Month: November 2025

This is how the dangerous “Amazon of fertility” works

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Having a child is the dream of many people around the world, but finding a suitable father it can be a bit complicated. There are many couples or single mothers who decide to go to a fertility clinic or a hospital to find a sperm donor, but now This process has also passed to social networks such as TikTok or Facebook. The Internet has become a veritable ‘Amazon of fertilization’, with advertisements for men who highlight having “very strong sperm.” And it is not the letter of introduction that can be found on Tinder, but a phrase taken from a Facebook group where dozens of men advertise to offer their semen to women and couples who need a donor, although without following official channels. The problem. In the United Kingdom, the legal route to receive a donation from a donor is through the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority (HFEA), which regulates assisted reproduction. In this case is established that donors cannot receive any financial compensation, except for justified expenses. Why it triumphs. A treatment at a fertility clinic can cost 10,000 poundsbeing a figure that many couples or single women cannot assume. That is why they decide to turn to a more economical system, although without regulation, such as social network groups. There are groups on social networks like Sperm Donors UK, Start a Family Here either Get Your Babydust Herewhere thousands of users publish “natural” or “artificial” donation offers. According to The Guardiansome of these groups have reached 10,000 members in one year with different announcements. In the case of Spain, this problem also exists, since although public healthcare covers a number of specific assisted reproduction cycles, the fact of consuming them also forces one to opt for the private route, which has significant costs. The speed. Also involved in this case is the fact of not being able to choose exactly the sperm donor, having to stick to certain physical characteristics that are sometimes met or not. With these dissemination groups, you can get a real photograph of the sperm donors to see if it fits the taste of the mother or the couple. And we get rid of having to wait for a profile with this style to appear, since it has been seen how a notice has been published saying “I need a donation tonight, I am ovulating and my donor has failed me. I am looking for a donor for this weekend.” This urgency creates the perfect breeding ground for the exploitation of this phenomenon. Felicity, a member of these groups cited by The Guardian, points out that the demographics are dangerous: very young recipients between 18 and 25 years old, and considerably older donors between 35 and 50 years old. There are many risks. When adjusting to this insemination method without any type of health regulation, it must be remembered that the donors have not been tested for sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV, nor have they undergone genetic analysis to rule out important diseases such as cystic fibrosis. The case of James MacDougall, an unregulated donor who I knew I was a carrier of fragile (which causes learning and cognitive disabilities) and still donated, is a clear example of the danger. A legal chaos. A priori it seems that it is very easy to have a child using this internet system, and the reality is that in the United Kingdom it is quite simple thanks to very lax legislation, where we already have the case of a man who claims to have 180 children and has begun to claim to have contact with them through the courts. This in Spain is about regulating, specifically thanks to the Law 14/2006 on assisted human reproduction techniques which indicates that the donation is anonymous, meaning that the recipient cannot know the donor, so they will not have responsibilities regarding paternity. But this outside of an authorized center ceases to have value. This means that if a woman uses a Facebook donor and he then claims paternity (proving it with a DNA test), a judge could give it to her, with all her obligations (maintenance) and rights (visitation). The anonymity that Spanish law protects disappears, creating a legal nightmare for the mother. How they spread. How is it possible for these groups to prosper? This is the question we can ask ourselves today, and to answer it we have to understand that technology plays an important role. Meta’s recommendation algorithm, designed to connect similar interests, actively promotes these communities. Although Meta’s policies prohibit the sale of bodily fluids, the reality is that the moderation of private groups is sometimes complex to understand. Although it has already gone from Facebook to influencers. There are men like the German Daniel Bayen They document their “giving tours” around the world on TikTok and Instagram. Bayen, who was also conceived by donation, promotes transparency and maintains contact with the families to whom he has donated his sperm. But if analyzed, this type of person is leaving a trail of dozens of biological half-siblings and the risk of consanguinity in the future may increase, especially if the recipient families live nearby. Images | Christian Velitchkov Thomas Breher In Xataka | We have visited the place where Spain’s demographic hopes are literally placed: the sperm bank of Granada

The automobile industry in China has broken a new record, and sales in Europe have not been the only ones that have contributed

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The Chinese automobile industry has reached an export value of 798.39 billion yuan (about 96.9 billion euros) in the first ten months of 2025, according to data of the country’s General Customs Administration. It is about an increase of 14.3% compared to the same period of the previous year, and this is one more example of China being one of the main vehicle exporting powers in the world. And it is that besides Europethere are already other markets of great interest for the country. A sector that drives foreign trade. While China’s total merchandise exports grew by 6.2% In this period, the automotive sector almost tripled that rate of expansion. Mechanical and electrical products accounted for more than 60% of the country’s exports, with automobiles and semiconductors as the main drivers of this growth. In October alone, vehicle exports rose 34% year-on-year. The role of electric and hybrid. Behind these figures are brands such as BYD, SAIC and Chery, whose electrified models have conquered new markets in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Latin America. Although the Customs Administration has not broken down the types of vehicles exported, sector data suggests that electric cars and plug-in hybrids are largely responsible for this boost. China is moving its production towards higher value-added segments, and the automobile is a key piece of that strategy. Who buys Chinese cars. ASEAN (Southeast Asia) remains China’s largest trading partner, with a total trade volume of 6.18 trillion yuan (up 9.1%), according to the General Administration of Customs. The European Union followswith 4.88 trillion yuan and a growth of 4.9%. The figures once again highlight how emerging regions and traditional European markets continue to absorb a good part of Chinese automobile production, although with different dynamics. The weight of private companies. Private Chinese companies have also played a determining role in this growth. According to the official dataaccounted for 21.28 trillion yuan in foreign trade (imports and exports combined) during the first ten months of the year, an increase of 7.2% year-on-year. And in addition to the companies that have state protection, there are also private companies that are experiencing great growth thanks to their international expansion. Warning signs on the horizon. Despite the good time, October has marked a turning pointas China’s total exports fell 0.8% year-on-year, the first setback in several months. Some analysts attribute this decline to an already very high comparison base, since 2024 was a record year. Also to fewer working days due to holidays and, above all, to weaker demand from the West. In fact, trade with the United States fell 15.9% in the first ten months of the year, according to the same source. What’s coming. Automobile exports are expected to close 2025 above 2024 levelsalthough probably at a more moderate pace. Demand from abroad is beginning to cool and trade restrictions in some markets, such as Europe, are tightening for China. Even so, the country’s automobile sector continues to demonstrate a capacity for growth greater than the rest of its manufacturing industry. It remains to be seen how long he can keep up the pace. Cover image | Michael Fortsch In Xataka | I have tried the BYD circuit in China: an underwater YangWang, a 29 meter dune and a car that turns by itself

The Pagani Utopia Roadster is so exclusive, it comes with a €28 million penthouse in Miami “for free”

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I’m from the neighborhood, and I see the plays from afar. Once a guy came up to me and told me that if I bought him a pen that cost 300 euros, he would give me two tickets to the Copa del Rey final. It doesn’t bother me, what that smart guy wanted was resell my tickets. Pagani must think that millionaires lack street, because he wants to use the same trick to sell two luxury penthouses in the Pagani Residencesin the area most Miami exclusivefor 30 million dollars. He Pagani Utopia Roadster What it includes is a “gift”. The Italian jewel that only 130 people will be able to have. He Pagani Utopia Roadster It is not just any car and not only in regards to the strictly mechanical aspects. The manufacturer will only produce 130 units worldwide and it will take about three years to manufacture them. All of them are already assigned, so not even being able to pay the 3.1 million euros that this supercar costs could you buy one. The high price is justified by the exclusivity of the production, since this supercar is manufactured by hand in Modena and integrates a 6.0-liter biturbo V12 engine handcrafted by AMG, which delivers 864 HP and 1,100 Nm of torque. Its entire structure is manufactured in carbon fiber which makes it extremely light, stopping the scale at only 1,280 kilos. A missile capable of flying low at 349 km/h. As we have already told you, only with what screws cost that hold the Utopia Roadster together, you can buy a Porsche Macan or a Mercedes-Benz C-Class. The Pagani Residences: luxury to the core. However, just as has announced the supercar manufacturer, there is an exception so that whoever wants to buy the Utopia Roadster and money is not a problem: buy one of the two penthouses that have been put up for sale in the Pagani Residences. The building is located in North Bay Village, an exclusive area overlooking Biscayne Bay. It is about the first architectural project of the Italian brand outside the motor world. In total, it will have 70 residences distributed over 30 floors, designed by Revuelta Architecture International and decorated by the new interior division “Pagani Arte”, founded by Horacio Pagani. A penthouse with a “gift” supercar. The true jewels of the building are the two duplex penthouses that crown the 28th and 29th floors. The first, measuring 995 square meters (427 m2 interior and 567 m2 terrace), costs 26.5 million euros. The house is distributed over two floors with 4-meter ceilings and has 4 bedrooms. For its part, the second penthouse is 1,133 square meters (483 m2 interior and 650 m2 terrace), with 5 bedrooms and a price that amounts to 28 million euros. Both include terraces that surround the entire home, oak wood and travertine marble floors, private elevators, and kitchens equipped with Schiffini Magistretti and exclusive Gaggenau appliances, as well as a wall-mounted wine cellar for 365 bottles. Additionally, the penthouses include private access to the tower’s wellness amenities, including a fitness center, a 29th-floor oceanfront spa, a rooftop pool and recovery lounge, and a panoramic lounge with cabanas and hot and cold pools. “At Pagani, each creation begins with a dialogue. Just as we design a hypercar with the help of its owner, Pagani Residences, in collaboration with Pagani Arte, invites each resident to the adventure of shaping their home,” said Horacio Pagani, founder and CEO of Pagani Automobili. The attic matches the car. Each Pagani Residences penthouse comes accompanied by a Pagani Utopia Roadster “Miami Edition”. This special edition (within how limited it already is in itself), sports a turquoise blue paint inspired by the sea and sky of Florida. Additionally, penthouse buyers who receive the Utopia Roadster “as a gift” are also invited to the Pagani factory in Modena, Italy, for a private tour of the Horacio Pagani Museum and Atelier. The visit will close with a personal meeting with Horacio Pagani and the Pagani Arte team, in which, just as the cars are personalized, they will also be able to finalize the details of their apartments with the company’s CEO. Horacio Pagani himself explained to Bloomberg that their intention with this project is that the owners “feel the same emotion that those who drive one of our hypercars experience.” A trend that redefines luxury. Pagani is not alone in this new real estate stage. Brands like porsche, Mercedes-BenzAston Martin, Bentley or Lamborghini have already transformed their names into architectural symbols in cities like Miami or Dubai. With these projects, manufacturers seek to offer customers who buy their cars an extension of the experience they feel when getting into their supercars, with extreme care of every detail and materials of the highest quality, as well as the same design philosophy used in their cars. In fact, some of these residences even allow park the car in the living roomas if it were just another decorative element. In Xataka | The Magarigawa Club: the private luxury circuit where millionaires drive their supercars Image | Pagani

A tiny Spanish town with 13 houses can’t take it anymore. A murder has turned it into the capital of crime tourism

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High in the Catalan Pyrenees, among clouds, forests and cows grazing in the rain, Tor risesa village of just thirteen houses where three decades ago a crime occurred that forever marked its inhabitants. In 1995 appeared the body of Josep Montanéknown as Sansa, with an electric cable around his neck and the corpse dragged to his kitchen. It was the third murder in fifteen years in a place too small for so many deaths. Today it seems the decoration of the mythical “A crime has been written”. National myth. History recovered this weekend the new york times as an example of a type of tourism which has been added in parallel to that of sun and beach. What seemed like a rural reckoning became, over time, a a national story about greed, secrets and institutional abandonment. the mountain, shared since 1896 by the town’s families under an ancestral agreement, had become the object of dispute between those who dreamed of a lucrative ski resort and those who wanted to preserve their peasant life. The conflict, fueled by smuggling interests and disputes over ownership, culminated in the judicial grant of the mountain to Sansa and, five months later, in her death. Then came the cultural phenomenon. From tragedy to true crime. The Catalan journalist Carles Porta, then a young reporter, was the one who turned the Tor crime into a media obsession. It started with a television report In 1997, he continued with a book in 2005, a podcast very successful in 2018 and a documentary series in 2023 that transformed the small town into the epicenter of Spanish “true crime.” Porta, fascinated by Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood, found his own Holcomb in that Pyrenean valley and turned the story in an industry. Over the years, the public’s fascination with unsolved crimes attracted visitors from all over the country: curious people, mystery fans and hikers who wanted walk the stage of the murder, staying at Sansa’s old house or posing in the places where the police found evidence. Some even recreated the crime scene. with cables around the necka morbid parody that the neighbors watch with a mixture of bewilderment and resignation. Tor Municipality Crime tourism. The Times remembered that media notoriety brought money, but also disfigured life in Tor. In summer, the streets are filled of cars, the houses become scenery and the neighbors become involuntary characters in a story that never ends. In the Alins family hostel, at the foot of the mountain, phrases by Porta and bottles of liquor with quotes from his book hang, while the visitors ask relentlessly “who killed Sansa.” Merce Turallols, who was a girl when the body appeared, admits that fame has benefited the family business, but he confesses that the residents can no longer stand the circus: in the busiest months, you can’t even park and eccentric tourists tour the town disguised as victims. And more. “One arrived with a rope around his neck,” they remembered in the report. Porta himself, now producer of documentaries for Disney Regarding other cases, he recognizes that Tor’s has become his personal legacy, a phenomenon without end. The man assures have new clues (a possible hitman who lives in Miami) and the intention to close the case with a fiction series, but the people, who never saw justice or rest, feel that the journalist has exploded its tragedy to the limit. Town turned into a stage. Thus, going through Tor today is like going through a museum of rural crime: the local guide point out the places where the body was dragged, the house where a hippie committed suicide, the abandoned car of some smugglers, the meadows where neighbors charged tolls to those who crossed with goods from Andorra. Everything has become anecdote for visitors who seek excitement, while local people demand something as simple as mobile coverage or tranquility. Pilar Tomàs, who lives across the street from Sansa’s old house and was the one who found him dead, serves homemade food in her restaurant full of strangers. He appreciates the increase in clients, but would like a life without cameras nor curious. He joked in the media that if Porta has benefited so much from the case, he could donate at least enough for a telephone antenna. The rise of crime tourism. The call “dark tourism”sordid or thanatotourism has ceased to be a rarity and has consolidated itself as a global trend that turns tragedy into destiny. From the streets of Barcelona’s Raval, where the crimes of Enriqueta Martí either of the “Arropiero”even the towns devastated by the civil war like Belchitethe tourism industry has been able to capitalize on human fascination with death and evil, an interest as old as the shows of the Roman circus. According to the criminologist Vicente Garridothis attraction responds to the mixture of fear and curiosity in the face of the unknown, but today it takes the form of guided routes, theatrical visits and immersive experiences where the visitor seeks to understand (or feel) the echo of horror. New narratives to enhance it. Series and podcasts true crime have reinforced this phenomenon, generating a media aesthetic that romanticizes murder and transforms the victims and executioners into cultural characters. In Spain, theplaces like Torwith their story of unresolved deaths, symbolize that dilemma between memory and commodification: what for some is an economic opportunity and visibility, for others is the trivialization of a tragedy that is still alive. He crime tourism It grows, and with it the ethical question that accompanies it: how much knowledge and how much morbidity there is in looking head-on at the scenes of horror. Image | jqmj (Queralt) In Xataka | Sordid tourism: 17 places for those who travel looking for horror In Xataka | Italy’s tourism has a challenge worse than massification: mafia souvenirs. has started to ban them

the main gay dating apps disappear from the App Store

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China has a relentless censorship machinery. The one known as the ‘Great Firewall of China’ has been preventing its citizens from accessing certain services and websites for years. Its tentacles also reach the application stores, including Apple’s, which has just seen two apps disappear from its offering. And not just any two apps. What has happened? Blued and Finka are two dating apps aimed at the LGBTQ+ public and have just disappeared from the App Store in China, where they were the two most popular apps. According to Apple, the order came directly from the China Internet Network Information Center, also known as the Cyberspace Administration. This is Apple’s response to Wired: “We comply with the laws of the countries in which we operate. Pursuant to an order from the Cyberspace Administration of China, we have removed these two applications from the Chinese store” It’s not the first time. There have been other cases in which Apple has had to remove apps by order of the Chinese government, such as last year when removed WhatsApp, Telegram and others from his store “for reasons of national security.” The reasons they argued were the same: they have to comply with the laws of the countries in which they operate. They are not just any apps. The case of Blued and Finka is especially sensitive and it is not the first time that they have blocked applications used by the LGTBQ+ community. In 2022, the well-known app Grindr was also removed from the App Store in China. It happened during the Winter Olympic Games, although in this case it was the Grindr developer herself who removed the app at the request of the authorities. Homosexuality in China. Until 1997, being homosexual in China was a crime and until 2001 it was considered a mental disorder. Today it is not penalized, but the weather is anything but favorable for the community: same-sex marriage is not recognizednor can they adopt, conversion therapies remain legal and there are no laws against discrimination based on sexual orientation. Censorship. Homosexuality is considered prohibited content by regulators, who have edited numerous films to eliminate any reference to sexual diversity. The case of ‘Lightyear’ and the scene in which two women kiss It was one of the most popular, but it was not the only one. In September of this same year, They used AI to turn a gay couple into heterosexuals in the movie ‘Together’. Image | Wikipedia In Xataka | There is an underground movement of Chinese women reading homosexual erotic literature. And China is cracking down on it.

AliExpress 11.11 is about to begin with exclusive coupons, discounts of up to 80% and bargains in technology

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We begin a new week, one that is getting closer to the official celebration of the Black Friday. Now, there are many stores that are bringing forward their events and promotions, although there is one that has an appointment on the same day every year. We are referring to AliExpress, which is just a few hours away from launching what is your best promo of the year: 11.11. This event, which will begin tonight at 00:00, will allow us to get a lot of devices at prices that we have not seen the rest of the year. We’ll only have a few days to take advantage of the promo (it lasts until November 19 at 11:59 p.m.), although the best deals may fly much sooner. In addition to discounts, we also have several discount codes to use which, on this occasion, can also be used on mobile phones. 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“The real winners of the AI ​​race will be the electricians or plumbers”

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The conversation about the future of work is taking an unexpected turn conditioned by the progressive incursion of AI into administrative positions, especially among the youngest who see the old promise of a prosperous job future after college. Influential voices in the development of AI, such as Mark Zuckerberg or Mark Chenthey are showing the value devaluation of university degrees. Jensen Huang has gone a step further by pointing out that most of the future economic opportunities could arise from traditional professions more than pure university careers. “The millionaires of the future will be electricians or plumbers,” said the millionaire in an interview for the british Channel 4 News. The winners of the race for AI. Jensen Huang, CEO of the main producer of AI chips, pointed out the significant imbalance in the current labor market, in which there is enormous offer of university graduatesbut a great shortage of qualified labor in traditional trades such as carpenters, electricians, plumbers or bricklayers. According to this shortage, it has made their jobs much more difficult. best rated and salaries could double in a short time. “The big winners in the AI ​​race will be electricians and plumbers,” said the NVIDIA CEO. Huang highlighted that, although these professions were not directly related to the development of AI models, they were related to the construction and maintenance of the data centers that support these technologies. “Whether you are an electrician, plumber or carpenter, we will need hundreds of thousands of them to build all these factories and the specialized crafts sector of all economies is going to experience a boom,” the manager stressed. Traditional jobs versus AI. One of the great advantages of traditional trades over many so-called “white collar” jobs is their limited exposure to AI automation. Furthermore, in other interventions, Huang has pointed out: “As we speak, AI has no chance of doing what we do,” stated the CEO of NVIDIA during a conference in Mumbai. To a greater or lesser degree, all positions with administrative burden or repetitive routines are susceptible to automation of all or part of their work. It is something that is already beginning to be observed with a reduction of junior positions in the main consulting firms, where AI is replacing recent graduates in basic tasks such as reporting or programming assistance. On the other hand, jobs in the manufacturing industry or traditional trades are not feeling the same pressure because, at the moment, an AI cannot fix faults in the electrical installation of a house. AI can’t build your house. Even though you may currently have a waiting list of more than six months To request a quote for a bathroom or kitchen renovation, NVIDIA’s concern about the lack of qualified labor is more related to the deadlines in the construction of its data centers. According to a report McKinseythe industry is projected that global capital spending on data centers will reach $7 trillion by 2030. That’s a lot of processors waiting to be sold. The problem is that, just like renovating your bathroom, without enough manpower Construction deadlines are longer than expected. As and how I collected FortuneLarry Flink, CEO of BlackRock, was also concerned in that regard, noting that the workforce to build the data centers they needed had been dangerously reduced following Trump’s anti-immigration policies. “I’ve even told members of Trump’s team that we’re going to run out of electricians, which we need to build AI data centers. We just don’t have enough,” declared the manager at a recent conference. In Spain they also bet on traditional professions. In Spain, the media millionaire José Elías, CEO of the La Sirena supermarket chain and president of Audax Renovables, has been giving a clear and forceful message: “Artificial intelligence is going to take over 80% of office work,” and that is going to change everything. But not for manual trades. On the contrary, those practical and physical jobs, which many today despise, will be the ones with the most opportunities and the best salary.” “They will end up charging 50, 60 or 200 euros per hour”highlighted the Catalan millionaire in an interview. In addition, he points out that these jobs offer greater growth prospects and professional stability. “A lawyer from a large firm who works long hours does not earn more than an electrician. Or someone from a Big Four audit who works 17 hours a day does not live better than an electrician either,” he explains. “An electrician works nine hours and one is having breakfast. I don’t know any electrician who doesn’t have an apartment and if you’re good and don’t get paid well, raise your hand and tell the boss ‘Hey, I’m thinking about starting to send resumes,’” explains José Elías in one of your videos. In Xataka | Overqualification in Spain becomes chronic: 34% of workers perform tasks below their educational level Image | Jose Elias, NVIDIA

Monistrol de Calders is a town of 700 residents. Now someone wants to turn it into the first Chinese cemetery in Spain

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Monistrol de Calders is a town in the Moyanés region, in the province of Barcelona. He last census The INE places just under 800 registered residents there, a small community without the slightest trace Chinese immigration. Despite that, the lack of ties with the Asian giant or the specter of depopulation, Monistrol is about to become a prominent place on the map of the European Chinese diaspora. And for a very special reason, too. A group of investors wants to build there, in an old farmhouse, the first cemetery feng shui of Spain and one of the few that exist in Europe. The ideal candidate. Monistrol de Calders may not be a very populous municipality, but it enjoys a privileged location in the heart of the Catalan countryside, between the Pla de Bages and the Sierra de San Lorenzo. Mountain. Streams. Sources. Pine forests. ç The town is not only idyllic. Some time ago a group of Chinese investors living in Catalonia saw in it Anything else: an ideal place to give shape to a project that they had been meditating on for some time, to build a feng shui cemetery, a space in which the growing chinese immigration could watch over their dead. In Moyanés as in Qingtian. They were not only convinced by the setting, the atmosphere and the location of Monistrol. The mayor of the town, Arturo Argelaguer, explains to The National that the promoters liked something else: “Orographically it is very similar to the part of the country where they originate, the region of Qingtian“. The area also has a special symbolic value, since it is the place of origin of much of it of the around 350,000 people of Chinese origin who reside in Spain. That in Monistrol as such there are no neighbors from the Asian giant matters little. After all, the town is half an hour by car from Manresa and less than an hour and a half from the center of Barcelona, ​​where there is a large immigrant community. The idea of ​​building a cemetery there in which to lay vigil for their dead pleased the investors so much that in june They even invited Quingtian to a delegation led by Argelaguer. The visit culminated with a Monistrol-Dongyuan twinning. And what do they want to do? The idea is to build a multi-denominational cemetery, “open to all”, although following the guidelines of feng shui so that the Chinese community can say goodbye and mourn their deceased while respecting their own traditions. There they can leave offerings, burn incense or hold long celebrations, practices that in other Spanish cemeteries can cause problems. “In Monistrol we have found a calm natural environment. There are no factories or pylons and positive energy can flow,” recognize to The Country Carlos, businessman and vice president of the Qingtian Association in Catalonia. The idea is to create a cemetery with capacity for around 80,000 graves of different types, which includes everything from niches to pantheons and columbariums. The cemetery will also have an extensive area of ​​trees. From farmhouse to necropolis. Proof that the cemetery promoters are serious is that they have already made a move. The National assures who have bought a farm of almost 59 hectares in Monistrol de Calders and presented a project on which the Generalitat must now rule. For now, the investors have managed to arouse enthusiasm in the City Council, which boasts of having achieved three commitments of the company: the construction of sports facilities in the town, prioritizing residents when hiring personnel for the works and contributing between 20,000 and 40,000 euros annually to local entities. If it goes ahead, the cemetery will also serve to rehabilitate a relevant piece of Monistrol’s heritage: the Païssa farmhouse, the land on which the promoters have set their eyes. The farm would be investor ownershipbut right now she is busy and with a judicial process underway. The ultimate objective is that of its more than 587,400 m2, more than half (56%) are dedicated to the cemetery. The rest will be used for general services and a large area of ​​around 223,900 m2 will be reserved for a forest area, with pine forests. A unique project? Although the project still has to clear the processing that remains ahead, it starts with an interesting business card: it would be the first cemetery designed based on the principles of feng shui in Spain and one of the few that exist in the whole of Europe. The Country only appointment in fact one, in Zwolle, Netherlands, which opened its doors just over 10 years ago. In Spain, the new cemetery will arrive at the height of the expansion of Chinese immigration, which has been increasing for decades to surpass the 200,000 people in 2022. Not only is their number increasing. Over time, the community has been nourished by third, fourth or fifth generation Spaniards with Chinese roots, people who do not consider returning to Asia and want to be buried and mourn their dead in Spain. Until now, the perspectives were different: either the mortal remains were repatriated to China, with the cost (and distance) that this entailed, or the families were resigned to saying goodbye to their loved ones in traditional Western cemeteries. Images | Jayde Keroi (Unsplash), Maximus Beaumont (Unsplash) and Google Earth In Xataka | Chinese immigrants have always been a mystery for Spain. The podcast ‘A Chinese and a half’ is solving it from within

El Corte Inglés has just placed 808 million among investors

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Santander and El Corte Inglés have sold 808 million euros in loans from their clients to institutional investors, as published The Confidential. Instead of keeping those loans on their books, they have packaged them and transferred them to investment funds. Why is it important. The department store doesn’t just sell washing machines or sofas: it finances its customers’ purchases for months or years without charging interest. These debts are converted into a financial asset that is then sold to investors in exchange for periodic payments. If someone doesn’t pay their loan, the problem is no longer yours. It is financial engineering applied in a very ingenious way to retail. How the business works. A brushstroke to understand it: El Corte Inglés sells you a TV for 1,000 euros and lets you pay for it in 10 months without interest. Instead of waiting 10 months to collect that 1,000 euros, package your debt with thousands of others and sell it to investors for, say, 950 euros. He collects the money immediately, eliminates the risk of you not paying, and can use that capital to finance more purchases. Investors pay 950 euros today and will collect 1,000 in 10 months. You still don’t pay interest. Everyone wins. What has happened. The operation was closed in the Dublin market and includes all types of credits: Interest-free financing for up to five years. Credit card debts. And small loans of 300 to 900 euros. Investors who buy these packages charge different interest rates depending on the risk they assume. In the largest section (664 million), they charge 0.87% above the Euribor. In the highest risk sections, the differential rises to 6.2%. Between the lines. By selling these credits, the financial company removes the risk from its balance sheet and frees up space to continue lending money. Banking regulators approve this type of operation because it spreads the risk throughout the financial system instead of concentrating it in a single entity. For Santander and El Corte Inglés, it is a way to grow without accumulating all the danger of defaults. The background. Santander bought 51% of the financial company of El Corte Inglés in 2013paying 140 million for control and another 140 million as an immediate dividend. The bank saw the potential clearly: the margins on consumer credit are much higher than those of traditional banking. El Corte Inglés maintains 49% without managing anything. A perfect capitalist partner. Yes, but. Financiera El Corte Inglés is not marginal: it handles nearly a third of the consumer banking business in Spain and Portugal. His loyalty card It has 11.7 million members who last year made purchases worth 3,778 million, both in department stores and in supermarkets and other subsidiaries. That customer base is a gold mine. The context. These operations have become increasingly popular in the Spanish financial sector. Santander has been the most active European bank packaging and selling loan portfolios. For an entity like Financiera El Corte Inglés, this mechanism not only frees capital: it also makes it possible to avoid regulatory limits on risk concentration. behind the scenes. The model reveals how the retail Spanish. The real margin is no longer just in selling a product, but in financing its purchase and then monetizing that debt by selling it to investment funds. El Corte Inglés sells televisions, but above all it sells credits. And then it sells the risk of those credits. Squaring the circle. Featured image | The English Court In Xataka | The two largest travel agencies in Spain fight to sell trips to Disney. This is the business of children’s dreams

What’s new and how to update

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We are going to tell you the news of the next version of Android Autosince we have with us the Android Auto 15.7 beta. This is a very important version, since with it Google begins to deploy Gemini in your car operating system. Therefore, we are going to review what specific new features this new version brings. Remember that you will be able to use it directly on the vehicle’s screen, and you will only have to connect the mobile phone to the console by cable or wirelessly if the car supports it. What’s new in Android Auto 15.7 beta The main novelty that this new version brings is that deployment begins of Gemini on Android Auto. This means that some users will begin to receive Gemini to replace the obsolete Google Assistant. The Google Assistant will disappear forever and will be replaced by the artificial intelligence. This is not going to happen to everyone at the same time.. The rollout is going to be gradual, which means that it may arrive to you but possibly not yet. Google’s idea is that Gemini will be deployed in most cars before the end of 2025, so if this version does not reach you, pay close attention to the following ones. Otherwise, there are no other news. The rest of Google’s efforts have focused on optimizing the operation and stability of this system, and correcting any serious errors that have been detected. And why does everything seem to be going so slow? Well because The Android Auto news goes insideand being a system to use in the car any error in the app can be fatal. That is why in the Android Auto updates They can’t just release a new feature and then improve it, because each failure can cost lives. They do it the other way around, they improve it in the code without releasing it, and then they start making it public. Even so, keep in mind that the Gemini deployment has begun, something we have been waiting for for quite a few weeks and months to happen. Now, you just need to be patient until it reaches us all. How to update Android Auto Beta As this is a beta version, you will still have to wait a few days until it reaches its final versionsince the betas are closed, although in this link You can try your luck in case there is a gap in the beta program, something that doesn’t usually happen. The other method to test the beta is download and install its APK fileavailable in the Android Auto page on APKMirror. On this website you will have to choose between the ARM and ARM64 architectures, although if your mobile is current it will almost certainly be the ARM64. Once the file is downloaded, you have to install the APK on your Android manually and restart. And if you don’t want to complicate your life, you can also wait for the final version for all users. In this case, you will only have to wait a few days for the new version of Android Auto to start arriving as well. via Google Play like the rest of the applications. In Xataka Basics | News from Google Maps: new incident reports arriving for mobile and Android Auto

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