Month: June 2025

Within China they are clear what they think of the US technological veto

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On May 29, the Office of Industry and Security of the US Department of Commerce gave the order to its national EDA software companies (Electronic Design Automation): They had to stop selling their products to China. The movement sought continue torpedoing its semiconductor industryone in which this software is key to continue advancing in advanced lithographic processes. China’s response is being clear: they see it as one of the greatest growth opportunities in its history. The context. The semiconductor industry is one in which the software is key to automating verification designs and processes. The margin of error is minimal, and there US companies such as Cadence, Synopsy and Siemens They have been key for years. These three companies dominate, in a combined way, 74% of the Global EDA market. The United States has informed these three companies to stop selling their software to Chinese groups, in an attempt to isolate it from an essential tool to continue advancing in chips manufacturing. Why is it important. The EDA software is the highway that each chip passes before entering production. The United States wants to stop the development of China in semiconductors, warned that the country has been preparing its greatest counterattack for years. At the beginning of September 2023 the Chinese government approved a item of 41,000 million dollars specifically intended for those companies that produce the equipment involved in the manufacture of integrated circuits. China has invested billions of dollars to have your lithography teamsit is clear that prefers to prioritize its technology to adapt the existingand is about to Achieve self -sufficiency in the development of your own 5 nm lithography. The performance by wafer is still low but something is clear: sooner or later, China will be the world leader in chips. The answer. Although the EDA industry stars three US companies, Chinese local companies have been moving forward in the development of this type of software. Specifically, there are three other big names playing in the country of Xi Jinping: Empyrean Technology, Primarius Technologies and Semitronix. After knowing the news and the new US export restrictions, the action of each of these three companies shot over 20% in the case of companies such as Primarius. Yang Lianfeng, president of that company, He counted In an interview that EDA national suppliers are seeing in this movement “the best development opportunity in history”. A national counteroffensive. Yang points out that China will not try to replicate the American EDA software. It will establish its own ecosystem, making this mosquadilla an opportunity to strengthen its self -sufficiency in national semiconductors. Young companies such as Industrial Univista Software Group, founded by former Synopsy and Cadence executives, They have made free disposal free tests of its Eda Univista Archer platform. This company, founded in 2020, serves more than 200 Chinese companies for integrated circuit design, and struggle to be the fourth name in the list of companies that aspire to lead in EDA. The limitations. China wants to answer these new restrictions as soon as possible, but the way will be complex. The race to jump to the two nanometers is crucial, one in which Nvidia, ASML and TSMC have been working for years. Companies like Xuanjie, the Chips Design Unit founded by Xiaomi, would have trouble jumping to this lithographic process. Their chips are manufactured by TSMC and the Xring 01 It is based on the TSMC three nanometers process. But the designs are their own and without access to American Eda tools, currently, it does not seem possible to break this barrier. The American veto hits right in the most critical bottleneck in the chain, but also pushes China to accelerate in its national substitute. In Xataka | China promised them very happy monopolizing rare earths. The problem is that he did not think of the smugglers

Flying to Mallorca costs only the Caribbean, the problem is that the airline business is no longer your tickets: it’s your clothes

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This week We counted That, if you have not reserved your vacation in the Canary Islands, the Balearic Islands or one of those other “hot” points of the Mediterranean coast, the same may come out, or even cheaper, a stay in the Caribbean. The paradox is that the fault is not of the flights, it is from the hotels. In fact, the price of flying, without more, has not shot how it is usually pointed. What has really changed is the airline business model. Your ticket is no longer as important as what you wear. A billionaire business. It The BBC counted In a report this week that put figures to the business. What was once a standard service (billing a suitcase without cost, choosing a seat or receiving food on board) has been transformed by airlines into a colossal source of income. With the rise of low-cost companies in the mid-2000s, headed by Flybe And then replicated by giants such as American Airlines, collection was institutionalized by invoiced suitcases, a trend that today includes hand luggage (the last resolution in Europe It will bring tail) and with ideas increasingly “creative”. The result is a market of “accessory rates” that only in the United States generated more than 7,270 million dollars in 2024 by billed luggage, and that will globally reach the 145,000 million this yearrepresenting 14% of the sector’s income. This phenomenon has caused indignation between consumers and politicians, who accuse the airlines of applying the so -called Like “Junk Fees” (junk rates) camouflaged in the price End of the ticket. The luggage fever (hand). Given this scenario, millions of passengers have chosen to travel Only with hand luggageshooting the demand for small suitcases that meet the strict dimensions imposed by the airlines. He counted the medium British that marks Like Antler They have seen the searches and sales of compact models increase massively, while in social networks (Especially Tiktok) The content related to “luggage tricks” and suitcases tests in real airline meters has been popularized. Here are influencers Like Chelsea Dickensonwho have turned these types of videos into the core of their online activity, generating more impact than the content on the destinations themselves. In other words, the phenomenon demonstrates how the industry has even influenced consumption habits prior to trip. The legal controversy. We have been counting it. The growing collection even for hand luggage has caused a Formal reaction in Europewhere consumer organizations Like Beuc They have denounced a Several airlines (including Ryanair, Easyjet, Vueling and Wizzair) before the European Commission. They claim that these charges violate a 2014 judgment of the EU Court of Justice that establishes that hand luggage, if it meets reasonable weight and security requirements, cannot be an additional cost. However, the concept of “reasonable requirements” remains that gray area that still lacks a firm legal definition and that the airlines are grabbed, which allows them to continue applying charges according to their own criteria. In fact and as we said, the European Union has approved This week his position in favor of the regulation that will continue to allow airlines to charge for the hand luggage that travels in the cabin (yes, with the vote against Spain). The case of Indigo. The BBC counted that, in the face of the globalized tendency to monetize each service, some airlines, such as Indian Indiathey have remained out. Its executive director defends a policy of not charging for invoiced suitcases, arguing that prevents endless ranks and unnecessary conflicts in the shipping doors. Its operational model, which allows changes in just 35 minutes, demonstrates that an efficient logistics does not require squeezing the passenger for each basic service. This alternative, although marginal, emphasizes that there can be another type of relationship with the client in the air industry, challenging the dominant narrative of the sector. Between efficiency and abuse. In summary, the evolution of luggage collection reflects a paradigm change: the air trip has been fragmented in copper parts, leaving the passenger in a constant search for How to avoid paying further. While airlines defend their model in response to competition and the need for income, consumers and legislators question to what extent this strategy erodes the experience of flying. Thus, the hand luggage boom and the appearance of those “triprs of the trip” eager for visits reflect a culture of the minimum luggage as a form of economic resistance. If you want also, as forced adaptation to an increasingly hostile environment for the common traveler. Flying has ceased to be expensive, because what we carry with us is the real business. Image | Stockcake In Xataka | After the battle between the EU and the airlines for hand luggage, the rates and sizes remain for this 2024 In Xataka |

The price of negative light is a problem. It is also the biggest opportunity to reindustrialize Spain in decades

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See the wholesale price of light to zero euros or even negative has ceased to be an anecdote for become a daily phenomenon In Spain. Symptom that renewables dominate the energy mix, is a growing obstacle to the profitability of electricity, but is still cheap energy. And as such, it is the best opportunity to reindustrialize Spain in a long time. Why it happens. “Zero or negative prices are a symptom of abundance of renewable resources to generate electricity,” analyst Pedro Cantuel, who works in Ignis’s energy management, explains to Xataka. In the central hours of the day, when photovoltaic production is massive, renewables flood the network with a practically null marginal cost, which collapses prices in the wholesale market. The time to reindustrialize. The abundance of cheap energy puts Spain in a competitive advantage position against its European neighbors. If Spain can offer clean energy to a very low cost, it becomes a magnet for industries that devour electricity, such as data centers, metallurgy or new green chemical industry. “In the European context, I think this can happen, since Spain could offer more competitive electricity than some of its neighbors,” explains Sergio Fernández Munguía, engineer of the renewable sector and author of Windletter. “In a global context, industrial electricity in Spain is still expensive because the invoice includes many other items beyond the cost of electricity.” Who has to adapt to who. The industrial model of the twentieth century was based on a premise: the energy was available 24/7 at a more or less stable cost. The renewables have broken this scheme: their production is intermittent. The traditional solution is to store that energy with batteries or pumping centrals, but the high cost of these facilities has dragged their deployment. Fernando Rodríguez, an industrial engineer of the energy sector, believes that the true revolution is not only to attract the usual industries, but to create those of tomorrow. The solution, according to Rodríguez, is that the industry adapts to energy until there is economic storage, and not vice versa: “The industry of the future will have to work with greater inventories, as was the case before the imposition of the imposition of the Just in time“ Flexible and modular manufacturing. The idea is to design industrial processes that can operate in full load when energy is almost free and reduce its activity or stop when it is expensive, without losing efficiency. It is already happening in adaptable industries such as recycling, large -scale 3D printing or desalination, which can program their consumption peaks for maximum solar generation hours. Concrete cases? In the United States, the Alcoa Warrick aluminum giant already adjusts its production to the available renewable generation. In Germany, the School of Engineers of Munich and Linde have designed an ammonia plant that works both 100% and 10% of its capacity, adapting to the production of Hydrogen Grandolytic. The industry will be where renewables are. Rodríguez believes that an industrial relocation will be necessary, and gives as an example the failure of the German “electric highways, a project to carry wind energy from the north to the industrial south that will end up costing more than 140,000 million euros. “Industrial companies must relocate near the new centers of gravity of electric production,” he explains. In Spain, this means taking factories to areas with more sun and wind, creating development poles in places that until now were not industrial foci. If energy is free, who will build the central? The cheap energy avalanche has an inevitable counterpart that puts the entire system at risk. If prices are zero, producers’ income are also. “Negative or zero prices discourage new investments,” confirms Sergio Fernández. “Especially in photovoltaic, those who are making numbers for new plants will see that their expected income in the market is lower than a few years ago and, therefore, also their profitability.” A nipe castle. This problem not only affects future renewable plants, but also the support that guarantees that we have light when there is no sun or wind: combined gas cycles. “As the price of the wholesale market falls,” says Fernando Rodríguez, “the growing opportunity cost will leave investments to generation, transport, distribution and marketing without investors and without financing.” The long -term danger is evident: a total break in the investment that leads us to an obsolete and unable to meet future demand. Without a robust system, there is no possible competitive economy. To take advantage of the industrial opportunity, Spain has to strengthen its nipe castle, and it is not enough to touch the prices artificially. The attack plan. The first bottleneck is the electricity bill. Although energy in the wholesale market is cheap, the invoice is still expensive. For Pedro Cantuel, the solution goes through a “drastic reduction in the final invoice eliminating taxes, bringing system charges to the general state budgets and reduce regulated costs.” The second problem is oversupply. How is demand increased? Cantuel proposes to “encourage electrification to replace the consumption of winter gas with electricity.” And at an industrial level, support great consumers “with the same mechanisms that our German or French competitors have, facilitating the connection of new demand to the network. Spain before its historical opportunity. A turning point that can allow the country to reindustrialize sustainably and become an energy power in Europe. But time runs, and it is essential to “create a national long -term plan that provides stability and certainty to the sector,” claims Cantuel, who defines as a priority “set clear rules for storage and new vectors, such as hydrogen.” The relationship between electric and the government is enquisted by the 7% tax on the generation. Consumers complain that the distribution toll “far exceeds real network costs.” Defining the rules of a competitive New Spain requires a country plan that puts all interested parties to row in the same direction. Without an ambitious and coordinated plan, today’s abundance could become the precariousness of tomorrow. In Xataka | The light price is … Read more

We can read the first stories of ‘Mortadelo’ written by Ibáñez. And they are quite different from those we know

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They are lThe most famous characters in the history of Spanish comics And his indisputable supervants, and yet to enter his very extensive work is a real odyssey. Between apocryphal authorsthousands and thousands of published pages, different formats and editorial misadventures that included, in their day, A magazine with Mortadelo and Filemón on the cover that could not name themtracing misadventures these icons demand time and patience. Luckily, things are changing. We all know the long stories of Mortadelo and Filemón, The albums that were published from the master ‘Atomic sulfate’. For many years, until the mid -1990s, the stories of the agents were divided between these periodic appearance albums and short stories (very often made by without accrediting cartoonists) on the other hand, which were published in Bruguera’s magazines. That, the brief and self -clusive history, was in fact the only format of Mortadelo and Filemón, between its creation in 1958 and its first album in 1969: short stories, costumbristas, and where all the paraphernalia of parody of the stories of spies did not exist. This first decade of the characters of the characters immerses us in an era different from the usual for Mortadelo and Filemón, which at that time starred in stories with the subtitle Information Agency. For them, names with useful use were considered, such as “Mr. Chloro and Mr. Yesca, detective agency”, “ocarino and pernal, special agents” and “sequin and trust, fine detectives”. As seen, the reference to the detectives was the order of the day, because they were a parody of Sherlock Holmes and Watson. In his first adventures, Philemon even had a pipe (and in a specific story he wore the coat and cap characteristic of the Baker Street detective). Who already looked uniquely similar to the current one was Mortadelo, but with a curious difference: then I already changed appearance, but I took the costumes of a bombin. This is an idea that, apparently, invented the distinguished Manuel Vázquez, creator of Anacleto, as he declared in an interview. He also had an sleepy gesture that would end up losing over the years. Both would end up softening their aggressive initial features, such as the Aguileña Filemón nose. Finally saved The edition of the short stories of Mortadelo and Filemón has always been immersed in chaos: meaningless selections, mixing apocryphal authors with originals from Ibáñez (although in this first decade, the unique author was him), from different eras and without context of any kind. Penguin Random House seems to have realized the treasure that he hosted in his catalog when he bought the rights of The entire Bruguera background And, after a couple of years with more or less compilations to use, it has begun to edit characters such as Anacleto, Saccharine, Superlópez Or, finally, Mortadelo and Filemón, chronologically. In that context we get the volume ‘The first 200 cases of Mortadelo and Filemon‘, A compilation that, for the first time, collects the first three years of the characters Without skipping a story. An Tebeíl archeology event that is accompanied by abundant texts that contextualize the proposal, at the hands of two experts such as Antoni Guiral and Jordi Canyssà. In this volume we can see not only how Mortadelo and Filemón were almost seventy years ago, but how Ibáñez’s humor was at the time: welcoming the Bruguera humor codes of a page, with ambiguities and gags bathed in a much more domestic style and of gentle costumbrista criticism. We have had the opportunity to talk to Guiral and Canysssà about this great edition, and we have asked them about what must have been a hard review and documentation work. Guiral tells us that “although there was information about when Ibáñez began to publish in Bruguera and what was the first published cartoon of Mortadelo and Filemón, we have started from scratch. That is, we have reviewed all the publications of Bruguera since 1957 to verify, really, what was the first Ibáñez joke published, which was the first signed and what was the first cartoon of the published series.” Canysssà continues to say that “it has been necessary to restore those pages to clean the drawing line as much as possible, because we must take into account that at the time they were published with low quality paper and with many printing deficiencies.” In that sense, says Guiral, “The main inconveniences have been to locate all Bruguera magazines and try to make reproductions the most faithful to the originals without losing quality. There is no public entity that has all this material, unfortunately, so we have had to resort to our collections and those of some private collectors. “ Canysssà adds that “it would have been ideal to be able to scan some of these pages from the originals, but, unfortunately, or they were lost, or destroyed, or are locked in a warehouse without being consulted. In ‘The first 200 cases …’ we could locate and scan a single original of this era. We reproduce it in the book and it is a real jewel. Without a doubt, the most interesting thing about this compilation is that Open the door to more systematic editions of the classics of our comic. Guiral acknowledges that “if it were for us, we would continue to collect all mortadelo and philasemón in chronological order. Everything will depend on whether this first volume works commercially speaking.” Canysssà concludes that “the public’s support is the key. Many pages are missing, many comics until they reach the long adventures of Mortadelo and Filemón that are so popular and that they constantly reissue. Header | Penguin Random House In Xataka | ‘Exterminius’: the alien photonovela that traumatized a generation from the pages of ‘Mortadelo’

Huawei is China’s winning horse and is even leading where he seemed to death: in mobiles

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2025 will not be an easy year for telephony. The consultants They are checking down Growth forecasts of giants such as Apple and Samsung, hoping that the geopolitical impact of the commercial war will translate into higher prices in key markets such as the United States. The growth perspective in global shipments is especially low, and will be mainly starring Chinese manufacturers. Among them, there is one in which all expectations are set. One with the potential to shake the industry. All eyes put in Huawei. There is no worldwide manufacturer that grows more shipments than Huawei. It is something that We warn at the beginning of the yearin a global photograph of Canals that showed some interannual contraction for Apple and Samsung numbers (they lost 1% compared to 2024), and in which Huawei grew no less than 36%. A wild figure, taking into account that its local rivals such as Xiaomi, Honor or Live grew by about 15%. Less than half of what Huawei was achieving. An unstoppable trend. Ethan qiAssociate Director of Canalys, expects the Chinese manufacturer to remain a leader for 2025. Although not much further in its analysis regarding the relaxation of bottlenecks so that Huawei can stock up on critical components, there are several key points that explain why the Chinese company has all ballots to lead world growth this year. Among them, how will tariff pressure, Chinese technological nationalism of Huawei consumers play in favor of Chinese companies, The thrust with SMIC for the manufacture of Kirin chips and the turn Towards a domestic supply chain for close the circle. Without fear of own hardware. After the American veto, Huawei has focused all its efforts on achieving a product without external dependence. And he has achieved it. Huawei Mate 70 was the company’s first phone with Kirin 9020, A chip developed in silence and who planted the United States, a country that could not understand how were 5g chips developing despite the sanctions. Although this processor is manufactured under the lithographic process of 7 NM of SMIC, and notably below those manufactured by TSMC with its N3E lithographythe demand for mate 70 It has been high in China. However, if Huawei wants to continue pushing on national soil, he needs to prioritize a very concrete product: the mid -range mobile. The mid -range as a key. In Spain we are not the only ones who bet on quality-price mobiles. At the beginning of 2025, the Chinese demand of smartphones concentrated on the strip of 2,000 to 5,000 yuan (240 and 609 euros to change). Here Huawei places his Nova rangeone of its main sales engines in China. National policies of Subsidies Sales continue to warm up of smartphones, having added two to three percentage points to their growth in the first quarter of 2025, according to estimates. Huawei, together with the support of its local suppliers and SMIC, is at its best to aim with this family of products to its national soil. All to pure 80. Although the growth of Huawei in China will depend on a good part of the efforts that focus on their best -selling ranges, all eyes are now put on The pure huawei 80his Flagship family and a great opportunity to demonstrate what their efforts are being materialized to achieve self -sufficiency. They will be presented on June 11, and They already have more than 200,000 reservations without even having gone to the market. The great hope. Huawei’s role is key in China. He is not just the protagonist in the race to lead the manufacture of smartphones with SMIC, It is because of its potential to create chips for iaas his family Asce 910. This chip will play a key role in the effort for reduce national dependence with American manufacturers such as NVIDIApointing in front of their A100 and H100. Presumably, SAQC technology will allow SMIC to manufacture 3 Nm chipswhile they would be About to achieve capacity to make 5 Nm chips No need for access to equipment extreme ultraviolet photolithography asml. A way to travel that leads to an inevitable destination: sooner or later, China will be the world chips leader. Image | Huawei In Xataka | Best Mobile Huawei (2025). Which to buy and recommended models based on budget, tastes and quality price

How collagen has become a global obsession

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The myth of eternal beauty has traveled human history since time immemorial. Starting with Narcissus losing himself in his own reflection, to Dorian Gray’s pact with the devil so that his face will never change. Reaching the extreme obsession portrayed in the black comedy of the nineties Death feels so goodwith Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn drinking a potion that promised them eternal youth. Today that youth cult does not need magical mirrors or cursed portraits. Enough with A spoonful in coffee, A night cream either A capsule with red fruit flavoreverything has a “antiaging” formula: collagen. The trend that everything monopolizes. The collagen It is the most abundant protein of the human body, but over time, its natural production decreases, which contributes to the appearance of wrinkles, sagging and joint discomfort. For this reason, in recent years its popularity has intensified. In addition, everything is interrelated: the global boom of Korean cosmetics, also known as K-beeautyhas contributed to reinforce this trend. According to Voguethe first wave of K-Beauty in the 2010 decade introduced routines focused on skin care-such as double cleaning or Cushion bases-and conquered the western public with innovative, accessible and culturally attractive formulas. Now, a second wave has arrived, expanding the Korean influence on hybrid and functional makeup, where ingredients such as hyaluronic acid or niacinamide coexist with pigments. This skin -centered approach has created the perfect terrain for ingredients such as collagen – present in creams, sera and supplements – become synonymous with “good skin.” An even bigger impulse. And it is that the impact of social networks has amplified the trend, especially in Tik Tok. The point is that has left of being a medical curiosity to become a habitual element in diet and daily self -care, promoted by influencers, celebrities and marketing campaigns that promise to reverse the signs of aging. In this context, the obsession with “look good” has resulted in an avalanche of routines, products and treatments. From injections to soluble dust, collagen has become omnipresent. This aesthetic pressure, amplified by filters and algorithms, feeds a growing anxiety for not showing age signs. Aging has genre. The demand for “staying young” falls disproportionately over women. As They have pointed out In Psychology Today, the anti -aging industry is directed almost exclusively to them, reinforcing the idea that their value is directly linked to their appearance. While men can “mature” or become “interesting with wrinkles”, women are required to stop time. The social and professional invisibility that many experience from a certain age is a widely documented reality. In this sense, collagen is not only a supplement, but also a symbol of the pressure imposed by society on the female body. There is a lot of skepticism. Faced with so many promises, science asks for caution. Dr. Afshin Mosahebi, professor of plastic surgery at the University College in London, has been blunt in The Guardian: “Science is doubtful”, and there are no large -scale studies or pairs that support the most ambitious statements about collagen supplements. In addition, he has clarified that its consumption does not guarantee visible benefits: “When you eat something, it does not reach your skin.” Just ingest quality protein to obtain the necessary amino acids. On the other hand, According to BBCsome studies have signed up for modest benefits for skin elasticity or joint health, but many are small, poorly designed or financed by the brands themselves. Miracle or marketing? The collagen boom has given way to a millionaire industry. Beauty and health brands have launched full lines of products that promise to restore the lost collagen with age. This fever includesFrom anti -wrinkle creams to injections, intravenous treatments and dust to dissolve in coffee. But he doesn’t stay there: one of the latest trends They are the exosomessmall cell vesicles that supposedly stimulate the production of collagen from within. Although they promise to be the next cosmetic revolution, its effectiveness is still under study. The idea of ​​continuing to stretch the collagen gum has no brake. The novelty focuses on vegetable collagen (“plant-based”), hydrolyzed collagen and collagen peptides. However, the scientific evidence that supports its benefits It is still scarce or contradictory. What if aging was not a problem? Taking care of the skin, eating well and staying healthy is important. However, it is also to accept that the passage of time is inevitable. As He has pointed out Dr. Mosahebi himself in The Guardian, which most influences how we get old is genetics and lifestyle: “Avoiding the sun, not smoking, hydrating, maintaining a protein rich diet and using products such as hyaluronic acid are more effective measures than any supplement”. Perhaps the collagen is not the elixir of youth, but the reflection of a society that seeks to stop the clock at all costs. And perhaps, the real challenge is to normalize aging as much as we have learned to celebrate beauty. As one of the protagonists of Death feels so goodafter drinking his elixir of eternal youth: “Do you realize how competitive this is? Life, youth, beauty …” Image | Pexels Xataka | We are asking Chatgpt to value how handsome we are precisely because of what gives us the most: the truth

Pension plans for six -year -old children

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Let’s say that for a while this part, talk about Retirement It produces some stress in the world population. Spain has offered a solution, although of “high risk”. In Europe they have thought that the best It is delaying itand in Denmark they have seemed little and they have postponed it until 70. In South Korea even the term “old”and in Japan retirement simply It is disappearing For work sine die. The latter comes from Germany and opens an unknown melon. Primary retirement plan. It CNBC had. While millions of retirees In the United States and United Kingdom They are forced to “discourage” for not having saved enough, Germany proposes a radically opposite measure: open retirement accounts for children From the age of six. The plan, promoted by the German coalition government, contemplates contributing 10 euros per month for 12 years to all school minors, thus accumulating at least 1,440 euros per personBut the benefits that can be generated by the investment of these funds. And more. Then, from the age of 18, young people will be able to make personal contributions and enjoy tax yields until retirement, currently set at 67. Dystopia or not, it is a policy designed not only to relieve the load of the public system, but such and as they tellalso to promote the culture of savings from childhood and prevent future generations to repeat the pattern of financial insecurity that today forces many retirees to return to the labor market. In reverse boomers. Meanwhile, reality contrasts with force on the other side of the Atlantic. Fortune explained that the number of people over 65 who still work in the United States It has quadrupled Since the 80s, reaching almost 20% of that strip (about 11 million people), according to the Pew Research Center. In the United Kingdom, a similar proportion of Baby Boomers and members of generation X are already “disrupting” or planning to do so. In many cases, their desires for active retirement, full of trips and personal projects, collide with insufficient piggy bank, affected by inflation, uncertainty in unrealistic markets and expectations during working years. When time is everything. The German proposal makes even more sense when analyzing the light of the impact of compound interest, the financial mechanism that multiplies the capital accumulated over time. Financial Expert Suze Orman told Financial Expert that it has been shown that, just by investing $ 100 per month from the age of 25 and obtaining a 12% annual profitability, a young man could reach More than one million dollars When you retire. Starting five years later would reduce that total by little more than 600,000. From that prism, imagine then what would be possible if the process begins not at 25, but at six years, it is very sweet tooth. A sustained accumulation for six decades could allow future German retirees to enjoy unthinkable financial security for many today. Intergenerational experiment. Although some experts warn that the initial contribution is symbolic and that the passivity of the process could limit its value Educational, the German plan points to a relevant cultural and psychological dimension. Get into childhood The notion of savingsprofitability and long -term planning can modify family habits, especially in contexts where conversation about money rarely takes place. And, if accompanied by a solid financial education and a responsible and transparent management of investments, they explain that the foundations for a more autonomous generationA, resilient and financially conscious. Of premature retirement to savings in nurseries. No doubt, the image of a six -year -old boy with an open retirement account may seem more typical of a dystopia, but behind it hides a sadly unavoidable truth: financial sustainability in old age seems to start long before the first salaries. Germany, with its proposal of pension Earlynot only seeks to relieve the public system and redistribute the generational effort, but to prevent forced return to work that millions of retirees live in the West today. In front of the reality of generations They must give up golden for lack of foresight or because simply They have had no choicea preventive German model is erected that bets on financial pedagogy and long -term investment as pillars of worthy retirement. In South Korea they had already advanced it … although there they changed the purchase of toys By actions of Tesla. Image | Pexels, Stockcake In Xataka | Europe is delaying retirement age until 67. Denmark has seemed little and they have postponed it to 70 years In Xataka | There is a man who has been working for the same company for 86 years. And you have no plans to retire

Chinese mobile manufacturers are already thinking about 2050. And that is why they are not thinking about mobile

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It was 2021 and Xiaomi looked the blanket at the head. He confirmed that he would manufacture electric cars and invest 10,000 million dollars in that project. Surely not many believed that I could do something in this market, but three years later the firm amazed the world with the Spectacular Xiaomi Su7. Meanwhile Apple, with many more resources, canceled his project Titan: Where they failed, a Chinese mobile manufacturer had triumphed. Capital surprise. Losing. A year after their presentation, the accounts at the moment do not come out in the electric car division. In the fourth quarter of the year 2024 They lost 700 million yuan (85 million euros) in that segment. This quarter have lost 500 million (almost 61 million euros), so things have been slightly better. Not good, but better. But, but. In that result, Xiaomi’s strategy with the electric car is demonstrated. It is a copy of Amazon: Lose money now to dominate later. It is what the company created by Jeff Bezos in Electronic Commerce did, and as Tesla would later do in automotive. Xiaomi plays in the long term, and the EV division already represents 16.7% of the income, something exceptional taking into account how little the firm carries the firm. And the mobiles, what? They are still very important, of course. Together with its IoT devices – connected to all kinds – income grew by 8.9%, which is not bad. But that growth – now takes advantage of the commercial war and that recovered love for national devices – has been slowing down for years. The mobile is a product too mature, too much to walk at home, so the solution is clear: diversify. The electric car has been the absolute exponent of that decision. There are many. Xiaomi is not the only one who has looked for plans B. A few days ago honor Huawei spin into 2020announced that He threw himself to the segment of humanoid robots. It is in fact Just what Huawei announced recentlyand now its ex -devision – consideration or not – will bet on this market. In honor they see the Humanoid robots as part of the comprehensive commitment to the AI ​​they made last March. It was then that they pointed out that they would invest 10,000 million dollars, a colossal figure. China’s obsession with this type of robots It comes from afaralthough his promise – which in 2025 would reach an advanced level and would be produced in mass – was too optimistic. Growing. Both in one and another, the striking thing is that both companies already had a solid business in the field of mobility. Especially Xiaomi, what According to IDC It grew 2.4% in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the same period a year ago and is the third manufacturer of the world by volume. Honor is not part of the first five of that ranking, but it is still one of the protagonists. Even in spite of this, both have wanted not to stagnate and launch into new business fields. The mobile remains the focus at the moment, but be careful, because if the electric cars segment is massified – growth is clear – and that of humanoid robots ends up curdling – here there are many more doubts for the moment – those bets can go out very well to these Chinese companies. In Xataka | It is no longer science fiction: China has celebrated a kickboxing tournament between humanoid robots, and is as real as disturbing

Garlic is mired in a deep crisis in Spain. And that is bad news for a particular place: Cuenca

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Spain occupies An important place In the world macker of garlic, but that does not mean that the farmers of Castilla-La Mancha or Andalusia who are dedicated to growing it are easy. The garlic It crosses turbulence. The sector warns of the difficulties that are to combat pests, the effects of drought, the “excessive bureaucracy” or the lack of generational relief, among other stalking challenges. A complicated panorama that is seen with special attention from the province of Cuenca, where the Purple Garlic from Las Pedroñeras. After all, garlic is much more than a vegetable that fluctuates in the market: The sector claims which is a crop that helps to “pour” the emptied Spain. “In crisis”. He newly named President of the National Garlic Bureau, José Carlos Patiño, is clear: they do not run good times for his business. In An interview With eldiario.es the agriculture Manchego, the new visible face of the Aheros, warned that the sector “is suffering a” aggravated crisis, among other factors, by the water scarcitythe reduction of hectares of crop, the lack of generational relief and a bureaucracy that they consider “excessive.” It is nothing new. His predecessor, Julio Bacete I already used The same word to describe the situation that farmers dedicated to garlic culture face: “crisis.” A year ago, during A talk with Xatakahe admitted that the sector was going through “complicated moments”, a trend that is visible mainly in the loss of hectares dedicated to plantations. Why’s that? For a sum of factors. Although not all weigh the same. When explaining the situation, farmers usually point out above all loss of resources To fight pests. They ensure that their arsenal has been trimmed by regulations, which subtracts tools to protect crops … and their investments. “It’s not about talking badly about the 2030 Agenda or the Green Pact, but the reduction we carry in phytosanitary is affecting us a lot. There are diseases, pests, fungi that we cannot control,” warns Patiño. “We have a very large decrease. There is a lack of performance, simply in the seed itself. In nascence there are plots that have a decrease of 30% damage. In the end, that is kilos of garlic,” Comment the representative of the sector. He is not the only one who thinks like that. The president of the National Association of Garlic Producers and Marketers (ANPCA), Fernando Rubio, He shared recently A similar message with The confidential: “Pests begin to be resistant because we have very little variety of active matter that we can use.” Pest question … And something else. Although the shortage of resources to treat pests and fungi is usually one of the most cited handicaps by farmers is not the only one that explains the “crisis” that faces garlic. The guild indicates other serious ones, both structural and short -term: water shortage, specialized professionals and generational relief, “Excess bureaucracy”loss of hectares, the cost of land lease, low visibility in the domestic market or even the effect of imports and The tariffs by Donald Trump. The sector has been dealing with China’s competition for some time, Great world exporter of garlic and that stands out especially for its prices. With that backdrop, In the guild worries now what The tariff war and the imposition of levies to Chinese trade in the US ends up leading Asian farmers to redirect their merchandise towards other destinations, complicating exports to Spain. It is not the only conjunctural challenge with which the sector has dealt with, which in recent years has had to see them with The increase of The energy either Fertilizers. Hectares. The transformation of the sector can also be measured in figures. For example, that of the cultivated area. The data does not always coincide, but show a clear loss of soil: The report presented a year ago by the National Garlic Table to the Mixed Fruit and Vegetable Committee notes that it has passed from 29,826 hectares in 2021 to a provision of 21,000. Other sources They point out that it has dropped from 24,900 h in 2023 to something less than 23,000 In the 2024 season. The descent would be even more accent in Some regions. “Much investment”. “Putting one hectare of garlic carries a lot warns Patiño at eldiario.es. Less land does not always have less crops. Some data They point to the high weight of garlic Springvariety that stands out for its rhythm of production and performance, and a loss of land of purple garlic. As for prices, the manager wait Good values, above last year. The ministry indicates that the 100 kg of dry garlic are in 125 euros. Garlic (and something else). Not everyone lives the same turbulence that the vegetable is going through. After all, as He noticed recently Rubio, garlic plays a key role as a job generator in part of emptied Spain. “The cultivation is going to be lost to many villages of rural Spain, the reason for about 60 wages per hectare,” duck The President of ANPCA. In that context, there is a variety of culture to which Pay attention The sector: purple garlic. In a basin place … “In purple garlic it is a very serious problem. It is in danger and production can be left,” Patiño points out to The confidential. The reason is simple: to the rest of the challenges that the Ajero collective is going through, the purple variety adds the lack of visibility in the stores. Although the purple garlic of Las Pedroñeras It has one Protected Geographic Indicationthe sector regrets its lack of dissemination in a market in which the client values ​​the cost. Looking at the Canary Islands banana. “It does not happen with the banana, which differs much from the banana. Here the qualities are not compared to, but there is no culture to seek the garlic of the Pedroñeras in the super” s, Rubio reflects. To this lack of recognition is added the performance of the variety, less than that … Read more

We finally have Noah’s videos building his ark, Jesus Christ multiplying fish and Eve being tempted. Thanks to the AI, of course

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It has all the meaning of the world: according to the generative IAS They become more and more sophisticatedcontent creators to use and pull social networks are making more and more spectacular videos. And among those who are being applied the most to launch amazing content we have Christian devotees, who are taking advantage of the abilities of artificial intelligence to spread passages from the Bible with an overwhelming realism. Word of God. It is not very clear where the trend began, but it is having a disproportionate reception. At the forefront of these contents are accounts as SECRETOSDELABIBILA0 (more than 500,000 followers) Lokiprosperity (with almost 50,000) or Vlogsbiblia (with more than 30,000), which feedback to each other and parasitate, so it is not very clear where the proverbial eggs and chicken of these contents are. What are they going. The contents are diversified according to the poster, but all coincide in what focuses the profile of ‘Vlogsbiblia’: passages of the Bible recreated with AI and in which the protagonists narrate in the first person and looking to the screen, looking at it as if they were recorded in a mobile. Is not recreated in the ARCA CONSTRUCTION, Daniel in the lions pitthe Multiplication of breads and fishMaria pregnant with JesusJesus Before being crucifiedEva making routines of Skincare In Eden or the same Eva being tempted. In all cases there is a certain sense of humor derived from anachronism and a few harmless jokes at the expense of ICTs Influencers They are surprising, but it is not the only possible approach in this clash between Christianity and generative artificial intelligences. Bible stories. The most popular of these profiles, ‘Lossecretosdelabiblia0’, also recreates with the passages with more traditional planning, such as small films. This also enters beliefs that touch not very traditional Christian teachings: the recipe for A bread that gives immortality And that is in the Bible, the return of Jesus with apocalyptic dyesthe complex angelic mythology, Crazy Giants of four meters in the Old Testament and warnings against the PASCUA EGG PAGANISM. An extensive task of propaganda of faith with videos that reach the seven million views. The sanctification. Undoubtedly, the ‘Los SecretosDeBiblia0’ videos are among the most realistic that have been seen on social networks. They do not allow, evidently, pieces generated by AI, but the relative naturalness of voices and images is a jump with respect to, for example, the first and still grabbed videos of ‘Lokiprosperity’, of simple evangelical advice starring A Jesus emerging between the clouds either asking permission to enter your home. More than enough, in any case to get donations from the target audience of these videos, the same people who believe that the nonsense of AI What do Facebook are real are realand that invariably comment with “blessings” or names of verses. In this last type of videos, which respond to ask how “Are pigs demons?“And they have a marked apocalyptic tone, profiles like ‘focus like’Prophets of Labiblia‘(More than 800,000 followers). Our particular favorite? A video that proposes an unusual cross between evangelization by AI and the tics of influencers that make Jesus, Mary and his disciples in Podcasters. The Christianization of Tiktok. These types of accounts are part of a unique use of social networks by religious currents of great penetration in Spanish -speaking users. We have already talked about profiles that offer an innocent, almost harmless version of Christianity: Bible readers They customize their books, nuns turned into authentic Influencersand a larger scale, groups of Pop music like Hakunawhich manage to add thousands of listeners thanks to the diffusion provided by Tiktok or Instagram style platforms. Hashtags like #christiantiktokwith more than 22 million publications or #JOVENESCRISTIANOSits equivalent in Spanish, with almost five million, are flag bearers of this incursion of the youngest in social redees. Although in the case of these videos generated with AI there is an extra pecuniary component: all profiles link to courses to learn to make digital and evangelizing chrys yourself. Public attentive to all this there are, of course.

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