Month: June 2025

There are so many people growing marijuana in their homes that Endesa has a problem. And it will solve it with ia

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In the industrial areas of many towns or cities, the constant buzzing of high pressure lamps illuminates hundreds of marijuana plants that grow to the rhythm of stolen electricity. It is a scenario that is repeated daily throughout Spain, where illegal cannabis cultivation and electric fraud They have woven a network of silent crime. Faced with this threat, Endesa has taken another step. Root cut. Endesa and the General Police Station of the National Police have signed a collaboration protocol to strengthen the fight against crimes that affect the electricity supply. From the massive electricity fraud to the theft of material, sabotages and even cyberators, as collects the press release. A more joint action. The protocol foresees, among other measures, joint training, information exchange, analytical reports, technical field advice. In addition, it contemplates the active participation of the Judicial Police in technical actions of Endesa and addresses associated crimes such as the manipulation of measuring equipment, the theft of personal data or scams to consumers by cybercriminals. A problem that does not stop growing. According to the European drug report 2025, Spain concentrate 73% Of all the seizures of marijuana in the EU, many of them in plantations Indoor connected fraudulently to the network. Only in the last year, the Endesa networks subsidiary, e-distribution, disconnected 2,214 illegal hooks related to crops, with a consumption equivalent to 70,000 homes. The data is replicated in different areas of the country. In Granada, like has detailed ABC Granada, between January and April of this year, Endesa has detected 246 illegal plantations, at the rate of two a day. In Córdoba, in the same period, 19 files have been opened, which is equivalent to one per week, According to the Córdoba Diario. In both cases, the excessive consumption – quoted to the up to 80 homes by plantation – saturates the network and causes collateral damage. The highest invoice. The impact goes far beyond the economic. These illegal connections cause constant overloads, with serious safety consequences. Last summer, 24 fires were recorded in the distribution network in Andalusia, five of them in Granada and four in Córdoba, directly linked to marijuana plantations, According to the Córdoba Diario. Technology at the service of prevention. To deal with this challenge, Endesa has opted for prevention. For years, predictive models based on artificial intelligence and Big Data have applied to detect suspicious patterns. Now, it has also begun to display smart sensors in its networks, capable of anticipating overloads before they occur. A battle without rest. Electric fraud linked to illegal marijuana culture not only challenges electricity, but also the coexistence model in many areas of the country. The answer is already underway, but the challenge – technical, police and social – has just begun. Image | Pexels Xataka | There are so many marijuana crops in Spain that they are causing problems to one of their great industries: electricity

15 years lost and has appeared among the ashes of a fire

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The motor and basketball world have joined by the unexpected return of an authentic jewel: Ferrari 512 TR that belonged to Michael Jordan. For decades, this car was considered A lost mythwhich fed stories and legends Between basketball fans and car collectors. Now, after more than a decade of mystery, the iconic Italian sports is again news thanks to a successful search that has only increased the legend of this unit. The story of this Ferrari is a journey that mixes success, mystery and a Miraculous survival in front of nature. Jordan’s Ferrari: Symbol of an era In 1992, in full ARIGE OF YOUR CAREER With the Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan was frequently photographed leaving a Spectacular Ferrari 512 Tr. This car did not go unnoticed, not only because of its design and the rumble that generated the 428 hp of its V12 engine, but also because of its Personalized registration: “M-Air-J”, a direct wink to its popular owner. The Ferrari became part of the Fans collective imaginaryrepresenting The luxury and the sports success that surrounded the 23 of the Bulls in those years. His presence in the streets of Chicago and in the media reinforced the image of Jordan as a superstar capable of turning everything he touched into gold. This Ferrari, with its unmistakable registration, was silent witness of one of the most glorious stages of world basketball. In 1995, Michael Jordan decided to sell his Ferrari to Chris Gardner, the successful businessman whose life inspired the movie “In search of happiness“, starring Will Smith. Touch the image to go to the original message Gardner, aware of the weight of the legacy, chose to play the same game as the star of the bulls, installing a personalized registration in which he read: “Not MJ”, making it clear that the jewel no longer belonged to the athlete. In 2010, Gardner auctioned the car for $ 100,000 and, since then, the Ferrari whereabouts became an absolute mystery. No one knew anything else about the destiny of Deportivo that one day went from Jordan. During the last 15 years, the Ferrari 512 TR of Michael Jordan He remained hidden feeding all kinds of rumors and speculation. The search and the miracle of survival The Classic Car Dealership for Collectors We are curatedco -founded by the Spanish entrepreneur Jordi Ricartbegan an exhaustive search for Ferrari based on its frame number. Luckily, they have left the story of their search documented In a video. After more than a decade of research, They managed to locate it In California. The owner, a collector who had acquired him at the 2010 auction, led him only a few months, before receiving a diagnosis of cancer that led him to leave the car parked at his house while undergoing treatment. The story took an even more unexpected turn in early 2025, when devastating forest fires They razed the area where the collector lived. Surprisingly, while surrounding houses were reduced to asheshis remained intact and, with her, his collection of cars. Jordan’s Ferrari, beyond a layer of dust by ash, It was in perfect conditionas the concessionaire showed On your Instagram profile. Touch the image to go to the original message However, although the historic Ferrari 512 TR is preserved in a reasonably good state to have passed through three owners who have used it, the 15 years locked in a garage They have taken its toll on their mechanical components. For this reason, the concessionaire, now the fourth owner of the vehicle, has decided Send it back to Maranello’s factory of which he left more than 33 years ago, for a Complete restoration of its mechanics. The budget for this operation amounts to $ 200,000. The future of Jordan’s Ferrari is yet to decide. Its new owner contemplates the possibility of organizing a tour so that, after its restoration, the spectacular sportsman is reunited with its three previous owners and, perhaps, exhibit it at the Ferrari Museum or in the prestigious Pebble Beach Rally. After this tribute to the protagonists of its history, the car could go to auction, where it is estimated that could exceed one million dollars. Perhaps, fate wants to close the circle and that it is Michael Jordan himself who finally recovers it. In Xataka | Ferrari will never put stickers in its supercar: Each shield of its cars and charges it as an extra In Xataka | They are founders and ultra -ups, but they have not always driven luxury supercoches: a review of the cars of the Tech millionaires Image | Ferrari, Flickr (Zach Catanareti)

Five offers from El Corte Inglés in Technology and Gaming, today June 28 with availability throughout the weekend

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The stores have begun to launch very powerful campaigns with the most interesting offers in a good assortment of devices and accessories. The English Court right now has many discounts that will be available during the weekend and in this article, we have compiled Five offers in Technology and Gaming. Google Pixel 9 Pro XL by 899.90 eurosa very interesting price for one of the best mobiles of 2024. ‘Monster Hunter Rise’ (Switch) by 25 eurosone of the most interesting video games of the Capcom saga. JBL Tour One M2 by 199.99 eurosBluetooth headphones with active noise cancellation. Sony Bravia K55S35BP by 849 eurosa good TV released this year with a 55 -inch screen. Ardistel Blackfire by 19.90 eurosan accessory that offers an extra autonomy to the Dualsense of PS5. Google Pixel 9 Pro XL This week we have found very good offers in the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL in its 256 GB configuration. The English Court, for example, has it right now by 899.90 euros. This mobile stands out, among other things, because it will receive updates for six more years, because it has a Good sound and screen section and because it includes very versatile cameras. Google Pixel 9 Pro XL (256 GB) * Some price may have changed from the last review ‘Monster Hunter Rise’ (Switch) The Monster Hinter saga has grown a lot in recent years (especially since ‘Monster Hunter World‘). Although right now there is a delivery that has recently been released, ‘Monster Hunter Rise‘It is still one of the best options, especially for Nintendo Switch. The Capcom video game has come down in El Corte Inglés to the 25 euros And if you lacked reasons to buy it, it should be said that it is a Excellent title in which you can embark on numerous expeditions to discover and hunt many creatures. Monster Hunter Rise (Switch) * Some price may have changed from the last review JBL Tour One M2 JBL is a very good brand on audio devices and has a large catalog of speakers. The JBL Tour One M2 They have in the English Court an usual price of 329.99 euros, but right now they can be found for 199.99 euros (39%discount). Of course, if what we are looking for is the best price, it is worth mentioning that in Amazon and Mediamarkt You can find 10 euros more reduced. Although this year the JBL Tour One M3the previous generation, the JBL Tour One M2, is still a very good purchase option. They have excellent audio quality, offer active noise cancellation and True Adaptive Noise Cancelling, include the Smart Talk function to recognize the voice when we speak and Its autonomy reaches 50 hours of use. * Some price may have changed from the last review Sony Bravia K55S35BP Although this year has been launched, we can already find a good discount on the Sony Bravia K55S35BPa 55 -inch television that has dropped in El Corte Inglés from 1,199 euros to the 849 euros. Among other things, Sony TV comes with the Google TV operating system, it offers a 4K resolution, it is compatible with both Dolby Vision and with Dolby Atmos And it has PS Remote Play For PlayStation 5. * Some price may have changed from the last review Ardistel Blackfire And speaking of the PlayStation 5one of the most useful accessories for the Sony console is this battery for Dualsense. Of the range Ardistel Blackfirethis battery, which has a price of 19.90 eurosIt has 2,000 mAh, it comes with a screen that indicates how much autonomy it has left and includes two pads to avoid damaging. In addition, an interesting point is that it has an ideal design so that it does not bother when playing the console. * 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. Images | The English Court and Buying (header), Google, Capcom, JBL, Sony, Ardistel In Xataka | Best wireless headphones. Which to buy and 21 models from 15 euros to 470 euros In Xataka | The best mobiles (2025), we have tried them and here are their analysis

The devastating economic impact of war in Ukraine, exposed in this graphic

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The video game ‘Fallout 3“It started with a phrase:” War … war never changes. ” But it turns out yes: the War between Russia and Ukraine has shown us that, in drone season, Military adaptation It is the difference between enduring another day or not. He has also represented the prelude What we are seeing now Between Iran and Israel. What is true that it has not changed is the trail of destruction that the continuous attacks leave in their path. And this chart reveals the direct economic cost that war has already left in Ukraine: Housing and Transport. Prepared by Visual Capitalistin the upper graph we can see a representation of the figures of the World Bank’s Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment. Updated until December 2023, (similar to 176,000 million estimates more recent), in the graph the direct damage of the Russian offensive in nine key sectors are broken down. The total? More than 175,000 million dollars in verified destruction. Two of them, at least two of the ones that most involve the population, are housing and transport infrastructure, and between them they are more than half of those 175,000 million. Specifically, it is estimated that one in eight Ukrainian homes has been damaged or destroyed, which translates into the need to have 57,000 million for reconstruction. On the other hand, damage to roads, bridges and rail lines are estimated at about 37,000 million dollars. Energy is not far behind. What housing and transport are the most damaged sectors directly does not imply that the rest of the destroyed elements are of lower importance and, in fact, everything goes hand in hand. For example, energy, with estimated damage to more than 20,000 million, occupies third place in the list. Although the country is connected to the European Emergency Electricity, it is something that has Exposed to blackouts to homes and companies. In fact, the Greater European nuclear power plant is Ukrainian. Or it was. And, as we said, everything is connected. Housing damage is causing the displacement of the population to other cities with rental housing in safer regions, than by the law of supply and demand, they rise in price, away from those refugees. And the damage to transport infrastructure not only hinders the movement of people and merchandise internally, but also the exports of grain and metals that help the economy of the country. Other sectors. Below 20,000 million we have other basic legs in any country. Are the following: Commerce and Industry – 17,500 million dollars. Education and Science – 13.4 billion dollars. Agriculture – 11.2 billion dollars. Water supply network 4.6 billion dollars. Culture and Tourism – 4.1 billion dollars. And another 10.3 billion dollars in other sectors. In the end, and as we indicated, many of them are related. Many more millions. Now, something important to keep in mind is that these are the estimated direct costs of verified physical damage. Which will cost to recover the country amounts to an astronomical figure: more than 524,000 million. According to the World Bankit is necessary for recovery during the next decade if the contest will end. This figure represents almost three times the estimated nominal GDP of Ukraine by 2024 and only the Rubble management It will require about 13,000 million dollars. In fact, the estimated breakdown for recovery is as follows: Housing – 84,000 million dollars. Transport – 78,000 million dollars. Energy and Mining – 68,000 million dollars. Commerce and Industry – 64,000 million dollars. Agriculture – 55,000 million dollars. And, again, all this counting with the end of the short -term conflict, something that is not yet on the horizon. On the sidelines, we must not put aside something irreplaceable. human losses. Because if something betrays the brutality of this war It is that Ukraine would have lost between 60,000 and 100,000 left. On the side of Russia, 250,000 soldiers would have already died in combat. In Xataka | Ukraine has been filled with civilians armed with rifles of World War II: they demolish Russian drones for $ 2,400

Some neuroscientists believe they have found the trick to solve the most complicated problems: take a nap

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Surely, on some occasion you have obcended to find the solution to a certain problem and, no matter how much you insist on finding a solution, nothing, there is no form. However, another day, Without coming to mindZas! A brilliant and creative solution appears before you as a revelation. Congratulations, that’s a “Eureka moment“ No one knows exactly what mechanisms in the brain activate that spontaneous creative lighting momentalthough a group of neuroscientists of the Institute of Psychology of the University of Hamburg, believe they have found a culprit: the light sleep or N2, which is mainly reached to take a nap. But a brief, we know each other. N2 dream and creative connections A group of neuroscientific has published A study in the scientific journal PLOS BIOLOGY which points to sleeping one (or several) light naps during the day can be the key to unlocking creativity and the ability to solve difficult problems. This discovery not only attracts attention for its simplicity, but also values ​​a practice as healthy as it is nap. The study results suggest that, far from being a loss of time, sleeping a few minutes can activate certain mechanisms involved in the Creation of neuronal connections and in the processing of abstract concepts. To reach these conclusions, scientists recruited 90 young and healthy volunteers. Each one was assigned a seemingly simple task, but they were not revealed that there was a trick to solve it more easily, so they had to discover it for themselves. After four rounds of trials, the volunteers were invited to Sleep a 20 -minute nap while monitoring their brain activity with an electroencephalogram. The results showed that all groups improved their performance after nap, but the difference was notable depending on the sleep phase is achieved. 85.7% of those who reached the N2 phase of the sleep, that is, a light sleep state, managed to discover the solution to the problem. Instead, only 63.6% of those who stayed in phase N1 (a more superficial sleep level) achieved it. Only 55.5% of those who remained awake found the trick to solve the task. “Sleep EEG data showed that sleep N2, but not the N1, increases the probability of having mental lucidity after a nap, suggesting a specific role in the deepest sleep. We find a beneficial effect of sleep N2 in the Probability of having a vision after the napwhich suggests the need for a deeper dream to have a vision, “says the researchers in the study. “What really struck me by sharing these findings with my environment, especially with creative people, was the great impact they had. Many identified with our results and personally experienced a great advance (creative) after a nap,” assured to Newsweek Anika Löwe, one of the study authors. Limitations and nuances of the study Although the data is promising, the authors themselves warn that the method used does not allow precisely to be completed if the benefit observed is exclusively due to entering a certain Sleep stateto the simple rest, or other mental factors that occur during the pause. However, as indicated in their investigation, the results obtained only delimit an increase in the chances of getting a time Eureka after reaching a N2 sleep phase, but recognize that they cannot determine exactly the reason why this spontaneous inspiration occurs. “In summary, our findings suggest a role of sleep N2 in facilitation of inspiration, but more work is needed to determine precise mechanisms and to distinguish the effects of the dream of other factors such as disconnection of the task or rest,” which implies that there are still open questions about the exact mechanisms that facilitate these moments Eureka. Get away from the problem to find the solution Rest, approach change or simple fact of “take distance“The problem could be playing such an important role Like the dream itself In itself. Therefore, although phase N2 seems to be associated with a greater number of chances of having a eureka moment, it cannot be ruled out that other elements, such as mental relaxation or temporal disconnection of the task, they are also decisive. In statements to Eldiario.esPablo Barrecheguren expert neuroscientific In sleep, it emphasizes that the candidates were exposed to the evidence under a lack of sleep of 30% during the previous night, so “in addition, when performing only very short naps, the work also does not give information about what is the effect of leaving the subjects to sleep longer naps until reaching the deepest states of sleep.” Beyond the technical details and doubts about the neuronal mechanisms involved, the main message is clear and applicable to everyday life: if you face a complex problem and You can’t find the exitit is best to change activity, take distance and, if possible, sleep a brief nap. “It is often informed that inspiration occurs during periods of rest or sleep, when the mind is disconnected from the problem in question,” so the moments Eureka usually appear in the shower, When you try the dishes Or while driving. These are times when the brain is not consciously focused on the problem and can activate its abstraction capacity. This idea is not new. Geniuses like Thomas Edison or Salvador Dalí They already practiced The creative nap to stimulate its ingenuity by promoting the appearance of these moments of revelation. Friedrich August Kekulé, said he had deciphered the secret of the benzene chain After waking up a nap. Now, science begins to demonstrate that, indeed, sleeping a light nap can be The definitive trick to solve the most difficult challenges. If it doesn’t work, then what you take. In Xataka | “Doing nothing” is a great technique to improve your productivity. Neuroscience is clear Image | Unspash (Mika Ruusunen, Adrian Swancar)

Spacex has asked Mexico to stop invading its property and returns the starship pieces that fell into the country

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The tension between Spacex and the Government of Mexico has climbed this week after explosion of a starship prototype of June 18. While the Mexican government investigates the remains that crossed the border as illegal pollution and studies possible demands, Elon Musk’s company says they are of its property and asks to stop hindering its recovery. Context. On the night of June 18, a stage of the Starship rocket suddenly exploded during a fuel load for a motor ignition test. The explosion destroyed the ship and spread fragments around Starbase. A few days later, the local media of Tamaulipas reported that part of the remains They had reached the beaches of La Burrita in Matamoroson the Mexican side of the border. There were gas tanks, steel sheets and aluminum parts. Civil Protection, the Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection and the Ministry of Environment of Mexico went to the place to remove the remains and take water, sand and vegetation samples for analysis. Mexican anger. The situation has ended up climbing this week until the president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, who described the remains of “pollution” and a possible violation of sovereignty and Mexican environmental legislation. According to Sheinbaum, his government will make “the necessary demands that have to be done” according to international laws. Spacex’s response. In one publication of xElon Musk’s company formally requested the Mexican government to return the remains of the rocket, arguing that they are of their property and that their attempts have been hindered. “Despite Spacex’s attempts to recover related remains (with the explosion), which are and remains tangible property of Spacex, these attempts have been hindered by unauthorized parts that invade (our) private property.” “They are not pollutants.” Spacex states that Starship materials do not represent “chemical, biological or toxicological risk.” And offers resources for cleaning. The company claims to be entitled to recover its property and asks Mexican authorities “local and federal assistance.” It is a shock of narratives. Mexico qualifies the incident as an environmental and security impact against Mexicans. Spacex frames it as a non -polluting private property recovery. Spacex embarked the ball into the neighbor’s house. The neighbor is angry and wants to sue. Image | D Wise, NSF

Nothing like a dog or cat behaving like a person. That is why the Pet dramas made with ia

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Although seven years ago of “We have to invent dramas“, The phrase has not lost an apex of current affairs. In 2025, in fact, the dramas that we are inventing are the pet dramas: videos in which pets exquisitely characterized as people interact with humans or other animals, reaching millions of visualizations. Of course, All generated with artificial intelligence. What are they. The concept is so simple that it is overwhelming. Extremely short videos, no more than 90 seconds, generated by AI and with animals carrying out completely human behaviors. But not anthropomorphized animals in the Disney style: animals often dressed in person’s clothes, yes, but with absolutely faithful faces to its royal counterparts, which wraps everything in a very curious air of nightmare solemnity. The phenomenon is originally from China and some videos have already exceeded 200 million views. 11 tricks to dominate Tik tok They are like people. The indisputable hook of these videos is the ability to emotionally connect with audiences around the world, since they reflect feelings with which we can identify ourselves at a global scale (rescue stories, melodramas, romance, all with the level of “beautiful” to maximum power). The ease of videos to connect with other fashion trends in social networks, such as Chinese microdramas Or the reactions videos have made the rest. Some examples. There are multiple accounts that are developing pieces that can be attached to the PET dramas, but are complicated to locate outside China without knowing the language. Some western accounts such as Petdrama93 In Tiktok or Pet drama On YouTube they extract and adapt original Chinese videos, and are among the first to take advantage of the trend outside Asia. Something similar does bichon.chon_lifethat combines surrealism and hyperrealism with the adventures of a Maltese bichon in Korea. But the authentic enjundia is in Chinese accounts difficult to track and that others like Orangecats29 They take the opportunity to hack. Quite possibly we will soon see here series of microvidearly from the Asian country as ‘His Highness Bichon Rules The Empire’, a series of historical setting on a Maltese bichon that claims its real title after growing in an orphanage. Or ‘The Cat Daddy Chronicles’, on a feline that raises a human baby. According to media like 8days its creators are greatly profiting the phenomenon, so we will not take long to see their arrival to other countries. Pets on the Internet. These videos by AI are just one more step in the humanization of domestic animals that has been living in social networks for years. Cats like Internet stars They are an already studied phenomenon, but in recent years it has been accentuated with movements such as Pet parenting: The increasingly accused trend of treating company animals as full members of the family, and even as children. He Birth decreasehe Delay in the formation of traditional families And the increase in loneliness in large cities are some of the reasons for this change in our perception of domestic animals. More human than humans. Pets have gone from being simple pets to occupy a central place in the family structure and digital narrative, and now it is the cats and dogs who have their social accounts and They become Influencers. The step towards total humanization and put them to raise babies or save humans (or dress poles and shoes) was sung. In Xataka | In Spain there are less and fewer children, so the ice cream industry has launched for a more buoyant market: dogs

Mafalda has been international 50 years, but he had a barrier to overcome: the English language

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Published For the first time in 1964the sharpness of his observations, his tragicomic vision of the world and the microcosm of children’s characters that he developed made it a Comic icon in Spanish. However, until now I had not been able to make the leap to another of the most widespread languages ​​on the planet due to a mixture of fear that their stories were very local since it would lose grace with translation. But the universal dimension of the character has finally reached the bookstores. ‘Mafalda’ was a relatively brief series for what are usually the successful comics, only nine years of life: he was born in 1964 and died in 1973, when its quino creator (about which, by the way, it premieres An excellent documentary today in Filmin) He decided that he was going to end. Despite the innumerable reissues and new incarnations (next year we will have Netflix animated series Directed by the Oscarized Juan José Campanella), he has never been continued. Mafalda was born, in fact, a year before his first publication, such as part of an advertising campaign for some appliances that never got to. But Quino liked his creation and recycled it for the pages of the weekly ‘First Flat’. In his stories he told the Simple experiences of a girl, Mafalda, from a series of friends of her age (Felipe, Manolito, Susanita and Miguelito) and the adults around him. As in ‘Peanuts‘,’Calvin and Hobbes‘Or many others, the children’s environment hid the most adult of the reflections. In the case of Mafalda, dyed of sharp social criticism. The development of Mafalda was deeply marked by the tense political situation that Latin America lived in general and Argentina in particular after the coup d’etat of 1976. The unwavering Mafalda’s pacifist position made it an antiauthority symbol, and some of its vignettes (such as Mafalda pointing out the porra of a policeman and saying “This is the stick of abolloing ideologies”) pages, and became symbols of the protests, even appearing with the victims of the tragic San Patricio massacre. 30 languages ​​… less English Mafalda’s international success, which became a reference for the political comic (to such an extent that Quino had to exile for the content of his vignettes) It led her to be translated into 30 languages. And until today ‘Mafalda’ had been read in Poland, Greece, Italy, France, Taiwan and, of course, in all Spanish -speaking countries. However, English was resisted. 50 years later, the ‘mafalda’ strips are going to be published in the United States in a comprehensive collection translated by Frank Wynne, which has faced some problems it details In this interview: Of course, there are word games (milk cream leads Mafalda to wonder about the controls of Birth), but also the political context of the moment. Peronism or the situation in Latin America must be explained to the new readers, although others (Mafalda continually spoke of the Vietnam Guera) possibly relative to them. However, those responsible for this new edition say something we already knew: Mafalda’s concerns are eternal and transcend borders. The brutality of the powerful to submit to the humble, the inequalities, the imbalance between genders … all that is in ‘Mafalda’ and remains valuable today. Anglophones readers will discover it now, but it is never too late for Mafalda to give you some lessons, as a good sabihonda that always was. In Xataka | ‘The Eternaluta’ is a masterpiece of science fiction, but the story of its creator gives him an absolutely unique background

“I feel responsible for my team and my clients”

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According to The records of LayoffsMicrosoft has fired more than 6,000 employees in what we had of 2025. One of those employees was Freddy Kristiansen59, fired from the Microsoft subsidiary in Denmark in May 2025 after a 23 -year career in the company as a product manager. However, although officially it is no longer part of the company, Kristiansen Keep going to the office. “It may sound rare to appear in the office after being fired, but I still feel committed to the products, with the people who use them and with my colleagues,” he explains In an interview for Business Insider. A link that goes beyond the contract Its history began in 2002, when it was hired by Navision, a company that shortly after It was acquired by Microsoft. What thought it would be a temporary job finally became a professional career of more than two decades. “I thought: ‘Maybe this can be something in the long term.’ And so,” Kristiansen recalled. Although the Danish law he grants him A period of six months and three months of compensation after the dismissal for being an employee more than nine years old, Kristiansen affirms that his motivation to continue going to the office It is not economical. Microsoft relieved him of all his functions, but due to Danish legislation, Kristiansen is still an employee of Microsoft until November. Instead of using that time to look for a new job (What is designed for what is designed), the product manager continues to attend his office daily. His last great project was Somethinga tool for github. “I feel a responsibility not only to maintain the product, but also to reassure customers to know that they are in good hands,” he told the American environment. “If you need my help, I will answer questions, I will share advice or whatever necessary. There is no reason to stop doing it,” he says. Actually, they have done a favor The employee’s reaction can be surprising for continuing to go to the company Instead of racing in angerbut the truth is that Kristianse’s dismissal came at a time when new personal and professional challenges had already begun. “I thought I could feel annoying, but it really was a relief,” he confesses. While some of his companions were worried about Kristianse’s future, he saw an opportunity to lower the rhythm after two decades at the foot of the cannon. In fact, during The layoffs of 2023the veteran employee presented an anonymous consultation about the possibility of asking for a voluntary dismissal. “I never did,” he clarified. “During the last decade I have worked very hard and I have thrown many hours. But now I am no longer interested in working 60 hours a week. It seemed to me that it was the right time to finally chase my dream long postponed to work in my own terms,” ​​he said. As published in Your personal blogKristiansen focuses on designing his own business plan with the intention of offering consulting services such as CTO, management of projects and motivational talks, while Enjoy more free time And he takes up healthy habits. “From the dismissals, I repeat that there is no evil that for good does not come.” Respect for the fruit of his work Despite the dismissal, Kristiansen continues Share your experience and the decisions that marked his career. “No one forced me to work 20 hours on weekends or strive so much, but I did it because I felt it was the right thing. I did it because I really felt a connection with our partners, our clients and my colleagues. And, honestly, I still feel it,” says the former employee. Its involvement With customers, partners and products it remains so strong that, although its contract ends, respect for everything that it built during its years in Microsoft remains intact. At least until November, when you will have to deliver your corporate laptop and credential. In Xataka | A company hired a worker, dismissed the boss who selected him and forgot about him: he has been charging without working seven months Image | LinkedInUnspash (Sam Torres, Valent lau)

Spain has decided to rearm and for the moment there is a company that is benefiting from it: Indra

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Morgan Stanley has raised the target price of indra 118%up to 47 euros, turning the Spanish technology into its most optimistic commitment to the sector. The reason has a lot to do with its change in strategy. Although Indra has a long time in defense, lately it has redoubled efforts. Why is it important. The American bank sees in Indra “the hidden European defense champion, a company that has made its military business grow 25% in the last two years With 18% margins. Its transformation of software company to the defense giant is working. “European champion” is business jargon to refer to a leading company in its sector at European level that also competes worldwide. The context. The Ukraine conflict began to change the rules. Europe will allocate more than 11,000 million euros only in drones, according to Indra estimates. NATO has set as a goal Raise defense expenditure up to 5% of GDP In 2035, against current 2%. Something that has put on the agenda The negative of Spain In recent days in front of Repliations announced by the United States. Yes, but. Spain has adhered to the NATO plan, but the aforementioned negative of the Spanish government shields that 2.1% of GDP “is sufficient.” Well below the ambitions of its European partners. In detail. The turning point marks it The creation of the Fourth Divisioncalled Indra Weapon & Ammunition, without ambiguities. It joins the other three divisions: Indramind (AI). Indra Land Vehicles (land vehicles). Indra Space (satellites). Together they make up a military ecosystem that covers from drones to laser systems. Between the lines. The bet goes beyond the conjunctural opportunism. Indra is building capabilities that Spain did not have, from guidance systems to unmanned weapons through directed energy. Its president, Ángel Escribano, recognized that “high foreign dependence” explains why the State has chosen Indra as its industrial armed arm. And now what. Morgan Stanley has projected that the defense and aerospace sectors represent two thirds of Indra Ebitda in 2026. AND Indra is already exploring the opening of an office in kyivunequivocal sign that he sees in Ukrainian reconstruction a lasting opportunity. Outstanding image | Indra In Xataka | Ukraine has updated its rewards system: the big goal is to eliminate a Russian soldier who is not in the front

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