Month: July 2025

These are the five best offers in technology

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One more year, as usual for these dates, Amazon has just given the departure gun to his prime day summer. On this occasion, with four days that we can take advantage to save on computers, portable, Mobile phones, Electronic readers And much more, Of course and until midnight next Friday, July 11. And to facilitate the search between so much reduction, then we collect some of the most interesting that you can get. Basic Kindle by 91.99 eurosthe most economical and better value for money of this family of readers Fire TV Stick 4K by 35.99 eurosideal for turning old televisions on smart tvs XBOX SERIES XBOX 3 | S by 42.97 eurosone of the most versatile to play both in video consoles and pc gaming Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 by 169.99 eurosa mid -range phone at a very contained price Air Fryer Cosori Turbo Blaze by 119.99 eurosan ideal capacity model for several diners Basic Kindle Amazon devices are not missing at their appointment with prime day And the basic Kindle was not going to be an exception. Already in itself the most economical of the Kindle familynow we find it reduced to just 91.99 euros. Preciazo to tell, as an account, With 6 -inch adjustable backlit screen at 300 PPP16 GB where to store hundreds of books and an autonomy for weeks of use with a single load. Compact and light, perfect to always carry this summer. * Some price may have changed from the last review Fire TV Stick 4K Another of those usual to his appointment with Prime Day is the Fire TV Stick 4K. Now reduced to 35.99 eurosit becomes The option with better quality value for all. Because without being excessively expensive, it offers the essential in full 2025 to squeeze our television As you deserve. This is: compatibility with 4k content, Wifi 6 double band, technologies HDR 10+, Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos2 GB of RAM and 8 GB of storage. That is: plenty of power to move any streaming platform ease. Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K (last generation) * Some price may have changed from the last review XBOX SERIES XBOX 3 | S To your PVP, your purchase is worth it. But now that it is reduced to 42.97 euros, close to its minimum price Although without reaching it, Microsoft’s latest command Xbox Series X | s It is one of those difficult offers to let out. Mainly, for its versatility to be One of the most complete multiplatforms in the market. But also for its ergonomics, which generation after generation makes it One of the players’ favorites. * Some price may have changed from the last review Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Prime Day is usually a great occasion to release Mobile phone. If we are also looking for a model as economical as possible (not to give up some quality minimums), then the Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 In its 5G version reduced to 169.99 euros could be that offer to which it is impossible to give up. With a 6.67 -inch panel, full HD+ at 120 Hza camera that reaches the 108 megapixels and a battery that exceeds 5,000 mAh, we are facing a phone with an unbeatable price quality. * Some price may have changed from the last review Cosori Turbo Blaze Although many will already have a air fryer In the kitchen, in the negative case it is worth going to campaigns such as Prime Day to get a good model at reduced price. In this prime day, The Cosori Turbo Blaze Baja to 119.99 euros and becomes one of the best offers in this type of devices. With a capacity of 6 liters, it is ideal if we have to cook for several guests at the same time. It reaches 230 degrees and offers several predefined cooking programs, Something that greatly facilitates life on a day to day. And it is available in two colors: black and white. Cosori Turbo Blaze Air Fryer * 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 | Amazon, Microsoft, Xiaomi, Cosori In Xataka | The best Xiaomi mobile price: purchase and comparative guide In Xataka | Best Power Bank to load your mobile phone. Which to buy and recommended external batteries

The US wants to give up bringing the most valuable samples collected on Mars. Lockheed promises to do it for less than half

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Since February 2021, The Rover Perseverance patiently travels the Jezero crateran old river basin on the surface of Mars. Over there, where millions of years ago the water flowedNASA Robot It has been collecting fragments of rock and Martian dust With a very specific objective: Find signs of past life. It is not any mission. Is, According to NASA itselfthe first step of an ambitious plan to bring intact samples from another planet. For more than three years, Perseverance has done his job in silence and the samples that Now rest inside of small sealed tubes, carefully deposited on the Martian surface or stored aboard the Rover itself. From space, bread crumbs would look like a trace drawn through a desert planet, hoping to be collected. A truncated promise The plan, known as Mars Sample ReturnI had to send another ship to Mars, launch from there a rocket with the samples and return them to the Earth for analysis in laboratories. But the project began to crumble. An independent review raised the cost estimated until 11,000 million dollars and delayed the possible return of the samples until 2040. In May, the new US administration presented its first budget draft: proposes to cut 24 % of NASA’s financing and cancel Mars Sample Return for considering it an exorbitant cost program. The plan must still go through Congress, but marks a clear turn: the menions manned to deep space are prioritized, such as Artemisand the projects with great budget and scarce immediate return are frozen. With the current budget cut and without guarantees of continuity, NASA decided to reexamine its options. As explained by the former administrator Bill Nelsontwo more viable alternative routes were being evaluated: one that takes advantage of the “Sky Crane” type landing system used successfully in the Curiosity and Perseverance Rovers, and another that opens the door to new proposals from the private sector. Lockheed Martin’s letter Amid the budget uncertainty, one of the great space contractors in the United States has decided to move file. Lockheed Martin, with half a century of experience in missions to Mars, has presented NASA a proposal to execute the Mars Return mission with a radically different approach: for less than 3,000 million dollars and under a fixed price contract. The change is not less. Faced with the traditional model, full of budgetary risks and with multiple public actors involved, Lockheed promises a simpler architecture. Its proposal includes a more compact landing module, based on the ship Insight that already touched Martiano soil in 2018a lighter and lighter ascent vehicle – designed to be the first to take off from another planet – and a system of re -entry to the land derived from missions such as Genesis, Stardust and Osiris-Rex. It is a commitment goes beyond engineering. Being a “Firm-Fixed Price” contract, Lockheed Martin is responsible for absorb any possible extra cost. That is, if something is complicated, the invoice does not rise. According to the company itself, that model has already proven effective in other scientific missions of deep space, where they even managed to return part of the NASA not used budget. The message is clear: if NASA wants to save its most ambitious mission without spending, Lockheed Martin is ready to lead it. Bringing back about thirty small tubes could help us answer one of humanity’s great questions. Was Mars ever inhabited? Scientists do not seek fossils or complex structures. They look for subtle indications that can only be analyzed with the level of precision allowed by land laboratories. And for that, the samples that Perseverance has collected are not any rock. They have been selected one by one depending on their location, their age, their composition and their geological context. Are, In Nasa’s own wordsthe most likely material to contain a Martian “biofirm.” But the value of these samples goes beyond the biological. They can reveal how the wet marte of 3.5 billion years ago was, how its climate evolved, why it became an arid and inhospitable planet, and how the geological, atmospheric and chemical processes interacted for millennia. They will also tell us what resources could take advantage of future manned missions: where it is safer to land, what materials are usable, what areas have risks. Images | Lockheed Martin In Xataka | NASA locked four volunteers one year simulating their life on Mars. What did not miss: an entire PS4 Games Library

A Chinese firm has just presented a quadruped that challenges the limits. Boston Dynamics no longer has a clear path

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In a world where the focus seems to be in humanoids as Tesla optimus or the ‘nurse’ robot that already works in a Taiwan hospitala new generation of machines is winning its place. They are fast, resistant and are beginning to show that they can do much more than impress in videos. One of them has just run 100 meters as if their future depended on it, and is Chinese. Quadruped robots also compete. For years, the conversation about advanced robotics has been monopolized by biped figures. Robots that move as humans. But there is another way: that of robots that do not try to imitate us, but overcome ourselves in other areas. The quadrupeds, for example, have been demonstrating its usefulness in difficult terrain, repetitive tasks and, now also, in speed tests. A challenging career. It was just a moment, but it didn’t go unnoticed. How global aims aimduring a live broadcast of Chinese state television, a four -legged robot aligned on an athletic track prepared for something unusual: a 100 -meter race. When the stopwatch was launched, Black Panther II did, the new robot developed by the startup Mirror Me. He completed the route in 13.17 seconds, which is equivalent to an average speed of 7.6 m/s. In that same test, the robot sensors registered a peak of 9.7 m/s, and the company claims to have reached 10.9 m/s in previous internal tests. If that data is confirmed, we would be facing one of the fastest quadrupeds. Is it the fastest in the world? It depends on how you look. The figures invite to breastfeed, but it is always key to put them in context. Black Panther II reached 10.9 m/s in an internal test, which is equivalent to about 39.2 km/h. During the televised race, the registered peak was 9.7 m/s (34.9 km/h). Both figures exceed the official Wildcat,That according to the Boston Dynamics website reaches 30.6 km/h. For its part, the robot Cheetah – also from Boston Dynamics – reached 45.6 km/h (12.6 m/s) In laboratory tests. The demonstration, collected in an official video, was made on a running tape with external food and physical support to maintain balance. Even so, the data remains the highest technical reference registered by a quadruped. With that data, Black Panther II would be below the Cheetah – at least in tip speed – but clearly above Wildcat. In other words: it is one of the fastest quadrupeds ever built, although its brands have not yet been officially certified. For now, the formal title is maintained by the Hound robot, of the Advanced Institute of Science and Technology of Korea, which completed 100 meters in 19.87 seconds (about 18 km/h), As stated in the Guinness book. A young startup with very clear ideas. Mirror’s story didn’t start a long time ago. The company was founded in May 2024 in Shanghai by a group of professors and graduates from the University of Zhejiang. One of the founders is Jin Yongbin, a researcher at the Institute of Innovation in Humanoid Robots, while his partner, Wang Hongtao, is a university professor with trajectory in advanced robotics. In just one year, this startup has gone from developing robotic arms and mechanical hands to compete publicly with companies such as Boston Dynamics. Beyond the Black Panther II, Mirror already works on new prototypes. Among them, a fast bipedo in 2026 and a humanoid that, according to their plans, could act as a personal assistant for the year 2030. Images | Mirror me In Xataka | Elon Musk has updated Grok to look so much to him that AI is having hallucinations: Elon Musk is believed

If it is better to do it side or mouth

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The time comes to sleep, you lie in bed, close your eyes and start the dance from one side to another. But what really is the best posture? First one side, but it does not end how to fit; Up it seems that it is a bit strange, and then you return to the other side until, in the end, by tiredness, one ends up sleeping. Although the posture – which we usually ignore – can make a difference in a repairing and a poor rest. It’s not just closing your eyes. According to a study Posted in Handbook of Clinical Neurology (2011)we spend a third of our life sleeping or trying to do it. According to Mayo Clinicduring that time the body “repairs and recharges.” However, more and more studies show that not all sleeping positions are the same, since the position can condition our short and long term health. A common problem, but little visible. Sleeping badly does not show when you wake up. Sometimes it crawls during the day: fatigue, lack of concentration, physical discomfort. A recent National Geographic report I pointed That a bad posture when sleeping can aggravate common ailments such as back pain or reflux, and complicate more serious ones, such as sleep apnea. Dr. Meir Kryger, a specialist in sleep medicine and professor emeritus at Yale, warned that, when it is not, this apnea can affect mood, memory, blood pressure and even increase the risk of death. What is the ideal position? Most sources consulted coincide: side, and if possible, on the left. This position is associated with less lumbar pain, less snoring and better digestion. According to HeathlineHe stressed that he can also facilitate breathing and contribute to the proper functioning of the brain. Dr. W. Christopher Winter, In statements collected by the BBCHe explained that this position prevents the aorta artery from being compressed and facilitates venous return, which improves circulation. In addition, this position can be of great help to pregnant women. As has detailed MAY CLINIC, Sleep on that side in the last quarter of pregnancy avoids the compression of the vena cava and favors blood flow to the placenta and the fetus. The most common error. It usually appears on hot nights, when the body seeks freshness and ends up lying on my back, without knowing that it is choosing the worst posture. Dr. Lois Krahn, Accessed by Mayic Cliniche has detailed that sleeping mouth can get the apnea of ​​sleep by allowing the language and jaw to fall back and obstruct the airway. However, the other option: sleeping face down, is not recommended. According to Healthlinethis position can generate pain in the neck and back, since it forces to twist the head and compress the thorax, hindering breathing. This can lead to chronic pain. Forgotten allies. Not everything is reduced to posture. As Dr. Cherney explained in Heathline, the type of mattress imports and the pillow also imports. On the one hand, a mattress too soft makes the joints sink, while a very hard one can be uncomfortable and not adapt to body shape. On the other hand, it recommends using an ergonomic pillow between the knees for those who sleep from side, since it favors vertebral alignment and avoids tension in the hip and lower back. In addition, he warned that when sleeping on his side the head should be aligned with his shoulders and never tilted towards the chest, since that causes cervical pain. A health act. Sleeping well does not depend only on the number of hours. It also influences, and much, the way we place the body every night. The medical evidence clearly points out that sleeping sideways – and especially on the left – can make a real difference in sleep quality. It is not a fashion or a soft recommendation: it is a matter of health that affects breathing, digestion and deep rest. And even if it costs more in summer, with heat or with more, it is worth trying. Sometimes, the body only needs a good side. Image | Pexels Xataka | Australia created the world’s first climate visa. Now it has 40% of the population of another country calling the door

The Canary Islands gave 24 tons of sand from La Palma volcano to Madrid. Now Madrid doesn’t know what to do with them

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Madrid has 24 tons of volcanic sand of the palm with which he does not know very well what to do. It sounds strange, but that is the peculiar outcome with which the consular and capital governments have been found after an initiative designed to value the Canarian cultural heritage in the Peninsula. The idea worked, but has ended up leaving that peculiar inheritance: bags and more bags of dark ash that accumulate dust (and controversy) without a clear destination. We explain ourselves. Presuming culture. May 17 was a day to frame in the history of Canarian culture. Or at least in one of its most popular disciplines: The Canarian fighta sport that hurts its roots in the first settlers of the islands. His practice is very popular in the archipelago, but not so much out. Hence, on May 17, as part of the Month of the Canary Islandsthe Government promoted A milestone In the discipline: the first day of official Canarian struggle in Madrid. FIGHTERS AND MUCH (MUCH) ARENA. For the appointment, fighters of the Saladar de Jandía and the Candelaria de Mircatwo key teams of the discipline that were measured in the twentieth day of the DISA Tournament of the Canary Islands. And something else: tons of volcanic sand transported from the palm to cover the pitch. The idea was to give even more epic to the appointment carrying a piece of the Canary Islands (literally) to Madrid and deploying it in the middle of Callao, where the Canarian fighters were measured. A 24 tons “ring”. The idea worked. The photos Shared by the Canarian government (with volcanic sand covering callus) they are fascinating and also show that the appointment attracted a good handful of curious. To host them, even a portable stand with capacity for 200 spectators. The event was also attended by President Fernando Clavijo along with regional positions and representatives of the institutional, sports and social life of the archipelago. In case that was not enough, the Executive took care of the last detail. Any type of volcanic sand was not transported to Madrid. No. The authorities chose ashes from the island of La Palma that were generated during the Tajogaite eruption In 2021. “The youngest of the islands, chosen as a symbol of identity, roots and renewal,” the Canarian government insisted in its community. In total some mobilized some 24 tonsaccording to the institution itself. And what happened to that sand? The fight was held on May 17, Jandía’s Salader won the Candelaria de Mirca in a fierce encounter (12-10), but … and then? What happened to tons of volcanic sand? That is the question that was asked recently eldiario.es, which after consulting with the Madrid City Council reached an amazing conclusion: the bags seemed to have vanished. “Without a trace of the 24 tons”, He titled The newspaper. The news was even more striking because, as confirmed by the regional government, the agreement contemplated that, after the May fight, the 24,000 kilos of ash were ceded to the Madrid City Council so that it could cover with it the fields of beach volleyball. From the Consistory they assured however not to have proof of that initiative. I wasn’t dead … It was not the last chapter of the curious soap opera of the traveling volcanic sand. On Saturday Eldiario.es published again Another revelation About the 24 tons of Tajogaite: the material was not lost by Madrid, but stored in work bags in a Torrelodones industrial ship. The reason? Although the initial idea was to allocate the sand to Madrid Volleyball courts, the authorities of the capital came to the conclusion that it was not a good idea to give it that use. His grains may serve for a Canarian fighting fight, but in the opinion of Madrid technicians they tend to heat up easily, which led the authorities to rule it out for the courts. And what will it be used for? It doesn’t seem to be very clear. At least according to the information handled by eldiario.es, which ensures that the Department of the Environment is looking for an adequate destination for the Canarian gift. The bags are also waiting for the Consistory Ultime for a collaboration agreement to accept the material, which, a priori, will have environmental use. In the authorization of the Cabildo it is noted that the material “lacks commercial value”, although as He put value The Canarian government does have a symbolic value. Images | The Government of the Canary Islands (X) and Canary Islands In Xataka | The Canary Islands have seven islands, but only one has escaped from the hordes of tourists: its secret is literally on earth

load the chips with 18A

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Lip-bu Tan, that for a few months He took Pat Gelsinger’s witness As Executive Director of Intel, he is considering An important strategic turn in its chips manufacturing division. The play goes through betting directly on the 14th technology instead of The 18A processin which his predecessor Pat Gels had invested billions of dollars. It would not be the first time that Intel leaves a manufacturing node in this way. A crisis that is maintained despite the change of leader. Intel has been losing ground in front of TSMC for years, the Taiwanese giant who dominates the manufacture of chips for colossal clients such as Apple or Nvidia. That the company has shown signs of wanting to focus on the following manufacturing node and abandon the 18A process (in force for its next Panther Lake processors) represents one of the most risky movements to try to recover competitiveness in a sector where Intel has ceased to be a leader after decades of domain. The strategy of such. Since assumed office in Marchthe new CEO has acted quickly to reduce costs and find new growth paths. Its proposal is to concentrate resources in the 14A process, considered more competitive in the face of TSMC technologies, and slow down the 18A marketing to external clients. This decision could involve throwing hundreds of millions, or even billions, dollars in investments already made. The risks are huge. Leaving the 18th would mean assuming millionaire losses due to the investments made, but maintaining it could further away to the great clients that Intel needs for their contract manufacturing division. The company already He has committed Small 18A production volumes with Amazon and Microsoft, but these contracts would not change with the new strategy. The financial context. Intel is going through one of the deepest crises in its history. In 2024 he registered his first year with losses since 1986, with red numbers of 18.8 billion dollars. The company has already fired more than 15,000 employees Since 2024 and planned to cut between 8,000 and 10,900 additional workers from its factories between June and July. What comes now. The Board of Directors of Intel will analyze the options proposed by so at its meeting this month, although the final decision could be delayed until autumn given the complexity of the matter. Meanwhile, Intel will continue to use the 18th for his own chips and fulfill the commitments already acquired with some clients, but the future of their manufacturing division will depend on whether it manages to convince the market that the 14th can really compete with TSMC. Cover image | Intel In Xataka | AI is one of the most advanced technologies that the human being has built. It also gets distracted with a cat

The cities of the “Persianas Down”

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In Damgana small coastal villa of the French Brittany, have begun to paint the blinds of red, blue or green, more colorful options than the white that has been traditionally used for the facades. “We send them painting” Recognize the mayorJean Marie-Labesse. That chromatic change may seem a minor issue, but says a lot about the challenges facing the town. If you have decided to give the blinds a more cheerful tone is because Damgan It is basically a town on vacation and many of its windows spend almost all year closed. Giving a point of color to the blinds, the City Council intends (at least aesthetically) that Damgan does not seem what it really is: a town mired and a comatose state almost all year for the weight of the second residences. A percentage: 74%. Damgan’s case is interesting because he tells us about a phenomenon that affects many other tourist cities, outside and within France: the “boom” of The second residence At the expense of habitual housing. In the Gala Villa, yes, the trend is especially pronounced. Le Parisien assures That 74% of the properties of the municipality are second residences, a percentage that came to 80% before the City Council took action on the matter. From 1,900 to 30,000 inhabitants. In practice, this percentage translates into houses and more houses closed to lime and singing during most of the year, thousands of blinds descended in a molten to Blanco that the City Council wants to avoid. The data is eloquent. It is calculated that 4,000 homes of the municipality, 3,000 are second residences. Translated into inhabitants, that means that the town goes from just 1,900 residents of winter to 30,000 during July and August. Why is it important? Because Damgan leaves a barbaric example of something else: how the imbalance between seasonal and stable housing ends up taking its toll to the city, even threatening some of its basic services, such as schools. Labesse remember For example, the year in which the Mayor’s Office (2014) assumed a single baby in Damgan and one of the school classes that the town ended on the tightrope. “It is a crucial issue for the people,” he insists. Another front in which the weight of the holiday housing is felt is the real estate market. Le Parisien He has spoken For example with a 50 -year -old carpenter from the area that has just separated and fails to find a house. It has good income, but that does not help you much. “Workers cannot live here; they have to go 20 km, we are becoming a town for older people,” LIKE HERVÉ DU SOUICHof ‘Les Volets Ouverts’, an initiative that mediates so that the locals can stay in empty houses in the area. Beyond Damgan. The Villa of the French Brittany is interesting for what it represents, but it is not a unique case. According to French Propertyin continental France there are about 3.2 million second residences, almost 10% of the real estate park. The vast majority are from French citizens, especially on the coast, although there are also between 80,000 and 90,000 that belong to British. In certain regions of the Mediterranean, such as Languedoc-Roussillon or Provence-Alpes-Costa Azul, holiday housing represents 14% of the stock. Not much distance from Damgan are Carnac and Trinité, where the percentage of second residences is around 72%. And a good part of that house, the Parisian newspaper requires, only a few weeks are used. In Villard-de-Lansin Isère, two -thirds of homes and the percentage are even greater in some locality in the region. These data leave workers who seek stable accommodation, Recognize Labesse: “The problem is not so much the price and lack of offer.” Beyond France. Nor is France a unique case. In London the second residences and empty houses are such a serious problem that the authorities already They seek to stop him through fiscal pressure. According to The data that the mayor’s office was driving in 2023, in the city there were “30,000 empty homes” for a long time, with a particularly high concentration at certain points, such as Kensington or Chelsea. Madison Trust Company also shows that there are certain US areas, such as Marinette-Ron Mountainin which More than 25% of residences are used seasonally or recreationally. The phenomenon is well known in Spain. A sensitive part of the Ibiza and Formentera residential park, for example, are second residences. In 2023 Ibiza Diario needed That of the almost 86,000 properties of the Pitiusas, 6,200 were inhabited sporadically and 18,300 were empty. In some cases the photo is more complex, as in the town of Sant Joan, where 44% of the houses were considered not main. They are the cities of the blinds. Image | Mairie de Damgan In Xataka | In Madrid there were no economic hotels left, but there was a “virgin” space for tourists: polygons

A Barcelona company wanted to try the four -day week. He ended up firebaging an employee for having two jobs

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Sometimes life shows us paradoxical situations in which a manager who seeks the well -being of his employees with the four -day work weekends by saying goodbye to them for Compagate two simultaneous jobs. To give a more twist to this story than has published GenbetaIt is worth mentioning that the company’s CEO lavished on its social networks the advantages of having a “Side Hustle” or secondary employment. Preparing for four days. Patrick Syng is co -founder and commercial director of Metrickal, a remote hiring company based in Barcelona. The entrepreneur wanted to prove to implement the four -day week for your employeesso I needed to know What their employees used time of her day to optimize her. Something essential to make the leap to this type of day, which It does not mean doing the five -day job in fourbut optimize the day to take less to complete the tasks. The first step to do it was to ask all employees to install in their work teams the Desktime softwarea time monitoring program that monitors what programs he uses and for how long each employee. In this way, it could raise changes and Optimize processes To implement the four -day week. Low performance and tasks that do not correspond to it. When analyzing Desktime’s data, the businessman discovered that, an employee with whom he had already had several meetings for low performance, he was performing tasks with applications that did not correspond to his position in Metrickal. The employee, which I worked 100% remotelyit had not delivered the tasks in the deadlines and several clients had complained about their work. “While showing some signs of improvement, its general performance did not change much. This meant an important burden for the rest of the team, which had to cover its shifts and deal with the breeding deadlines,” assured Patrick Synge a Business Insider. “I had the feeling that I was doing something apart, but since there was no evidence, I didn’t want to draw precipitates.” The employee forgot the software. In the analysis of data collected by monitoring softwarethe manager discovered that the employee spent more than half of his day working for an American company, whose trail had remained in the software reports. “It seems that he forgot the tracking software, since once it is downloaded, it does not require any manual ignition and off. Probably, I would have fired it anyway, but the tracked data were the blunt test that was missing.” However, what truly irritated Synge was the lack of respect of the employee towards his companions who had to, for its little performancethey had to adopt part of their tasks. “It was not fair or respectful of the team, and that is something that I cannot tolerate, its actions were simply selfish,” said the manager. Two jobs, but which one is the main one? It’s not nor the first casenor is it probably the last one, of employees who They combine two or more jobs at the same time in your remote workday. The problem is that employee performance had fallen And he was not fulfilling his first job. “As an entrepreneur, I have to think about my business and my customers. I can’t afford to lose customers because someone wants to earn extra money,” said the manager. In fact, there is the circumstance that Patrick Syng is A firm defender of what is called “Side Hustle” or secondary works, offering them as an option to capture external vendors for their products. A whole paradox in which Patrick assumed that it was the main job of that employee, but never considered that, perhaps, it was secondary employment. Spain more and more multi -team. While it is true that in Spain this phenomenon of simultaneous jobs is not as widespread as in other countries, a Study conducted by Infojobs It indicates that 15% of employees in Spain have at least two jobs (who do not have to be simultaneous, but combined). 40% of these multi -employed employees do so To complement the low wages In departures or for hours, while 32% do so for providing additional income to their main salary. In Xataka | Not everything is 38.5 hours a week: the formulas for a waiter or temporary to benefit from the reduction of day Image | Unspash (Faizur Rehman), Pexels (Alexey Komissarov) *An earlier version of this article was published in July 2024

There are economic incentives to detect excess

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It is one of those situations associated with the arrival of airlines Low Cost in airports around the world. We talked about the waiting in the shipment next to an imposing figure that gives access to the plane: the metal structures or boxes with pre -established measures to verify that effectively the Measures of your suitcase They pass the cut in cabin, or quite the opposite: it is time to pay an extra succulent. It turns out that there was something else in the search for excessive luggage: an economic incentive. A hidden model. The story was told this morning the British newspapers. Apparently, A report That he has seen the light has revealed a practice in the United Kingdom airports so far unknown. A disturbing aspect of the Easyjet operating model: a bonuses system Economics aimed at encouraging employees of land assistance companies, such as Swissport and DHL Supply Chain, to detect passengers with hand luggage that exceeds the dimensions allowed. Through an internal filtered email, it was learned that these workers receive a specific remuneration for each suitcase intercepted at the boarding door: 1.20 pounds per unitwhich translates into 1 net pound for each “gate bag” consigned. This policy was communicated by a Swissport supervisor in November 2023 and remains in force, applying in airports such as Birmingham, Glasgow, Jersey and Newcastle, as well as in others managed by DHL such as Gatwick, Bristol and Manchester. Pressure and poorly paid. The story puts the focus something else. I remembered The Guardian That employees who execute these tasks charge around 12 pounds and, according to testimonies collected by the press, do not have maneuvering margin. An old passenger services manager described the experience as a direct confrontation With passengers, many times tense and proclaimed verbal abuse, especially when it comes to groups such as the typical single farewell travelers, who are required to pay more for a suitcase than by the ticket itself. These agents are not only under pressure to detect breaches, but also to the scrutiny of an internal monitoring system that, although it ensures not having disciplinary purposes, can be used forto “detect training opportunities” according to the language of mail. Despite the apparently neutral tone, the workers, According to The TimesThey understand that compliance with objectives is part of a broader business logic that conditions its permanence and pace of work. Extra income at the expense of the passenger. Easyjet Allows for free To passengers carry a small bag that fits under the seat. However, any additional luggage requires an early payment that begins, in the United Kingdom, In 5.99 pounds. The true friction point occurs when travelers reach the boarding door with a suitcase that exceeds the stipulated measures. In that case, if the bulge has not been declared or paid, the passenger must disburse 48 pounds so that the piece goes to the winery. The amount of surcharge and the moment it imposes makes it a “luck” of economic punishment rather than a transparent rate. In this way, the opera incentive system Like a trap that makes door staff Executors of a policy aimed at maximizing benefits, not facilitating flight experience. Mentioned. Swissport He has responded claiming that it simply applies the rules defined by the airline, without commenting on the bonuses scheme that has generated controversy. Easyjet, on the other hand, has said that It does not manage directly the remuneration of external agents, but strives to ensure a “consistent and fair” application of their policies. Low Cost doubts. It We count The weekend, although low -cost airlines have been built on the logic of basic rates and disaggregated servicesthe revelation that agents are financially rewarded for penalizing the passenger reopens the debate on the model ethics. Far from being an isolated anecdote, this practice seems one more manifestation of the turn they have taken Some airlines In your effort for monetizing every aspect of the trip. While the strict application of standards is necessary to guarantee efficient operations, doing so directly to the land personnel can pervert the balance between control and customer service, generating an atmosphere of suspicion and distrust. Instead of promoting understanding or flexibility in situations of minimal deviation, the reward system Punitive surveillance and converts the boarding door into a friction point between airline and passenger. It was already the closest thing to a psychological horror scene for many, but now that we know that the rules are applied by employees that could have more economic incentives to punish, than to help, it is a little more. Image | Heute, JWH In Xataka | We have been binding to the suitcases to identify them at the airport for years. Your employees warn that it is a bad idea In Xataka | Ryanair will expand the size of the hand suitcase this summer. Its real objective is another

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