazda who have opted for small and touch screens only with the stopped vehicle have given a flying when they have presented the electric model. But perhaps one of the most exaggerated cases is Volkswagen. “Buttons”. In quotes. In the main image we have the dashboard of the Volkswagen ID. Every1the new 100% electric utility that wants to place itself as the electric car par excellence. The interior is futuristic, science fiction and yes, it has buttons. Real buttons, not like those of the Atlas, the new golf or the ID.4. THE FLYING OF ID.4 In these three models, The buttons are haptic, A kind of digital button that does not offer that pulsation feedback such as when we put pressure on a real button, but a vibration. How to type on a mobile phone, go. On the way, it may not be enough to give information to the driver when there are elements such as the vibration of the vehicle itself when rolling through a land that is not completely smooth. “It’s not a mobile”. This model has not yet went on sale, but the criticisms and the latest decisions of Euro Ncap seem that they have made the German firm rethink things. And he has done it. As we read in CoachAndreas Mindt, the brand design chief, has been the one who has taken the initiative by commenting that, from ID.2 that will arrive next year, all cars will have “physical buttons for the five most important functions.” These functions are volume, heating, fans control and emergency light. “They will be in every car that we do from now on, we have understood.” This reverse is curious, but well received because it is evident that they recognize that there is a real problem with this type of tactile interfaces and that do not use everything. “Never, we’ll never make this mistake again. In the steering wheel, we will have physical buttons. We will not have to guess more and have real feedback. People love that and, honestly, it is a car. Not a phone: it’s a car. ” Not a luxury. VW has not been the only one that, recently, has realized that touch screens as the only method of control of the car are a engoring for certain things and a potential risk for safety. The German Mercedes has also considered the screens a luxury symbol in its recent vehicles. The more, and bigger, the better. However, although the ‘Hyperscreen’ will not go anywhere, the design chief of the three -pointed brand admitted in a recent interview that they must devise another way to transfer that luxury to their vehicles, such as better finishes or more handmade pieces … instead of so much screen. With head. The truth is that, since the fever began by the car “Every screen”, each brand has made the war on its own. Lincoln, for example, It offers huge screensbut not tactile and only serve as a information viewer. Mazda (except in the 6e) continues to bet on buttons next to a screen of food dimensions; Peugeot, Renault or Toyota, among others, also incorporate large screens, but there are elements such as physical buttons in the steering wheel and to control the air conditioning that are maintained. Mindt rounded his comment on the future of the interfaces in Volkswagen stating that they will continue to offer touch screens “partly due to the new legal requirements that, as in the US, impose that all cars have a backward chamber. There are a lot of other functions that we can offer in certain areas and the screens will be large, but the five main things will always be in the form of physical button. That is very important. ” Therefore, whether by Euro NCAP warning or because they have realized that delegating all vehicle actions to haptic screens or buttons is not the most sensible, welcome that VW philosophy. Images | Mazda, Volkswagen In Xataka | Is the electric car worth it? Here you have a savings calculator to check it out

While OpenAi insists on being the new Google, Deepseek says they have higher goals: AGI

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Sam Altman has been very clear about his way of seeing things in Openai from the beginning. He has always been in a hurry to launch the ED models his company, market them and be looking for investment rounds to be able to sustain that frantic expense rhythm. The funny thing is that one of his greatest rivals, Deepseekyou are looking for a totally opposite strategy. Income grows. As they point out In Financial Timesthe company led by Liang Wenfeng has become one of the favorites of the Chinese technological panorama. Its payment services, consisting of the API for the use of Deepseek V3 and R1, have worked very well and have allowed income to cover operating expenses for the first time last month. But Deepseek doesn’t look for money. However, industry experts point out in FT that Liang has no intention of trying to take advantage of the time to maximize financial income marketing more and more their (efficient) products. No investment. Nor seek investors who support their goalsand in fact there is talk of how difficult it is to talk to the founder of the company. An investor of a multi -million dollar fund in China indicated how “we took advantage of high -level government connections and we only managed to sit with someone from their financial department who told us that they regretted it but did not look for investment rounds.” A for the AGI. Instead the company is focused on developing its current models and also in seeking the development of general artificial intelligence (AGI). It is the same challenge that other rivals pursue, but it is not clear what path each one is following to reach those with superior abilities even to those of human intelligence in all areas. Totally different from OpenAI. Deepseek’s approach is totally opposite to Openai, which from the first moment took advantage of Chatgpt to create a commercial business around that chatbot. Then the successive (and colossal) rounds of investment would arrive. The rumored SoftBank’s round, which It is estimated at 40,000 million dollarswould make its value amount to 260,000 million dollars. A small draft startup. In Financial Times they also point out that Depseek has 160 employees, something that contrasts with the more than 2,000 that OpenAi has. That has made others like Alibaba or Tencent convince business clients such as Apple, who will use QWen (from Alibaba) as an option for iPhone users in China. And with a “small” infrastructure. According to sources close to the company, Liang bought 10,000 GPUS NVIDIA H800 and 10,000 A100 in recent years. He did it before access to them was vetoed. It is not an too high amount if we compare it for example with which Elon Musk acquired In XAI, and also both are somewhat less powerful models than H100 and of course than modern B200. Deepseek R2 and V4 are on their way. The new versions of their AI models are in full development. They were expected to be launched in May, but the company may decide to accelerate that launch and make them available to the general public even before to take advantage of the good time of the company. Outstanding image | Solen Feyissa In Xataka | Deepseek, in the spotlight of European regulators: Italy and Ireland act against privacy concerns

The US strategy before China’s unstoppable naval growth has an unexpected protagonist: Japan

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The United States has been lagging behind in a field that previously dominated with iron fist. Its Marina fleet (sub) has been reduced to the same time as its budget. While China, Russia or even North Korea have been developing A new type of “war” Under the sea giving special importance to the “nuclear” theme in the UUV, Washington was still paralyzed. He Arctic case It is another perfect example. Perhaps for this reason, the approach has turned radically: Japan. Japan as an example. Before the growing Maritime Power of China And the difficulties facing the naval industry of the United States, Congress is evaluating the possibility of Adopt the Japanese model of constant production of submarines. Unlike the American system, where the amount of built vessels varies annually according to the budget, Japan (next to South Korea) has maintained for decades a production rate of A submarine per yearan approach that has provided stability to its naval industry and cost efficiency. The Naval Congress Specialist, Ronald O’Rourke, presented this model at a hearing of the Subcommittee for the Projection of Forces and Maritime Power of the House of Representatives, arguing that the Japanese strategy allows to maintain an constant acquisition rate Without affecting the total size of the fleet. Instead of increasing production, Japan manages the number of submarines in service through the extension of its useful life. The success of the Japanese model. To understand the formula we must go back in time. For decades, Japan has followed this strategy for protect your maritime interestsespecially in the soybeans, Tsugu and Tsushima, key routes where Russian and Chinese ships travel. Initially, its fleet consisted of 16 operational submarines and two training, but in 2010 it extended its objective to 22 submarines without increasing productionsimply prolonging your service time from 16 to 22 years. There is another key: the Japanese system allows Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Kawasaki Heavy Industries alternate the manufacture of submarineswhich avoids fluctuations in the workload of the shipyards and guarantees the maintenance of a highly specialized workforce. This strategy has caused the Japanese naval industry to be efficient, competitive and adaptable to changes in defense needs without generating extra costs or logistic problems. In front of the US decline. On the other sidewalk we have Washington. While Japan maintains its stability in naval production, the United States Navy faces A worrying scenario. The construction of your ships has become increasingly expensive and slowand the data corroborates it, since the total cost of the 46 ships currently under construction was tripled in a single year, from 3.4 billion to 10.4 billion dollars. But there is more. The aircraft carriers, which used to take 8 years to build, now They require 11 years. Here, China is advancing on the right too, As we explain. The attack submarines, whose construction took six years in the 2000s, now take nine. Even the Navy faces the shortage of personnel, both in the shipyards and in the crews, which further aggravates delays. All challenges that make the option of adopting the Japanese approach or that of South Korea, two of the world’s largest naval builders, win traction in Washington, especially when the number of US attack submarines is on the way to decrease in the coming yearswhich could affect the balance of power in the Pacific. Japan as a strategic complement. All this leads us to the proposal of Congress. In addition, the strengthening of the Japanese underwater fleet not only reinforces Tokyo’s defense, but also benefits the United States By having a better prepared ally in the region. O’Rourke pointed out that if Japan decided to expand its fleet to 30 submarines, it could do it maintaining its current production rate and extending the useful life of their vessels at 30 years. The recent delivery of RAIGEI Submarineof the Taigei class, by Kawasaki Heavy Industries to the Japan Ministry of Defense, it is a sample of the efficiency of the system we are talking about. Mitsubishi did the same with him Jingei submarinereflecting a constant production scheme that contrasts with the problems of the American naval industry. The challenge in an uncertain political context. While the Japanese model offers clear solutions, its implementation in the United States is not so simple. The main reason? The American system depends on annual budget negotiationswhat generates fluctuations in naval production and hinders long -term planning. In addition, political and economic uncertainty, including possible commercial restrictions and Threat of new tariffs On the part of the Trump administration, they could further complicate any attempt to stabilize the industry. Thus, the things already measure that competition with China in the maritime field intensifies, the US Congress is forced to reconsider its naval construction strategy. Adopting the Japanese model could represent a viable solution to improve efficiency, reduce costs and ensure that the Navy keeps its position on the global stage. A complicated equation that would require deep structural changes In the way in which the country finances and manages its industry, a challenge that is yet to be resolved. Image | Tom Dennison In Xataka | The US Navy faces an unprecedented threat: China, Russia and North Korea are developing a new type of underwater war In Xataka | Eight Rompehielos have turned Russia into the power of the Arctic. 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His king was useless sexual

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In the France of the eighteenth century, the prerrevolutionarythat of Versailles and the social boiler, there was a very urgent state issue that worried diplomats, filled hours of debate in the European courts, desperate the powerful Habsburg-Lorena house and inspired jocular songs on Paris streets: the penis of Louis XVI. Or rather: what did he do with him. Or rather yet: what he did not do with him. Despite his youth and being married to one of the ladies who greater fascination He has aroused in the history of Europe, María Antonieta, Louis XVI It didn’t seem too interested In sex. Himself summed up clearly in his diary how was his wedding night with the young Austrian May 16, 1770: “Rien” (Nothing) Nothing happened that first night of Esponsal among the young French Dolphin, who was now 16 years old, and his even younger wife, who did not even arrive at 15. And “Rien” (Nothing) The next night happened again, neither the other, nor to the fourth … and thus throughout 2,500 eveningsseven long years during which, marriage between Luis and María Antonieta was not consumed as such. The French towards night visits to his wife. And with greater or lesser effort, I tried. We know among other things thanks to the correspondence of José II of Austria, brother of María Antonieta, who after visiting her brother -in -law wrote a desperate letter (and with a comic point) in which she spoke of the poor performance of Louis XVI in the things of love and flesh. “It has very conditioned erections, introduces the member, it stays there for two minutes without moving, withdraws without ejaculating and still erect gives good night,” confessed José II To another of his brothers, the future emperor Leopold II. “And he is happy, saying that he has only done it … and that he doesn’t like it!” The Austrian aristocrat is not the only one who left in writing His impressions or what he knew about the sexual life of Louis XVI and María Antonieta. The contemporary historian spoke on the subject Jacob-Nicolas Moreau and influential aristocrats such as the Count of Fuentes, who served as Ambassador of Spain, the Count of Aranda and before or after his own protagonists, the French Dolphin and María Antonieta. Of course there was also talk of the apparent awkwardness (or lack of interest) of Luis in the streets of the prerevolutionary Paris, which did not miss the opportunity to compose jocular satires and increases of all about the matter. “Everyone wonders under: Can the king or cannot? The sad queen loses hope. One says that he cannot spliced. The other that cannot enter it “, Ironiza A theme dedicated to the virile member of Luis. That the sexual life of Versailles awaken so much interest, in Paris, France and much further, among the foreign aristocracy, is more than understandable. That Louis XVI and María Antonieta consumed and had a good sexual life (or at least joint sexual life, without more) was somewhat a priority state issue. It depended on neither more nor less than the real succession. Proof of what extent worried the matter is that, in addition to José II, the María Teresa I of AustriaMother of María Antonieta, and Luis’s grandfather, Louis XV (The ‘well loved’), who ironies of history was known by On the contrary: his intense and controversial Sexual appetite It is counted That in October 1772 the old French monarch came to summon the two young people in a private meeting during which he wanted to check in person, without mediators, if the genitals of his grandson had some failure. It is not surprising. There are no indications that Luis was interested in men. And beyond the jokes and murmuring, the precarious sexual life of Luis and María Antonieta let a question: if the problem was him (about it Rumors ran On the contrary, they talked about sexual scandals), what happened to Luis? There were theories A few. Many. Of all fur. There were those who believed it was of a matter of magic and that the dolphin was under the influence of a spell. Other versions blamed the poor sexual life of French to their shyness, youth, a Puberty delayglandular problems, diabetes, the endocrine system or that was a being “indolent” Towards sex. The most widespread theory and on which it seems that the most was spoken at the time, within the circles closest to Versailles, it is very different: phimosis. Having sex (or trying) the young man would feel pain, which led him to give up and frustrated his desire. The Count of Aranda echoed that version detailed In a letter collection a few years ago by ABC: “They say that the frenulum compresses in such a way the foreskin that is loosen at the time of penetration and causes pain that forces its majesty to moderate the impulse.” “Others presume that said foreskin is so adherent that you cannot loosen enough to allow the exit of the penian limb, which prevents a complete erection from occurring,” He pointed out The Spanish aristocrat, who is allowed to even leave his own impressions. If the problem is the frenulum, he writes, it would not be something so exceptional and the real problem would be Luis’s character. “It is something that happens to many people in their first attempts, but since these people have a better carnal appetite than their majesty, because of their temperament or their inexperience, with the heat of passion, a groan and good will, the frenulum is broken in its entirety, or enough to continue,” He reported. A similar version must have handled José II, who It is counted that he convinced his brother -in -law to operate. If the problem was or not the frenulum is more complicated. María Teresa He received a report that he advised surgery, but after examining his grandson Louis XV, he concluded that It was not necessary. It was about waiting. And … Read more

The book that reveals the secrets of the most powerful European company in the chips industry

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The portrait of ASML proposed by Dutch journalist Marc Hijink in the book ‘Focus: The Asml Way’ It is extremely thorough. This Company of the Netherlands leads the manufacturing industry of photolithography teams that are necessary to produce integrated avant -garde circuits. In addition, in the short term it is very unlikely that another company will be able to compete with it from you to you. At least if we stick to extreme ultraviolet machines (UVE) that are used to make the most advanced chips. ASML was founded in 1984 by Philips and also the Dutch International (Advanced material semiconductor). The purpose of this alliance was to take advantage of the long experience of Philips in the tuning of optical equipment and lithography machines, and the knowledge of ASM in the field of integrated circuit manufacturing processes, to design and manufacture avant -garde photolithographic equipment. Today ASML holds an “invisible monopoly”as Hijink holds in his essay. The road to the UVE photolithography team has been long and tortuous This book seems to me a highly recommended work for any reader interested in technology in general. And essential for those who want to know better the semiconductor industry and scrutinize it through the eyes of the European company linked to this most relevant market. The chapters that Marc Hijink dedicates to the prolegomena that gave rise to THE CONSTITUTION OF ASML They are very interesting, but my favorites are all those in which the enormous complexity of avant -garde photolithography machines explores. Intel invested in 2012 no less than 4,000 million dollars to help Asml to finance the development of its UVE lithography team This company is where it is thanks to its UVE lithography machines. And the path that has taken him to them has not been at all a path of roses. In fact, Canon and Nikon, their natural competitors, they also tried to develop these chips production equipment, but They failed in the attempt due to the enormous technical and economic resources that implied its tuning. ASML It took more than two decades to have a fully functional UVE lithography machine ready, and had the economic and technological support of its best customers. Intel invested in 2012 no less than 4,000 million dollars To help you finance the development of this chips manufacturing machine. TSMC and Samsung also economically supported this company of the Netherlands during this project. And the play did well. In fact, these are the three companies that currently have ASML UVE lithography teams. The tuning of this lithographic team has given this Dutch Company the mastery of the manufacture of high integration semiconductors. In some moments the text of Hijink adopts a tone more similar to that of a black novel than that of an essay dedicated to technology. And it is reasonable for a reason: A ASML is currently subject to a lot of pressure by US governments and the Netherlands. The sanctions that have deployed both in recent years prevent this company sell your most advanced equipment to your Chinese customersand Marc Hijink explores the geopolitical plot in which ASML has been involved with the rigor that deserves a situation whose end is not yet evident. For now ‘Focus: The Asml Way’ It is only available in English, but you read effortlessly if you are minimally familiar with this language. Highly recommended. * Some price may have changed from the last review BIBLIOGRAPHY | ‘Focus: The Asml Way’by Marc Hijink In Xataka | 2024 has been a year full of uncertainty for chip designers. So much that the market has changed leader

The most “walkable” cities in the world, gathered on a map with an overwhelming winner: Europe

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Little by little, Europe has been expelling the car. It’s something that goes beyond low emissions areas: It’s almost cultural. The cities of the continent were designed tailored to the pedestrians in which the cobbled streets and the squares were usual and, although they have given way to the roads, that pedestrianization is coming back. And show that pedestrian power is this map elaborated by Visual Capitalist in which we see the 20 most passable cities in the world on foot. Spoiler: The 20 are European. The map. The data to prepare the map have been extracted from the study ‘A universal frame for inclusive cities of 15 minutes‘and the graph of The Economist And it allows us to visualize the average time that someone living in a city of 500,000 inhabitants or more has to walk to reach some basic service. These services or comforts include places such as schools, restaurants, stores or hospitals and, although cities must be scored to choose an order, the truth is that the average time is very, very similar among them. Average time. Thus, of the 20 most pedestrian or more passable cities on foot in the world, the first would be Milan (with an ideal center to walk, everything is said) and the last one would be Oslo. Of course, as we can see in the table that we leave below, the difference between them is not a nonsense: Milan 6 minutes and 24 seconds Copenhagen 6 minutes and 36 seconds Turin 7 minutes and 6 seconds Dublin 7 minutes and 24 seconds Lyon 7 minutes and 24 seconds Munich 7 minutes and 30 seconds Paris 8 minutes Marseilles 8 minutes and 6 seconds Genoa 8 minutes and 6 seconds Edinburgh 8 minutes and 12 seconds Berlin 8 minutes and 12 seconds Vienna 8 minutes and 18 seconds St. Petersburg 8 minutes and 18 seconds Bilbao 8 minutes and 24 seconds Bordeaux 8 minutes and 30 seconds MINSK 8 minutes and 36 seconds Stuttgart 9 minutes and 6 seconds Lille 9 minutes and 6 seconds Barcelona 9 minutes and 12 seconds Oslo 9 minutes and 30 seconds Characteristics. The European advantage over other countries and the characteristics that make cities more friendly to pedestrians are diverse. On the one hand, these big cities usually have historical centers that have been pedestrianizing or that were already. There are many examples, but cities like Amsterdam or Paris, among many others, They have gained ground to the car In recent years with more pedestrian areas of both the center and the school streets. Another important factor is that many of them were founded before the arrival of the car, so they were designed to reach everywhere. That is why there is a greater proximity to essential services and there is a green infrastructure such as squares, gardens and parks that are also inciting, in addition, to walk. On the other hand, public transport is also very developed, reducing the dependence of the private car. Advantages. There are many, but we can encompass them in one: health. Walking more and taking less the car implies that air quality improves because there is less pollution. Noise is also reduced, although these two factors are something that the electric car has potential to change. Having a more active lifestyle, it has positive consequences on health and the cardiovascular system and is something that promotes community life. Projects. All this has led to the fact that, as we say, Europe is friendly with the pedestrian, there are cities that are rethinking their urban model. In Spain, there are cities like Logroño that They have gained space to the car. Pontevedra is Another curious casewith 80,000 vehicles in the center in the late 90s only 7,000 in 2018. The idea is to have “15 minutes cities”And, although in Spain we already live in them, there are projects for large cities to be even more friendly. An example is the Supermanzanas of Barcelonahe XPANDE project of Burgos to convert 23,000 square meters into pedestrian areas, the regeneration of Bilbao, Valencia either Sevilleamong other large and small throughout the territory. Out of Europe? And, in fact, it is something that has been encouraged at European level. He WALKING PANEUROPE PLANor European Walking Plan, was an initiative to promote that pedestrian mobility throughout Europe, driven by common policies and focused on improving health. Outside Europe, then … there is everything. To find the first most passable city on the list, you would have to go down to 28th place, where Kyoto is. And, within the top 50, there are other cities that are not European such as Taipei, Katmandú, Taichung or Tokyo, all in the lowest part of the list. USA, Cochista region. On the other side of the end is North America. The United States and Canada are countries that have developed cities in a completely opposite way to European: prioritizing the use of the private car. The first on the list is Vancouver in 53 position and it is something that will be difficult to change despite the projects individuals of each city. The reason is that it is something cultural due to the urban design of its large cities, where suburban areas are They expanded big before and after Second World War and where the highways They won the ground to the neighborhoods very quickly, destroying communities and that model of “cities of 15 minutes”. Cities like Houston or Los Angeles They could not sustain themselves without the car, in fact. In the end, it is curious as, at least in Europe, the cities of the future seem to look at the past to recover a healthier and closest urban model. In Xataka | High speed lanes for pedestrians, the solution for all those who hate the slow sidewalks

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