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Each generation plays their cards in work interviews

May 4, 2025 by usatoday24

The Work interviews They represent a thermometer to discover what attitudes present the candidates of the different generations before a work environment as competitive and changing as the current one. Each generation conceives use in a very different way and that is being done especially evident with the arrival of the Z generation to the labor market. The report of the Hays consultant ‘Keys to succeed in a job interview according to the generation‘, puts the focus on how each generation present in the current labor market faces the challenge of a job interview. Each of them Show notable differences that go beyond age and affect communication, preparation and ability to adapt to change. A quality encompassed between Soft skills highly valued by companies. Generational weights The coexistence of four generations in the Spanish labor market is a reality that forces both candidates and employers to rethink their strategies. A candidate of the Baby Boom generation who barely has a few years of professional activity but that treasures an enormous experience, Does not face work interviews in the same way that someone from the Z generation who has barely started their career. According to Study data ‘The generational mix in Spanish companies’Prepared by PLUXEE, the 2021 Active Population Survey (EPA) drew a generational composition of 19% of the active population in Spain belonging to the Baby Boom generation. Generation X adopts a predominant role with 45%, followed by 31% of millennial employees and 5% of professionals from generation Z. The forecast of this study by 2025 is that Boomers and generation Z are equated at 8% presence in the labor market, but with very different strategies. Active population according to its generation. Source: Pluxee More experience vs. Better preparation The experience and commitment It is one of the greatest treasures of generations that, at best, has already exceeded the equator of its careers, and play that letter to maintain their value in the labor market. As stood out from Hays, boomers tend to show a flexible attitude and a constant update in digital skills in their work interviews, while generation X strives to remain in force and adapt to new work dynamics. For their part, millennials and gene generation compete In a saturated labor market, where the abundance of very well qualified profiles generates constant pressure and significant anxiety levels. This competitiveness forces the youngest to differentiate not only by Your technical knowledgebut also for its ability to adapt and alignment with the values of the company. “Baby Boomers usually extend too much on their answers or focus exclusively on their last experience. Generation X can be excessively conservative. Some millennials tend to trust more on their technical skills than in the impact generated. And generation Z, sometimes, sin of informality or insecurity,” said Silvia Pina, director of Perm & Temp Recruitment Services in Hays Spain. As Hays’s report stands out, the most senior profiles are evaluated for their leadership capacity and strategic vision, while the youngest are measured by their growth potential. According to Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon, beyond the knowledge or preparation of young people, the most important thing is that demonstrate a positive attitude when acquiring new skills. Differences in what is expected of companies The Differences between generations Not only are they offering, but they also change in what they expect from the companies that hire them. Baby Boomers value FORMAL SELECTION PROCESSES and structured where a clear order is perceived that does not waste their time. For its part, generation X seeks clarity in the selection processes and development opportunities of your career. It is an approach close to that of the Baby Boomers in terms of valueing their experience, adaptability and teamwork skills, but does not forget that this generation still has decades ahead of the work career. Millennials and gene generation, on the other hand, are perceived as generations of the future of work. According to Hays, they prefer nearby interviews with continuous feedback and a strong alignment with the company’s values. This is collected by the ‘Labor Market Guide 2025 ‘which reveals that 64% of young professionals prioritize working in companies that have a defined purpose, and that offer learning opportunities to grow in their professional career above promotions. In Xataka | “I am very perfectionist”: the answer that recruiters no longer want to hear in work interviews Image | Unspash (VITALY GARIEV)

put malware in your music CD

May 4, 2025 by usatoday24

Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo is one of the most solera companies in the technological world. He was born just after Second World War and his early years spent repairing radios and inventing appliances as a failed electric rice. As his name was so complicated for the West, they decided change it for something much simpler: Sony. Now surely the movie begins to sound because we are not going to discover the Importance of Sony and its innovation At this point. But that innovation is not always positive and just 20 years ago, Sony committed the one that could be the biggest error in its history: install malware in the music CD they sold. Oh, the MP3 … Although it was at the end of the 90s and the beginning of the 2000 when the MP3 format broke out in popularity, its story had already a few years behind it. It was in the 80s when a German engineer named Karlheinz Brandenburg developed a method to compress digital audio files without loss of quality being noticeable to the human ear. The most purists of Flac will say that E MP3 is the devil, but the Brandenburg team used an algorithm that eliminated the sound information that humans do not easily perceive, thus reducing a barbarity the weight of those files. This opened a world of possibilities in the consumer and distribution industry: the MP3 portable playershe opened his way to the distribution of digital music and for the streaming of it. He also opened, two by two, the gap for the copy of songs and their illegal download. To attack. Sony Music was already a giant of the record industry in the early 2000s. Now it is very combative with AIand in his day the MP3 did not make them a hint of grace. In fact, they were very aggressive about it. They were actively developing protection methods for their music albums and, in August 2000, Steve Heckler, vice president of the United States declared as follows: “The industry will take any necessary measure to protect and protect its sources of income. We will not lose that flow of money. Whatever happens, Sony will take aggressive measures to stop this and develop technology that transcends the individual user.” You may think so, hard words, but it is too aggressive. Attentive because Heckler continued to affirm that they were going to put a Firewall To Napster. “We will block it in your cable company. We will block it in your telephone company. We will block it in your Internet company. We will put a Firewall on your PC. They are aggressive strategies because, simply, there is too much at stake.” And what if they fulfilled their word. XCP. It may be something that sounds to you due to how close the Conflict between LaLiga and Cloudflarebut Sony’s matter really was much more … curious. Shortly after Heckler’s statements, Sony launched Natalie Imbruglia’s second album with Anticopia protection Without announcing that it carried anticopia protection, but this was a plan that was already underway and the company launched certain albums with strong protection in some markets. In addition, before merging with Sony, BMG also launched millions of albums with some protection system. The player | Image: Mark Russinovich In March 2004, Sony and BMG formed a 50%alliance, marking muscle in the music industry and seeing how this strategy against song piracy had many points in common. The two companies had been hard about it and had declared that they would do what they had to do to stop the illegal distribution. Thus, at some point, they hired the services of Firts 4 Internet. This company had a tool that seemed infallible: a system called Extended Copy Protection, or XCP. When a music CD was introduced with XCP on a PC, the self -arrange was activated and showed a license agreement that the user had to accept. If not, the CD was expelled and we could not reproduce it. By accepting it, we could enjoy the music and we would not notice anything … except for us to want to copy the files, since only three copies of the complete CD or three of each track were allowed. Some points of that eula: If you got rid of the country, you had to erase all your music. If they stole the CD, too. By accepting, you assumed that Sony could install rear doors on the PC so that they can force compliance with their rights. In case of disagreement, the maximum sum for which you could sue Sony was 5 dollars. Almost nothing, but the worst was not that. It was … malware. But when the Eula was accepted, we were not only allowed to access the CD, but several programs were installed. They were the usual ones such as the protection itself, a Sony BMG player or the drivers to reproduce it. But there was something else, something much darker. So much that the users had no idea that accepting that agreement was infecting their PC. The reason? Together with the other files, a rootkit called “$ Sys $ Aries” was installed that was automatically activated when starting the operating system and did everything possible to hide its processes. Even in the eyes of antivirus. This, as you can imagine, was a problem because hiding so deep in the system opened a huge security gap that could be used by malicious malware. Mark Russinovich Caught. They soon discover the cake. Mark RussinovichSoftware Engineer, unleashed the controversy when he published in October 2005 a blog post detailing the operation of this rootkit. Not only did he uncover the malware, but he indicated that the eula did not mention that software and denounced that digital rights management had gone too far. Mark Russinovich Russinovich was not anywhere: this Salamanca with American nationality is currently the Microsoft Azure Cto And XCP was not the only rootkit who brought to light (he did something very similar in … Read more

both in a blackout and if you are away from home without plug

May 4, 2025 by usatoday24

We are going to give you a series of tips for extend your mobile battery when there is no electricity. We have already told you How to load your mobile battery if there is no electricitybut in the event that this is not an option, today’s advice will help you spend as much as possible. Although I am aware that it will not always be possible for you to do everything we advise you, it never hurts to know these methods. Thus, when the time is necessary, you will know what things you can do to lengthen the device’s battery, and you can decide which of them you can use. We have oriented these tips such as that of a blackout in your home, although they will also serve when you are out and do not have a plug close. And remember, if you think we have left something you can say it in the comments so that all readers can benefit from the knowledge of our xatakers. Activate energy saving mode Almost all mobiles, both Android and iPhone, have A mode of energy saving or low consumption. These modes temporarily reduce the activity in the background, and will help you spend less battery and it can last longer. Among the processes that the mobile is going to limit are email checks, the frequency of screen update, some visual effects or automatic downloads. However, the idea is that the mobile does less background without you know, and thus save battery. Screen brightness and dark mode The brightness of the screen is one of the things that spend the most battery on your mobile, and that is why limiting it is vital for your battery to last longer. Therefore, although you activate the energy savings mode, it is Reduce your screen shineit is advisable that you also try to reduce it a little more by hand. Just to see. At least there are, less battery you will spend when using it. It is also highly recommended activate dark mode as long as you can and in all the applications you can. Thus, the interface of your mobile and your apps will use dark tones instead of lights, emitting less luminosity and saving battery. Disable unnecessary connections You should also try to deactivate unnecessary connections. This means turn off the wifi, bluetooth, NFC and even mobile GPSsince they are elements that are constantly update and that makes battery spend. Bluetooth and NFC are the easy part, unless you have linked a clock to the mobile by the first. The data is better than the wifi, and the GPS is sending your position all the time, that is, when you deactivate it you will save a lot of battery. Keep these elements deactivated during the time you want to extend your autonomy to the fullest. If there is no coverage: plane mode If your mobile has no coverage, the effort to be looking for it continuously will make an extra battery expense. Therefore, in those cases the best is activate airplane mode When you don’t have data. That will make your battery keep up without that extra consumption. If you want, you can remove the airplane mode from time to time to see if it has come to you, but if not, put it again. And of course, When you want an extreme mode to save batteryyou can also activate it even if you have coverage, and deactivate it only when you are going to use the mobile. Deactivates automatic synchronizations Whenever you can, deactivate the automatic synchronizations of your mobile applications. For example, applications of email, photos or your cloud storage They will be doing online checks all the time to extract new data and synchronize them, something that will spend drums. Removing these synchronizations, you will lose things like you automatically reach emails or that your photos are uploaded to the cloud without clicking on the option to do so. But in return, you can win a small extra on the battery of your device. Use maps without connection In Xataka Basics we have explained you How to have the maps of your area on your Android or iPhone. This will allow you to have the maps down to the mobile and use them without connection. Therefore, and although we have recommended you to deactivate the GPS, If you need to use your map appit is advisable that you have lowered the data in your area. Doing this, instead of spending battery with both GPS and Internet data, you will no longer need to use the data. Everything will be lowered to the mobile and you can use Google Maps or Apple Maps without Internet connection. Use the Mobile Lantern If the blackout comes when it is night, you will be dark. That means that you may have to use your mobile as a flashlight. This is done with the flash of the camera, and you will have a very good lighting, although at the expense of spending a lot of battery. But although the blackout forces you to do it, try Use the flashlight as much as possibleand only in specific moments. Come on, it is best to use it for a few seconds when you need to locate things, but then turn it off again instead of leaving it on. Close apps in the background Normally it is not recommended to go to the screen of the apps that you have open in the background and close them, because when you open them you will end up spending more battery than if you have them open. In addition, the operating system of your mobile will manage them if problems do not spend too much. However, In extreme cases you may choose to close the apps in the backgroundor at least those that you are not going to use. Of course, remember that it is important not to open them again, because if you will not end up spending … Read more

67 years ago Pope Pius XII starred in the most macabre goodbye of the Church. The reason: exploded in full funeral

May 4, 2025 by usatoday24

Throughout his almost two decades as Pope, Pius XII had to deal with the complex scenario of World War II and The Holocaustwhich has made it A controversial figure. His critics accuse him of having silent before the Nazi extermination. His supporters see in him a strategist who maneuvered to save lives and prevent Hitler’s wrath from being on Christians and Jews. Curiously and After the death of Francisco Ithese days his name is playing for a very different reason: His caulitous funeralthat probably make the burial of Pius XII the most macabre and commented of the long history of the Vatican. After all There are few chronicles that they argue that during their funeral one of the worst things occurred that can happen in such circumstances: his body exploded for the past of the curia and the doctors. Literally. A goodbye with controversy Pius XII had a pontificate convulsive. And very much in spite of (and that of the church) their last days were fogged by the same feeling. Although his agony was not especially long (he felt bad October 6 of 1958 and died only a few days later, on Thursday 9) everything related to his health status became an obsession for the press. So much interested and such was the fight to publish in first the death of the Pope that some media decided to use a first level source: the doctor Riccardo Galeazzi-Lisiwho for decades had been a friend, confidant and personal doctor (Pontifical file) of Pius XII. “In those days the Vatican was extremely hermetic and it would not have occurred to him He remembered in 2005 The journalist Alexander Chancellor. When in 1968 he put himself at the head of the Reuters delegation in Italy, he himself met an old red phone in the office that, as his colleagues explained, had been installed there ten years before to be able to contact Galeazzi-Lisi. The problem is that the doctor turned out to be a source as influential as unreliable and lack of scruples. Over time Galeazzi-Lisi It would end up expelled of the Vatican for allegedly wanting to take advantage of his position at the Holy See while the Pope agonized. To be precise, They accused him to strain a camera in their room to photograph the dying and then sell the material. The reward was juicy. ABC remember that there were magazines and editorials that offered him $ 3,200 for the snapshots and another 20,000 for his story. It was not the only thing that the doctor was accused. From Riccardo Galeazzi-Lisi, it is also said that he promised to give a journalist’s death exclusively. The pact was allegedly that when Pius XII had gone to better life, the doctor would open a window of the papal residence. With what they did not tell, neither the doctor nor the press was that the heat of the Roman October took a nun to open that same window to ventilate the building, which led the reporter to misunderstand the signal. Other sources They assure that what Galeazzi-Lisi had committed was to stir a handkerchief and that the journalist confused him with a curtain moved by the wind. Whatever the right version, the truth is that on Wednesday, October 8, when the Pope was Agonizing but still aliveseveral media went out with a news as resounding as false: “Il Papà è Morto”. There were still several hours for Pius XII to die due to a “circulatory disorder.” The news was made public another better doctor, Antonio Gasbarrini. The most curious thing is that the main (and infamous) participation of Galeazzi-Lisi in the last goodbye of Pius XII began just then, after the death of the Pope. A frustrated embalming Although Francisco I simplified Papal funeral In order for the ceremony to look more like that of “a shepherd” than to “a powerful man of this world”, his funeral has made clear once again that the burial of a high pontiff is an unusual event. It is estimated that in just a few days about 250,000 people They passed before the coffin, in the Basilica of San Pedro del Vaticano, to say goodbye to him. In times of Pius XII something similar happened. The body used to stay Exposed for days so that the faithful could transmit their goodbye. And that, of course, required trying to remain preserved in the best possible conditions as much time as possible. The usual thing was that they retired part of the body of the body, but that idea did not seem like Pius XII too much, determined to be buried “As God created it”. In His memoirs Galeazzi-Lisi recounts how to these misgivings he decided to speak to the Pope of a new conservation technique that he had developed with a colleague of Naples, a simple, little invasive method of a mixture of herbs and essential oils. The technique was known as “Aromatic osmosis”it had been prepared by Galeazzi-Lisi with the help of a embalder called Oreste Nuzzi and one of its great advantages was that it barely required to manipulate (or eviscerate) the body of the deceased. It arrived with submerge it in the oil and aromatic herbs preparation and then wrapped it in layers. The doctor assured that the method was similar to that used by the Egyptians in their rites or the one that had been used with Jesus Christ. In his galeazzi-lisi memories even He recounts How he showed Pius XII a hand treated with his mixture. “He was amazed to see his appearance”. Did the Pope accepted that new technique to his body? It is not clear. What seems to be that Galeazzi-Lisi managed to achieve the approval of the Church. The works started on October 10 and priori followed the doctor’s guidelines: the body of the Holy Father was treated with the preparation of herbs and oils and then covered with a kind of cellophane to “conserve volatile aromas and ensure the best … Read more

Now they have a serious safety problem and data leakage

May 4, 2025 by usatoday24

During pandemic and Forced adoption of teleworkingsome bosses forced their employees to Install monitoring system in the teams of their employees to control that they really work during their day. As published Tom’s Guidea cybersecurity team has notified that millions of screenshots of one of these monitoring systems are accessible to anyone, compromising the safety of the companies that hired this service. The distrust of the bosses. The specialized media in Cybernews cybersecurity It echoed what they describe as one of the greatest security leaks of the Workcomposer companywhich offered a monitoring service in more than 200,000 corporate computers in companies around the world. The monitoring service offered attend to your personal affairs. These monitoring systems were the focus of An ethical and legal debatebut if the computer was from the company, it had the right to install the software that would believe timely. The day captures. All these monitored equipment generated dozens of millions of periodic screenshots throughout the day. These captures recorded all kinds of confidential information of companies, which employees used daily: emails, internal documents, accounting data, etc. The employee was not aware of what time the monitoring application He was taking a capture of his screen, so he could not have avoided the capture of this compromised data. In addition to all this data, the screenshots would have captured credentials of access to other companies of the companies if the screenshot occurred just at the time when the employee was accessing the service, which would mean a serious risk to their safety. A millionaire gap. According to Cybernews, the security gap could affect about 21 million captures stored on a Amazon S3 server that did not have adequate access security measures. That allows anyone to make the appropriate search to access the entire catalog of captures that is stored there. This has left all the companies that have used the workcomposer remote monitoring service in a vulnerability situation before attacks of impersonation of identity due to the theft of credentials and internal data escape. In addition, since it is not an attack on a certain service, the affected companies do not know the scope of the filtration, which will force them to review all the credentials and sensitive information that has captured the monitoring system. The RGPD knocks on your door. On the other hand, the massive filtration of these catches will put both affected companies and Workcomposer in a complicated situation. From Xataka we have tried to obtain statements from the company that manages this application, but we have not obtained an answer. He General Data Protection Regulation (RGPD) in force in Europe, and some US laws such as California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)they establish that the company that captures this data is the responsible for its custody and protection. The negligence to house millions of images with confidential information on a server without minimal security can cost you millionaire sanctions. In Xataka | Companies that have eliminated teleworking are facing a big problem: they take longer to cover their vacancies Image | Unspash (Boitumelo)

The MIT has just placed us closer to the great milestone in quantum computers: error correction

May 4, 2025 by usatoday24

The rapid development you are experiencing Quantum computing He is gradually dismantling the opinions that question the potential of this discipline. One of the biggest challenges to those who face is the need for quantum computers to be able to amend your own mistakesand three different studies defend how close we are to achieve. A Australian quantum research group, another Dutch and a third Japanese team published in Nature In January 2022 as many scientific articles in which they explain in detail the procedure they used to put superconductor cubits that have precision greater than 99%. When errors are so rare it is much easier to correct them. In the other saucer of the balance, Gil Kalai remains erect, an Israeli mathematician and teacher at Yale who He has predicted that quantum computers will never be able to amend their mistakes. According to this researcher, the increase in the number of states of quantum systems and their complexity will cause them to end up behaving like classical computers, so the superiority of the former will end up evaporating. The MIT has taken a firm step forward Before we investigate the achievement of scientists from the Massachusetts Institute (Mit) It is worth briefly reviewing what one of the companies that is contributing the most contributing to the development of quantum computers: IBM has achieved in the field of errors. The itinerary that published in December 2023 He anticipated that before the end of 2024, the Heron (5K) platform endowed with error mitigation would be ready. And this company He fulfilled his promise. The main problem facing quantum computers in the field of error correction is noise, understood as the disturbances that can alter the internal state of the cubits and introduce calculation errors. The strategy for which many of the research groups that are involved in the development of quantum computers are opting for monitoring the operations carried out by the cubits for Identify real -time errors and correct them. The problem is that from a practical point of view this strategy is very challenging. The mitigation of errors allows the cubits to carry out their calculations even if they have errors and only at the end of the process it is inferred what the correct result is However, there is an alternative path. It is known as ‘error mitigation’, and, very broadly speaking, instead of monitoring in real time what happens in the cubits allows them to carry out their calculations even if they have errors and only at the end of the process it is inferred what the correct result is. This technique is already delivering very promising results. In fact, this characteristic is what allows the quantum processor to argue the other quantum chips developed by IBM so far. What MIT researchers propose in the article in the article that they have published in Nature Communications It is a different approach to the correction of errors. In fact, in their text they describe how they have achieved Attach artificial atoms and photons with the purpose of using this mechanism to process quantum information at a higher speed than the prototypes of current quantum machines. This peculiar type of coupling between light and matter can be used to make very robust cubits and capable of processing information up to ten times faster than a quantum processor such as those currently available. Yufeng Ye, the main author of this article, He maintains that “This technology would eliminate one of the bottlenecks of quantum computers. It is usually necessary to measure the results of the calculations between error correction rounds.” In this statement this scientist has done something very important: he has established a relationship between the strong coupling of light and matter that can presumably be used to produce a new type of cubits and error correction. “This strategy could accelerate the moment in which we will reach quantum tolerant to failures and we can develop real applications with practical value,” says Ye. It sounds really good, although we should not overlook that what these scientists have done at the moment is a demonstration of fundamental physics. The challenge from now on is to bring this technology to practice. Image | IBM More information | Nature Communications In Xataka | We already touched the quantum internet with the tip of the fingers. This German experiment is a successful

What I learned from a Victorian bureaucrat about productivity

May 4, 2025 by usatoday24

There are those who seek productivity in Scandinavian design applications, there are those who track the paper notebooks and there are those who expect to find it in beep and alert -based methods. Anthony Trollope found her on a pocket watch. He was a mail official in Victorian England. Before signing, between 5:30 and 8:30 in the morning, He wrote 250 words every fifteen minutes. Without excuses. No inspiration. And so, book by book, they arrived More than forty novels. His method, which James Clear rescued in One of his guides on habits and frictionshows a paradox: that in the era of automation and asynchronous flows, what we most need is something as simple as a fixed, measurable, short and demanding interval. Indirect discipline. Trollope did not pursue Muses, replaced them with a system. The great enemy of the great projects It is not the lack of talent, but indefinite delay. Postpone, PROCASTINE. Starting to write a book seems like such a tedious task that many prefer to plan it forever. Trollope reduced the scale until he stopped being overwhelming. A quarter of an hour. Two hundred fifty words. Nothing else. Nothing less. When a novel ended, he did not rest or celebrate it: he turned the sheet and started the next in the same block. As if he understood that continuity is more powerful than motivation. And that the habit muscle is trained with rhythm, not with intensity. It must be said that Trollope did not have to suffer the tyranny of today’s notifications and distractions (Slack, mails, messaging …), but despite that advantage, he cultivated the Attentional monogamy: One thing at a time and without looking at the clock except to obey it. The stopwatch as an accomplice, not as a tyrant. An advance of deep work. Four daily blocks are more than one hundred per month. And fifteen minutes per block are nothing, until they are everything. Give to write about 30,000 monthly words when the rhythm is taken. And each block begins with a tangible victory, easy to reach. Instead of waiting for the perfect moment (which never arrives), I was adding one more page to the castle. Trollope practiced deep work without calling it that, and without turning it into a ritual. He was less monk Zen and more worker of the word. And he reminds us that The important thing is not to write much, but always write. That time is not found. And that, perhaps, the only thing that separates the amateur from the professional is the ability to divide an Everest in a succession of fifteen -minute steps. In Xataka | We do not need more productivity methods. We need to have a purpose again Outstanding image | Xataka

They begin by dominating a sector and then wanting to dominate them all

May 4, 2025 by usatoday24

Mark Zuckerberg already dominated social networks, so in 2013 Facebook tried to conquer our mobiles. Launched Facebook Home As a android pitcher, and increasing an agreement with HTC so that this firm would launch its HTC First With that pre -installed interface. That It was a failure. The fault was mostly on Facebook Home, which after a few hours on Google Play achieved a doubtful milestone: that almost 50% of those who described it They put a star of five possible. The pitcher was not quite bad for intensive users of the social network, but it was terrible for everything else. The firm had already tried to raise its entry into the HTC mobiles. He did it in 2011 with a dedicated button that surely nobody remembers and that probably condemned The HTC Chacha and HTC sauce But both in them and two years later it was clear that this was not the way. Facebook abandoned that ambition – which too He infected Amazon– And he focused his efforts in other areas. He wanted to be “Todista”and it didn’t go well. It is not the only one who wanted to dominate everything in the technological field. It is something that great technological ones have accustomed us. Microsoft is a good example: after dominating the PC and the office environment tried to sign up for trends such as those raised by the iPod (The Zune went wrong), The search engine (Bing has achieved grow slightlybut not too much) and mobile phones (what a shame, Windows Phone). He wanted to be Todista, but failed. And let’s not forget that Google, which dominates in searches and is part of the iOS-Android duopoly launching its own social network. It was just as evil (or worse) as Facebook about the mobile: Google+ is unfortunately, One of the great failures in its history. Even Apple wanted to get (supposedly) in cars and ended canceling the Project Titan. Here it is surprising that Apple failed to get into that field and a much smaller company like Xiaomi advanced it on the right (to every tablet) with the Spectacular Xiaomi Su7by the way. The Chinese manufacturer is in fact a small case of success of “Todismo”, and in fact perhaps it would be to reflect it with a face change. Even Amazon wanted to get his own mobile. It came out fatal. The last to launch that search For “all” is OpenAiwhich already has a really popular product (Chatgpt) with which he is trying to conquer other markets. The first, the searches, with Chatgpt Searchbut now they even chase Your own social network and even Your own browser “If they can’t get Get with Chrome-. It is a legitimate ambition, above all, and, as in the rest of the cases, reasonable. When you already have a successful product, use it as a lever to conquer new land and that all your ecosystem features is a logical option. They tell Apple and the iPhone. But even for them, that it works in certain cases does not mean that it works, much less always or that it does it especially well. Apple Music and Apple TV+ have undoubtedly contributed to strengthening the company’s ecosystem, but these services They are not winning In its segments. Apple does not even need something like that, because they are serving as another element of their offer, and that is already a triumph for them. However, again and again we find that this philosophy of “everyone” never just went well. And that does not confirm our well -known saying, which Silicon Valley leaders should take into account. Who covers a lot, Little squeeze. Image | Xataka with chatgpt In Xataka | Silicon Valley has changed to his prophets. The messianic CEO is back

There are countries that do not exercise as they should, and this map exposes the most sedentary

May 4, 2025 by usatoday24

Change Life habits and putting in shape is one of the most common purposes when the year begins. So much that there are studies that have proposed to analyze How to meet that goal Without discouraging ourselves because, for many people, putting on form implies “from zero”. The reason is that many do not perform the physical activity necessary to remain in good shape, which implies a risk for both physical and mental health. And on this map of Visual Capitalist We can see what are those countries in which people do not do the necessary exercise. The recommendation. The World Health Organization recommends that adults dedicate 150 minutes a week, at least, aerobic physical intensity activities. This includes walking -which is increasingly uncovered as A highly recommended exercise-, but also swim, jog or ride a bike. And these 150 weekly minutes must be complemented with 75 minutes of activities such as peso lifting for Strengthen both muscles and joints. WHO also says that any physical activity is better than any. The exercise not only keeps us healthier, but also contributes to a Best Mental Healtha better humor and a better resistance to diseases. The problem is that, as a study published in The Lancet Global Health It has demonstrated, much of the population does not move as much as it should. The study. The article explores and collects the data related to the physical activity reported by adults in different population surveys. Through the analysis of 507 surveys in 163 countries with a total of 5.7 million participants, researchers have been able to estimate the prevalence of insufficient physical activity between 2000 and 2022. The data. They are not good. According to their interpretations, in 2022, 31.3% of people worldwide performed insufficient physical activity, not reaching those minimal recommendations of WHO. In 2010, that figure was 26.4% and in 2000 it stood at 23.4%. We see, therefore, a bullish trend, but also a significant increase between the last decade and the previous one. By countries. The map prepared by Visual Capitalist collects this data and reinterprets the maps published in the study itself. In some cases, these data are devastating. In much of the American continent, two thirds of the population do not meet those guidelines marked by WHO. There are exceptions like Mexico, but the population is also close to that inactivity figure. In Europe, the situation is quite diverse. Spain has 22%of the population that performs insufficient physical activity, France 23%, Germany 12%, Austria 20%and Belgium 25%. However, there are cases such as Poland with 35% inactivity, Italy with a striking 40% and Portugal with 52%. Dramas. They are striking data, but together, the worst part is taken by the Middle East and part of Asia. United Arab Emirates is the worst country in this regard, according to the analysis, with 66% of its population performing insufficient physical activity. Kuwait is not very far with 63% and Lebanon stays at 59%. It is a trend in the area, with Qatar and its 54% inactivity, or Iraq and Saudi Arabia with 52%. Looking at Asia, South Korea is not much better, with 58% of the population that does not move what should, 52% of the Japanese are also more sedentary of the account and we see that India has an index of 49%. Japan’s case is curious, since it is a country that is proud of its longevity and of the exercise programs for the elderly. More and less aligned countries with the objectives for 2030. The more azul, the better Social inequalities. Speaking of age, it is something that also plays a role in these data. In this period of analysis, insufficient physical activity increased between those over 60, regardless of the sixth and the region to which they belong. But we also see many countries with light colors that represent that they are doing the recommended activity, but as we used to have meme in Xataka, it has a trick. Some of them are in Europe as Finland (10%), Netherlands (9%) and Sweden (8%), among others, but the vast majority are in the Sub -Saharan Africa area. And it is not that they want to train than the rest of the world, but that it is a very active population due to economic reasons since a greater proportion of population in poorest countries is used in tasks such as agriculture or manual works, something that counts for movement statistics. Because these social inequalities, in the end, are represented in a very varied arc of situations, and in the study itself we can see that the activity index barely varies between people with low income, but that when life is somewhat more accommodated, Sedentary lifestyle also increases. And the conclusion of the study is that, in the end, almost a third of adults around the world do not meet the recommended levels of physical activity and it would be a good idea that policies were strengthened to foster that exercise. In Xataka | The human being is not made to run, but to rest. At least according to a Harvard teacher

Books, Lego sets, board games and more. Five ideas to take advantage of Star Wars

May 4, 2025 by usatoday24

Star Wars He has accompanied us for many years throughout his numerous films, but also through a wide variety and quantity of products Merchandasing. Therefore, if you have in mind celebrate today the day of Star Wars we leave you with five ideas related to the extensive saga created by George Lucas. Lego Star Wars – Logo by 69.99 eurosa set that commemorates the iconic Star Wars logo. How was ‘Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope’ by 47.50 eurosa book that deepens the development and filming of the first film released in cinemas of the saga. Star Wars Heritage Pack by 54.95 eurosa pack for Nintendo Switch that includes no less than seven classic video games of the saga. Star Wars: Shatterpoint by 131.95 eurosone of the best and most complete saga board games. Star Wars: Light Sables by 33.25 eurosan interesting book that deepens everything related to light sabers. Lego Star Wars – Logo One of the best sets that Lego has launched on Star Wars during the new May wave is that of the logo itself. It includes a total of 700 pieces and has a very well careful design – even that Marvel’s. It has dimensions of approximately 13 cm high, 30 cm of width and 3 cm of deepness, its price is 69.99 euros and Save a little surprise for fans of the first film. * Some price may have changed from the last review How was ‘Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope’ If you like the first trilogy (the original), in stores such as El Corte Inglés we can find an interesting book about How was ‘Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope’. It is a book of 372 pages where we can find the works that inspired George Lucas to shape the film, photographs and unpublished production notes, curious data and anecdotes and much more. Its price, in this case, is 47.50 euros And if you stay wanting more there are two other books from the following films: How was ‘Star Wars episode IV: a new hope’ by 47.50 euros. How was ‘Star Wars Episode V: the empire counterattack’ by 47.50 euros. How was ‘Star Wars Episode VI: The Return of Jedi’ by 47.50 euros. How Star Wars became a new hope: the definitive story after the original film (hardcover) * Some price may have changed from the last review Star Wars Heritage Pack There are many Star Wars video games, but if the classic attracts above the current, ‘Star Wars: Heritage Pack‘It is a super interesting compilation. The Nintendo Switch version has a price of 54.95 euros In Xtralife (cheaper in Amazon) e Includes seven video gamesalthough some are digital. Included in the cartridge: ‘Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy’. ‘Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast’. ‘Star Wars Episode I Racer’. ‘Star Wars Republic Commando’. ‘Star Wars: The Force Unleashed’. Digital download: ‘Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic’ ‘Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords’. Star Wars: Heritage Pack (Nintendo Switch) * Some price may have changed from the last review Star Wars: Shatterpoint The same can be said of board games or board. There are many, but we are looking for one of the most popular, the best and the most complete, Star Wars Shatterpoint It is a real delight for fans of the saga. Its price is 131.95 euros In the English Court (cheaper in Amazon) and stands out because it is a game of skirmishes that includes miniatures. It is a game for two people in which We can select heroes or villains To face each other. Each game lasts approximately 90 minutes and among the characters we have Anakin Skywalker, Darth Maul, Asajj Ventress and more. * Some price may have changed from the last review Star Wars: Light Sables Light sabables are one of the most important elements of much of the saga, and we have seen them in a large portion of films, series, comics and video games. Although we have seen them so many times, they continue to keep a certain mystery, so in this book called ‘Star Wars: Light Sables‘We can discover some of the secrets that contain these weapons or tools. It is an enlightened 156 -page guide where we can see the different light sabers that have appeared along the films, series, comics and video games. In addition, it is interesting to discover differences between the colors of each sheetthe different handles that the characters have had and more. In this case, its price is 33.25 euros. Star Wars Light Sables (Hard Cover) * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Image | Disney, Lucasfilm, Lego, Planet Comic, Aspyr, Atomic Mass In Xataka | Your favorite series, comics and movies also in Lego: 15 ideal construction kits to mount yourself or give away In Xataka | The 41 best board games: from ‘Catán’ to ‘Gloomhaven’

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