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Younger millionaires have found a more profitable investment than the S&P500: Pokémon’s letters

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Some years ago, YouTuber Logan Paul hit the nail With a formula for financial success: nostalgia + business = the new art. Take an element of your childhood, add a collecting component and the Business is assured. Ask Nintendo with their Pokémon cards. More and more young millionaires are betting on Pokémon cards as a form of investment away from the whims of bags and values that, to date They were considered refuge. It is a trend that we already saw with the Hermès bagsand now he is also emerging with the letters Pokémon collectibles. The power of nostalgia. The attractiveness of these letters not only lies in nostalgia, but also in their ability to generate benefits that exceed those of large stock market rates. Pokémon card fever is sweeping and leaving record figures in its path, such and As publishes Fortune. Collectible articles have always been likely to achieve surprising quotes, especially when they evoke memories of childhood. Pokémon’s letters, which are already approaching their thirtieth anniversary, have conquered young investors looking for more than investing in traditional actions. According to Cardder data, collectible card assessment portal published by Fortunethe annual average profitability of Pokémon letters is increasing almost 46%, exceeding the profitability of very powerful actions such as Nvidia or the average annual profitability of the S&P 500 stock market index, which is 12%. A consolidated and booming market. Since its launch in 1999, They have been manufactured more than 75,000 million pokémon cards. After a first decade of settlement, the market began to value these cards as authentic collectible assets, comparable to classic comics. According to Cardder data, the Japanese animation series cards have been revalued at 3,261% in the last 20 years. Only during the pandemic, the boredom of collectors caused the profitability of the letters to increase by 500%, as published by what was published by Business Insider. AND, according to The AthleticPokémon and Magic letters would have displaced part of the business of collectible sports cards. Almost three decades later, this business model continues to generate about 1,000 million dollars a year. Shortage increases the price. The success of Pokémon letters has generated unusual situations in retail trade. Great chains like Walmart and Target were forced toimitate the number of units By user due to high demand and violent incidents related to the purchase of cards. Pokémon’s letters have reached be the objective of theftwith thieves sneaking in stores and floors in the purest mission style impossible to get a booty of letters valued at several thousand dollars. The last one, without going any further, happened on July 12 at a Massachusetts store, where A thief took pokémon letters valued at $ 100,000. Celebrities and the attractiveness of investment. The fever for investment in Pokémon cards between millennials and the Z generation has grown even more thanks to the interest of celebrities Like elrubius either Justin Bieberwho have paid thousands of dollars for some of them. Famous youtubers such as Logan Paul have brought this passion to the extreme. In 2022, Paul He got the Guinness record When buying the most expensive Pokémon letter in history, for which paid 5.27 million dollars. “This card cost me more than my ranch. My 84 acres ranch,” Paul said. Capital and organized crime The value of Pokémon letters has reached such magnitude that even organized crime groups in Japan have used them To bleach capitalssimilar to what happens with works of art. The ease of transporting and selling these letters abroad makes them an attractive instrument for illegal activities, confirming that the phenomenon of Pokémon cards transcends Simple collecting And it has become A financial asset With global impact. In Xataka | Millionaires found in the luxury watches a refuge value. Now the bubble has exploded Image | Wikimedia Commons (Romer Jed Medina), Unspash (Omid Armin)

Jordi Wild has the most controversial podcast in Spain. And precisely that is what waves have rewarded

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Jordi Wild, one of the undisputed stars of the podcastfera in Spanish, has won a wave In recognition of his career. Of course, Wild is not the first successful podcaster, born completely in the Internet sphere, self -produced outside the radio tradition, which wins the prize. But it is the first that has taken as references to iconic Anglo -Saxon names of the environment and has adapted them to its own style and very well, controversies included. Therefore, that waves is more than recognition of unquestionable success: it is also corroboration by the STABLISHMENT of the radio of one of the most peculiar personalities of the environment. Jordi Wild’s meteoric ascent. The YouTuber and Podcasts created its YouTube channel ‘in 2013The Rincón de Giorgio‘, which initially focused on a derivative and usual content by the time: gameplaysreaction and parodies videos. Soon he began to enter other issues, such as current debates and issues related to criminal psychology. In 2020 He started his podcast ‘The Wild Project‘. Although it is a bit complicated to calibrate its reach, On YouTube It approaches the 7 million subscribers, more almost 90,000 in podimo. His possible millions of listeners make him one of the most influential and followed podcasts in Spanish. Joe Rogan’s shadow. Jordi Wild has several times that One of its greatest influences To create and develop The Wild Project is Joe Rogan and his podcast ‘The Joe Rogan Experience‘. It was he who inspired him in the search for a format of long, deep interviews and without censorshipwhere the guest is the protagonist and all kinds of topics are addressed, not necessarily linked to its knowledge area. Other influences that Wild has cited in its programs, notoriously always American, are Howard Stern, David Letterman or Johnny Carson, of which he values his ability to face all kinds of guests. Podcasts in the waves. Since 2016 the podcasts have a presence in the waves, the awards to the media, programs and those responsible that since 1954 delivers the SER. That year The award for the best program, radio or radio online broadcast platform was given to Podium Podcast (hurry owned). Since then, programs such as ‘Xrey’, ‘Weekly deform’, ‘stretching the gum’, ‘Titania’ or ‘La Ruina’ this year have been awarded. But in addition, podcasts began to be specifically rewarded in Podcast Global Wave Wave Awards From 2022, an initiative in collaboration with Spotify to recognize and give visibility to the podcast industry in Spanish. The first delivery gala was held in May 2022 in Malaga. It is in this context that Jordi Wild has received a Special Recognition Prize for his career. Opening of sights. In this way, the waves open the door to a completely Anglo -Saxon style of influence, without equivalents in Spain at the level of success and scope, and that distances themselves from the winners so far, which enter into fields (audioficctions, humor and conversational, sound trials) that have always been present on the radio. The in -depth and uncensored interview style that Wild represents is Pure Podcasta land where There are no time limits and the programs They do not have thematic clippers and of format that does have traditional radio. The bleaching of Giorgio. But Jordi Wild’s program is not devoid of controversy, and has received abundant criticism, especially for the freedom of expression he presumes, and that has earned him criticism of both conservative and progressive sectors. He has been accused of giving voice to characters of controversial ideologies, which has generated debates about whether your whitish space extreme right speeches or spread Fake News under the appearance of open debate. Wild has always defended his decision to invite people of all ideologies and reject any attempt of external censorship or pressure. Some of his guests have given him controversies who have had a deep impact on his image, as was the Presence of former Villarejo Commissioner or the recent presence of A lifeguard Tiktoker which presumed to attract bathers to dangerous areas to get the hero. What waves wants. And this controversial image is the one that waves have rewarded, because it is what is most distant from the traditional radio. The search for the cut that is viralized in networks is what distance to programs such as The Wild Project of traditional radio, and it is what makes this prize especially relevant: the waves give visibility to a typology of podcast that until now had not had official recognition for being especially controversial and controversial. Podcast awards. In general, the prizes of the mainstream (In any field of creation) to their representatives less pigeonholed by traditional formats they usually reach the wrong (that’s why Jordi Wild receives an award for his career: he has been working for years: his style has been working for years). But they are always a sign that something moves within the traditional mass media: we cannot expect them to recognize the avant -garde, but it is still a warning that at least they are looking in the same direction as the public and the creators who carry the lead. Header | Chain ser In Xataka | The great surprise of the Pódcast is not that people are listening to them. Is that he is seeing them

The last one signs Google “raising” his commitment to Vibe Coding

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Openai is at a key moment. On the one hand it has the entire technological industry pending its next great revolution with GPT-5its next language model that will boost Chatgpt and the rest of its AI tools. However, it is also in the midst of a bloody battle to stay for the best talent in ia. Goal has already been shown taking several of his top minds. Now Google has also moved card taking the founders of Windsurfthe company in which Openai had put an eye To buy for about 3,000 million dollars. Google’s master play. This Friday, Windsurf confirmed The play with the departure of the CEO, Varun Mohan, and the co -founder Douglas Chen, along with several key researchers of the startup that has promoted, together with cursor, the ‘Vibe Coding‘. The operation, valued at 2.4 billion dollars, includes a non -exclusive license of Windsurf technology, but leaves out any participation in the company. It is the classic “Reverse-Acquihire” that allows technological giants to take talent without awakening regulatory alarms. The context of the debacle. Openai had been negotiating the purchase of Windsurf for months, a startup that had fired its annual revenues up to 100 million dollars in April, multiplying its turnover in a few months. However, the operation had generated internal tensions between Openai and Microsoftits largest investor, since OpenAi wanted to prevent its partner from having access to Windsurf programming technology. This blockade in the agreement with Microsoft caused the purchase not to continue. In this way, when the period of exclusivity expired Openai had agreed with Windsurf to negotiate his purchase this Friday, Google did not hesitate to enter with an offer that Openai could not match. Talent bleeding. Meanwhile, goal continues to execute its burned land strategy in the AI labor market. The Zuckerberg company is offering salary packages ranging from 10 to 100 million dollars to star researchers, an unprecedented escalation that has triggered the salaries of the sector 50% since 2022. The goal is to sign 50 experts to lead their new Superintelligence Laboratoryafter the stumbling blocks of his calls and the exit of key figures such as research director Joelle Pineau. The company has already taken to several topnai top minds to his superintelligence laboratory, and has done the same with many other companies, as is the case of AI star engineer in Apple, Zhifeng Chen. Between the lines. Windsurf loss is especially painful for OpenAI because it represented its direct entry into the developer tool market, where Github co -ilot Microsoft dominates with authority. It was a way of diversifying its business beyond Chatgpt and competing in a niche that is experiencing explosive growth thanks to the tendency to program with the help of AI. Google moves file on an increasingly competitive terrain, making Openai’s strategy difficult in this segment. The pressure intensifies. The situation becomes more complex when the competitive context is analyzed. Anthropic has managed to significantly boost his income thanks to Claude Codeits programming tool, while startups as cursor (valued at 10,000 million) and Replit continue to gain ground. Google has now also entered full of offering programming tools promoted by AI, and many as many as XAI with Grok also They have announced Wanting to participate in this wave with a code specialized model that is expected to launch in August. Cover image: Wallpapercave and Village Global In Xataka | We knew that AI would generate new jobs that did not exist before. What we did not expect is that he was fixing his pifias

“An anticyclone arrives in Spain” is usually good news. On this occasion it is an advance of the coming hell: the 40ºC

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The Dana that during the last days has downloaded important rainfall in the north and east of the Peninsula has gone down in history. After the brief thermal relief that this depression brought, meteorologists have their eyes on the situation of the atmosphere for the new week. The 40º appear again. And what indicates the situation of the atmosphere is a new turn towards extreme temperatures: again It is expected that the thermometers exceed in some areas the imaginary barrier of the 40º Celsius. With extreme heat, in addition, the “equatorial nights” could return. Shield against the storms. After the passage of a Dana through the north and east of the Peninsula, the anticyclonic time will become strong over our territory for most of this week. An anticyclone will keep a stormy train at the next few days, diverting them towards higher latitudes. The anticyclonic time will allow heat to accumulate again thanks to a high insolation and new warm air incursions from Africa. Again, heat. The forecasts From the State Meteorology Agency (Aemet) they point out that tomorrow, Tuesday 15, temperatures will exceed 35º in the south with areas of the Guadalquivir Valley being able to exceed 40º. On Wednesday 16 the situation will be aggravated, with the thermometers exceeding 38º in much of the southern half and with areas of the Guadalquivir Valley again above 40º. Tropical nights. Aemet also warns that minimal temperatures will also rise during these days, first in the southern half of the Atlantic aspect and from Wednesday in more extensive areas. According to these forecaststhe thermometers will not lower the 20-22 degrees in large areas of the southern peninsular half, and it is expected that during Thursday these minimums do not fall from the 25º in areas of the Guadalquivir. That is, some areas will return to the so -called “equatorial nights.” To the third, the defeated. The situation could be attenuated towards the end of the week. The models indicate that the anticyclone responsible for the heat that awaits us will gradually move to the east. Thus, the third of the storms that will circulate during this week will not be fully blocked by the anticyclone and could affect the north and east of the Peninsula from Friday. In Xataka | The hydrological bonanza could not be eternal: drought is a real threat after an extremely warm, and also dry June Image | ECMWF

Russia has a truck with a hunting turboreactor to clean its tanks

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The Soviet Union is fertile terrain for science fiction dystopias. Both the Communist architecture that hugged brutalism Like your weapons They keep calling attention. The Cold war It was a time when the USSR was characterized by Develop revolutionary armament and for creating huge vehicles such as the Ekranoplan (that China wants to rescue) or the rocket transport. And what they could take advantage of, took advantage of it. The best example was a monstrous truck to which they hit a hunting turboreactor and that allocated to the chemical war. The best? Now Russia uses it to wash its tanks and ships. Recycling. Striking combat fighters there are lots, but one that attracts attention is the MIG-17. The reason is that it seems that Morro is missing, which gives a very curious presence to hunting. Another of its differentiating aspects was the TURBOJET KILMOV VK-1a derivative of the British engine Rolls-Royce Nene that allowed the MIG-17 to reach Mach 1 speeds. He made his first flight in January 1950, but for the 60s, the Soviet development had advanced with the MIG-19 and the mythical MIG-21. These new fighters did not assemble the VK-1 turbojet, which was used exclusively in the MIG-15MIG-17 and in the IL-28 bomberwhich left the Soviets with a lot of engines for scrapping. “Nothing is thrown here,” they had to think, and they were devised to create something quite crazy. TMS-65U. Although modern chemical weapons began to be used in large quantities during the First and Second World Warin the Cold War they lived A terrifying expansion. As these weapons were developed, countermeasures were investigated to decontaminate. And that’s when Soviet engineers were lit the bulb. They took a Ural 375 6×6a huge military truck with six wheels that can circulate on any land and that has great resistance and load capacity, and set up a 900-liter deposit in the rear, as well as a turret in which they embedded one of the VK-1 turboreactors. The photos of the result are of science fiction and could have left the Videogame ‘Red Alert’ perfectly. Your name? TMS-65U. That is: look at the size of that thing Decontaminant. And the idea was not bad. The reaction engine can generate a good stream of both heat and air, but by modifying to expel vaporized liquid, a very potent gauge of gas is achieved at a large temperature. And its operation was simple: turbojet generates that burst of hot air and a nozzle throws that decontaminating fluid. The huge engine power spray that liquid and the turret allows the operator to point directly wherever. In the context of the Cold War, it had all the meaning to decontaminate other vehicles such as tanks, transport, airplanes or ships, since the reach of the turret is considerable, but the funny thing is that it continues to be used today. Turbokarker. That jet at hot air and decontaminating agent is a great mixture because detoxifies while decontamin (thanks to heat) Chemical and biological agents that may be attached to the surface of the vehicles, being a faster and more efficient way than manual scrubbing for this type of tasks. Is Like a karcherbut vitamin, which can also be used to decontaminate areas. The problem is that it consumes a lot of fuel and, if you do not sign up, you can disperse vaporized chemical contaminants in the area. In this video you can see working: Turbomultiusos. Now, it would be a waste to use a turboreactor just to clean and, as we have already said, the Soviet era takes advantage (although the Ukraine War that arsenal is being carried ahead inherited). And the TMS-65U serves much more than to decontaminate vehicles. A example It is its function on the battlefield deploying dense smoke curtains to allow moving allied units without the enemy being able to see them. Here is deploying a smoke curtain Long life to VK-1. And apart from the uses of TMS-65U, which is worth mentioning is the very long life that VK-1 turbojets are having. For example, they are used to Clean debris On the aircraft carrier track such as the Kuznetsov, as if it were a huge blower, but also to clean the snow that affects the takeoff of commercial airplanes. And, well, for reuse the turbojets … we can also mention the train that I went to 250 km/h in the 70 thanks to them. It is evident that it is very exaggerated to mount a turboreactor in a truck to be a giant blower, but it is also clear that, although this creation is 60 years after its back (plus the more than 80 that has the own engine on which it is based), if something works, do not touch it. Images | VITALY V. KUZMIN, A thousand.ru In Xataka | Russian Shahed drones were the deadliest weapon in Ukraine. Now they are the anticipation of something much worse: the double impact

discounts of up to 51% in the best brands

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You may, out of necessity or whim, we are at the crossroads of wanting to change TV. No matter the reason that really takes us, although it is interesting to choose the time to do it. Take advantage of the best offers is key, since we can take a better television paying much less on the way. Now we have a new opportunity thanks to the offers of El Corte Inglés. Right now we can find discounts that go to 51% for several very interesting models of brands such as LG, Philips or Sony, among others. To make the task easier, we leave you below A selection of several outstanding offers: Philips 55pus8010/155 inches and with ambilight, for 399 euros. LG 65QNED85A6Cwith a diagonal of 65 inches and minied technology, by 999 euros. PANASONIC TV-65W80AEZwith 65 -inch diagonal and compatible with Dolby Vision, by 499 euros. SAMSUNG TQ85QN74FATXXCwith the neo -right technology of the South Korean firm, by 1,999 euros. Sony Bravia KD-75x85L75 inches and with very good gaming characteristics, by 1,599 euros. Philips 55pus8010/1 The first television we bring is this Philips, in its 55 -inch version. Betting on this brand is take Ambilight technology homeone that is ideal to increase immersion and to improve the way we have to watch content on TV. In addition to this, it is also compatible with Dolby Atmos. Its PVP is 699 euros, but now we have it reduced to the 399 euros. TV LED 139 cm (55 “) Philips Ambilight 55pus8010/12 UHD 4K, Dolby Atmos, Titan OS, Smart TV * Some price may have changed from the last review LG 65QNED85A6C We now change panel technology and size with this QMED smart tv, which also has A 65 -inch diagonal. From this TV we can expect a very good interpretation of colors and compatibility with Dolby Vision. Your operating system works very well and has very good gaming options. Of 1,349 euros that is its PVP, we have it available for 999 euros. TV QNED EVO MINILED AI 164CM (65 “) LG 65QNED85A6C, 4K SMART TV * Some price may have changed from the last review PANASONIC TV-65W80AEZ If we look for an option with QLED technology and have a rather affordable price, this Panasonic can fit us perfectly. It has a 65 -inch diagonalit is compatible with Dolby Vision and integrates the Amazon Fire TV operating system, which is quite comfortable to use. The best thing is undoubtedly its price: of 949 euros we have available for 499 euros. TV QLED 164 cm (65 “) Panasonic TV-65W80AEZ, UHD 4K, Dolby Vision, High Contrast, Smart TV * Some price may have changed from the last review SAMSUNG TQ85QN74FATXXC We now pass to Samsung with this neo Qled model, specifically this version with an 85 -inch diagonal. It is a film alternative to LG television that we have above, also ideal if we seek to have a TV to squeeze gaming (it is 144 Hz in fact). Besides, It has artificial intelligence to climb the image. Of 3,299 euros go on to cost 1,999 euros. TV NEO QLED MINI LED 214CM (85 “) SAMSUNG TQ85QN74FATXXC 4K AI UPSCALING PRO WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SMART TV * Some price may have changed from the last review Sony Bravia KD-75x85L We close this selection of televisions on offer with a Sony Bravia in its 75 -inch version. Very good image fluency thanks to its 120 Hzgreat sound power and HDMI ports 2.1something we will appreciate if we match it with a PlayStation 5 Pro or one Xbox Series x. Comes with discouragement: of 2,799 euros that was its launch price, now it costs 1,599 euros. TV 75 “Sony Bravia KD-75x85L LED, Full Array Led, 4K HDR, Google TV, Smart TV, Bordes Without Borders * 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 | Buying, Philips, LG, Panasonic, Samsung, Sony In Xataka | Better televisions in quality price: which to buy and 10 smart TV 4K recommended In Xataka | Guide not to lose you with the new televisions and panel technologies that will arrive this year

If Spain is hooked today to programs like ‘OT’ or ‘Big Brother’ is due to a single man: Toni Cruz

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Toni Cruz’s death last Friday at 78 serves us to radiograph the Current Cathodic Business Status. And above all, it is a reliable evidence that those who were architects of television as we know it are retiring or dying (that is, the one that the first years of the private ones were configured). Although for years it was not in front of the camera, its role has been key in some of the greatest successes of recent years. Great successes. Gestmusic launched, in collaboration with public and private channels, great success programs such as’Operation Triunfo‘,’Big Brother‘ either ‘Martian chronicles‘, being a cross essential part of the design and development of these programs. Little can be added to the founding importance of the three: our primeR talent showour first reality and an unclassifiable but very influential program that reached stratospheric audiences at an impossible schedule. The thing did not end there, and with the passage of time, Gestmusic was generating variants of these primal formats, with successes like ‘Rain of stars’, ‘Your face sounds to me’, ‘You do vouchers’, ‘Do not laugh that it is worse’ or ‘Look who dances!’ Cruz and Mainat ended up selling their part of Gestmusic to Endemol in 2017. The Baron of Bidet. For the general public, Toni Cruz became famous since the end of the sixties and even entered the eighties with the trench, in the company of Josep Maria Mainat and Miquel àngel Pasqual. With them he co -length several successful television programs, such as ‘No Passa Res’ (TV3) and ‘Tariro, Tariro’ (TVE), which led him to a large extent how television worked inside. The next step was clear. Gestmusic arrives. In 1987 the trench published its latest album (‘Marro!’) And created the producer Gestmusic. Its foundation coincided with the arrival of private televisions and the massification of regional and local, and their success catapulted when one of the trio members, Pasqual, left the producer due to health problems and sold its part of Gestmusic to one of the most powerful multinationals in the audiovisual world, the Dutch Endemolcreator of the original ‘Big Brother’ format. Two rode together. In a relatively short period of time, two very relevant proper names have disappeared from the national industry, perhaps those that have best defined the tone and style of mass television of the 21st century. Almost three years ago It was Paolo Vasile, who left his position as CEO of Mediaset. Without it we would not have had a format as influential as’Save me‘, in addition to giving green light to programs produced by Cruz himself, such as’ Big Brother’. Between the two agglutinate (one as creative force, another as necessary administrative work from the most successful channel dome for many years) the mass of headers with the greatest impact in Spain in recent decades. It is no longer just about the success of audience of programs such as ‘Operation Triunfo’ or ‘Big Brother’, but beyond the obvious (these two franchises continue to add editions today), their seal is still very present in current programs of great impact. The legacy. For example, one of the most successful programs today is ‘Your face sounds to me’, which has reached maximum of 25.1% quota: it is the nth variant of the ‘Operation Triunfo’ template (interpretation of pop standards, jury, skill), but with the template of “the contestants are famous”. A template that is lately devouring all competitions and realities… And that Gestmusic also invented with the very thunder and unclassifiable ‘Big Brother’ with Celebrities That was ‘Hotel Glam’. Martian chronicles follow. And not only that: the studied balance of dynamics of order and chaos of ‘Martian chronicles’ continues to be in more harmless formats, such as’El Hormiguero‘(He shares part of his production team with the Sardá program). And, of course, with all kinds of pink information programs, starting with ‘Save Me’, also essential to understand the current television formats. So far, so close. Gestmusic and Vasile gave some of the last chest that the industry has lived, taking into account that many of the current success formats are variations of ‘Big Brother’, ‘Operation Triunfo’. Television has always lived to cannibalize its own hits, so regardless of the issues about its future, what is very clear is that Cruz has been an essential part of understanding television in recent decades, and as we have reached what we have now. Header | RTVE – Gestmusic In Xataka | Thirty years later, there is still an unbeatable television format in Spain: desktop soap operas

that Spain ends like other European countries

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Torre Pacheco is a Murcia town of just over 40,000 inhabitants, a municipality that basically lives from agriculture and in which almost a third of the population is foreign. His name does not usually sneak into the headlines of the international press, but today they talk about him analysts in half Europe. The reason: a wave of unrest directed against immigrants who remembers what has lived in 2000 in The ejido (Andalusia) or those that have been registered in recent years in different parts of Europe, such as Dublin or more recently BallymenaUnited Kingdom. With the exception perhaps of El Ejido so far Spain had dodged that wave. The question seen what happened in Murcia is … Will it remain so? What happened? That Torre Pacheco, a town of 40,000 inhabitants From the region of Mar Menor, in Murcia, it has become national and international news, monopolizing headlines in the means of reach of The Guardian either The Telegraph. The reason? An outbreak of violence against the immigrant population of the municipality after a 68 -year -old neighbor received a brutal beating, an aggression that the authorities are still investigating (there are Two detainees) but that in the street (and networks) was attributed to young Moroccans. Why is it news? That what happened in Torre Pacheco has had an impact beyond the regional press responds to several reasons. The first, the scope of the riots. EFE He spoke This morning of eight detainees, five Spaniards and three Maghreb. The balance of injured Attended by emergency services due to gaps, blows and trauma is even greater. The wave of violence reached such a level that on the weekend the Civil Guard had to reinforce your presence. The trigger. The altercations have also been news for their political context and the role that the networks have played. The spark that jumped the riots was the beating that a 68 -year -old neighbor received on Wednesday while taking a walk. In An interview with The Spanish The victim said that a “Moroccan boy” was shouted at him and gave him “a stake” while other young people recorded him. At the moment the police have arrested Two Maghreb 21 and 22 who, although they did not participate in the aggression, were present. None reside in the town. From the beating the “hunt”. The event led the City Council to organize A manifestation to claim a “crime free” town and unleashed indignation in networks. Outrage and Fake News. Shortly after the case began to circulate A video that supposedly showed the beating, in addition to images in which the faces of the assumptions aggressors were identified. The victim herself He has made clear That the person seen in the video is not him, but that did not prevent the material from circulating through networks with ultras group messages for “hunt” immigrants. “They have come from outside the municipality to provoke because they know we live here,” he said to The country Omar, a 25 -year -old. Is it the first time? No. What happened these days in Torre Pacheco reminds in some ways the incidents that were lived 25 years ago In the ejido (Andalusia), although the balance of arrested and injured there was quite greater. The trigger on that occasion was three murders perpetrated by Moroccans in a matter of two weeks. Latest From them he was committed by an immigrant with paranoid schizophrenia who ended the stabbing of a young woman in a market in Santa María del Águila, which in turn unleashed one wave of violence that left dozens of injured. If this weekend could be seen altercations Between ultras and immigrants in Torre Pacheco, people were seen in the ejido of 2000 armed with bars Iron attacking immigrants and destroying premises. The tumults extended Between February 5 and 7 and forced the government to strengthen The presence of the Civil Guard and National Police, which did not prevent the episode from resorting with Several dozens of injured and damage. “Organized xenophobic groups have set fire to which immigrants are housed, which scared hide from the games of neighbors armed with sticks and chains that run through the streets,” He reported by then ABC. Beyond Spain. What happened in Murcia is news for another reason: it connects with more or less similar episodes registered over the last years in other countries in Europe. The details or scope change, but not the target: immigration. In November 2023 A series of stabbing unleashed a wave of violent protests against foreigners in Dublin and a few weeks ago an alleged violation case resulted in unrest Xenophobes in Northern Ireland. In Sweden and Denmark protests have also been convened during which copies of the Qur’an have burned, Belgium has suffered racist disturbances and in February the AP agency It echoed of migrants who have received an “increase in racist attacks” in Magdeburg after the attack against a local Christmas market. On the social agenda. There are also mass mobilizations of opposite sign, in which xenophobia is denounced. In March without going any further, France welcomed several marches with tens of thousands of participants who rose against hate to foreigners. The phenomenon confirms in any case that racism has an increasing importance in the social and political agenda of Europe, an boom that coincides with The progressive strengthening of the extreme right. What is the context? Cases such as Torre Pacheco, Ejido or Dublin incidents of 2023 are framed in a clear context: The increase of the immigrant population in Europe. In February Euronews revealed which in 2024 resided in the 27 community countries around 44.7 million citizens born outside the EU, which represents almost 10% of the total population. The data reveals a remarkable year -on -year increase, of 2.3 million. The countries with the highest number of people born abroad were, in order, Germany, France, Spain and Italy. At least in 2019 near DL 30% From the population of Torre Pacheco, in which agriculture … Read more

Spain finally runs out of the Broadcom chips factory. This US company has broken with the government

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At the beginning of July 2023 Charlie Kawwas, the president of the Broadcom subsidiary specialized in the manufacture of semiconductors, announced that your company had reached an agreement with the Government of Spain to build An advanced integrated circuit factory on Spanish soil. Its budget touched the 1,000 million dollars (about 850 million euros), and although it never became completed its location for several months a filtration anticipated that this plant would stay in Zaragoza. According to Kawwas, these facilities were going to be specialized in Substrate manufacturing And they would help this American company reinforce its position in the semiconductor production market. For Spain, the construction of this factory was great news because it would place the country on the European map of The production of advanced substrates. And, in addition, presumably would generate high qualification jobs and develop the technological ecosystem of the area in which it finally be installed. Unfortunately this project will not come to fruition. Broadcom has back According to the Europa Press agencyBroadcom will finally not build its factory in Spain. The negotiation that this company maintained and the Spanish government has been broken, apparently. At the moment it has not transcended the reason why this project will not prosper, but according to Europa Press Donald Trump’s return To the White House has been able to exercise as a death sentence in a context in which the commercial relationship between the US and Europe goes through a very complicated moment. “That collapsed by Trump. It was a very interesting operation and in the end he did not curdle,” In fact, the arrival of Trump ended another project in which the Spanish government intended to invest 400 million euros to establish a company joint with an American company. Its purpose was also to build a chips manufacturing plant. “That collapsed by Trump. It was a very interesting operation and in the end it did not curdle. Right now there is a feeling that US companies are very restricted when investing in Europe, ” has declared One of the sources of Europa Press. It makes sense. The administration led by Trump pursues reinforce your local semiconductor industryso it is perfectly credible to be zancadilleando the plans of US companies that plan to invest outside the US. On the other hand, the construction of a avant -garde semiconductor manufacturing plant usually costs Between 20,000 and 30,000 million eurosso it is evident that the factory that Broadcom was going to be tuned in Spain was not going to be at all toe. Even so, it is a pity that this project has been frustrated. Image | Chris Hsia More information | Europa Press In Xataka | Chips manufacturers are coming from pearls to attract them. These are your reasons to come

Our computers are literally full, the problem is that it is almost impossible to extract it. Or we believed

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Gold is one of the metals with better electrical conductivity. For this reason, it is used in many electronic components, mainly in computers, but also in smartphones or sound systems. The problem is that extracting it from these pieces is very complicated and the cost it means does not compensate. Or we believed. Swiss researchers They have created a method to extract precious metal from a serum protein. Find gold in the trash. The components where gold is used most They are the PCB or printed circuit plates that we find in all types of devices, from computers to smartphones. It can also be found in processors, connectors and HDD hard drives. The problem, as we said, is that the existing methods to extract this metal are very complex and expensive. In addition, it is often necessary to use very toxic chemical components, although that does not stop that many Try it in your own houses. For all this, it is often not worth the effort to the small amounts that are extracted. The extraction process. Whey protein. Researchers at the Federal Polytechnic School of Zurich have managed to extract gold with a new more efficient, sustainable and cheap method. As? With serum protein ‘whey’ (yes, the Gym shakes). To do this, they submitted proteins to acidic conditions and high temperatures. These form nanofibers that are added to a gel and, after drying, forms a kind of sponge. It is not the first time we hear that Whey protein is used for similar purposes. A few months ago China managed to recycle the electric car batteries thanks to the glycine present in these shakes. Who was going to tell us that in addition to getting strong, it would serve to extract gold or recycle batteries. The method. The researchers used 20 computer base plates, from which they extracted all metal parts and dissolved them in an acid bath that ionized the metals. The next step was to submerge the sponge in the solution. Although there are other metals that adhere to the fibers that form it, the researchers discovered that gold ions adhere much better. Once “captured”, the sponge is heated and the ions are released and can melt to create a gold peep. Cheaper. The 20 motherboards resulted in a 450 milligrams gold cupcake with 91% purity (the remaining 9% was copper), or what is the same: 22 korates. At the current price of gold, La Pepita would have a value of about 35 euros. It is not much, but the researchers affirm that the cost of the materials and energy necessary for extraction is 50 times less than that of gold obtained. The next step is to climb this technology to be able to apply it to the market. Images | Eth zurich In Xataka | Our dependence on lithium batteries is worrying. These are the alternatives that aspire to replace them

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