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“We are not Premium” It is the mantra repeated until satiety in the Hyundai/Kia tandem. It is what they told us when we got into KIA EV9. This is what they have repeated from Hyundai when we have put ourselves to the controls of the Hyundai ioniq 9 for the first time. However, it is clear that both SUV brothers have a clear vocation to raise the level. To show that they have taken a step forward and that, perhaps they are not premium but, of course, they are not general firms to use. Hyundai ioniq 9 technical record NEW KIA EV9 Body type SUV of five or seven seats Measures and weight 5,060 meters long, 1,980 wide and 1,790 meters high. Wheelbase of 3,130 meters. 2,549 kg in its single motor version 2,685 kg in its double motor version Trunk 338 liters with three rows of seats. 908 liters with two rows of seats 88 additional liters in the front trunk Maximum power 320 kW (435 hp) and 700 nm torque. WLTP consumption 19.9 kWh/100 km in its single engine version 20.6 kWh/100 km in its double motor version DGT environmental badge Zero emissions. Driving aids (ADAS) Adaptive cruise control with emergency braking (also in rear cross traffic), lane maintenance and automatic change assistant. Front and rear cameras. Dodge maneuver with dead angle sensor. Others Automatic and driver parking. Opening and starting with mobile phone. Compatibility with Android Auto and Apple Car Play. Remote vehicle monitoring. 15 sensors (two of them Lidar). Service of streaming on your screens. USB ports for all passengers. Two main screens of 12.3 inches and a third of five -inch auxiliary support. Electric hybrid. No. Plug -in hybrid. No. Electric Yes. Three versions with 110 kWh battery. Rear traction with a 160 kW (218 hp) and 620 km autonomy engine Integral traction with a 160 kW (218 hp) front engine and another 70 kW (95 hp) rear that yield 230 kW (313 kW) and 606 km of autonomy Integral traction with two 160 kW (218CV) engines that yield 320 kW (435 hp) and 600 km of autonomy Price and launch Already available. Rear traction from 69,990 euros 230 kW (313 kW) integral traction from 81,600 euros 320 kW (435 hp) integral traction from 87,100 euros Looking for a new hole What defines a car as a premium? There is no definition of use. There are no minimum or clear criteria that, if they were fulfilled, fully put to a car in the category of “The Premium”. And yet, we all have more or less clear what those premium cars are. In Europe, without any doubt, the German Mercedes-BMW-Audi trio are the great emblem of this category. Because? Because their products are refined, they have good materials and adjustments above average. And although they are being criticized for according to what solutions either according to what materials usedthe truth is that its quality is above the rest of the market. Also its price … but also its brand image, the status they bring to the client or, at least, the client feels that he is acquiring when he buys one of his cars. That is why it is so complicated to enter the premium segment. And not only uses purely objective issues, there is a part of irrationality that makes a car with a more brief starting equipment and a higher price in a premium car. The line with the generalists is clear. A generalist is not an aspirational car like the previous ones. It does not have the finishes of a premium, it does not use the same materials and, above all, it does not project the same image who travels aboard a Renault as a Mercedes, although they can share pieces … Like the engine itself. And in between there is a slippery category. That of those cars that are not Premium but have a slightly higher price than the generalists and that have been more careful than them. Good for driving touch, materials or equipment, they want project a superior image But they don’t get among the chosen ones. Here we can find Volkswagen with his classic hinge positioning between Audi and Skoda but has had cars that have been aspirational, such as Golf GTI. We also find a Mazda And there he wanted to play Stellantis with DS and with some specific products of Peugeot, like 508. Renault tried also in his day with the Vel satisf and Avantimeminorities higher than the competition but did not break in the market for their clearly more expensive price. And there it seems to want to play Hyundai and Kia with the electric car. Technology allows them a Reset In your brand image. Ioniq 9 and EV9 are not cars designed just to sell, they are cars designed to show off the latest technology, to demonstrate where they are positioned and how they want to climb in brand perception. Very good wicker To make this leap, in Hyundai they have opted to risk their aesthetics. Like more or like less, it is appreciated. It is a new design line that has already advanced with the Hyundai Santa Fethat flag vehicle in the combustion format that, over the years, has gone from Popular SUV to a car settled in the 60,000 euros, a little suitable size for the European market and an image clearly focused on the American public. The ioniq 9 repeat formula. With the addition that here the SUV goes to the 5.06 meters long and 1.98 meters wide. The image with its 1.79 meters high is powerful. Especially with a very high front, dominated by that pixel network of its lights that repeats formula in the rear. Squares are a tonic that is repeated throughout the structure of the car. The Hyundai Ioniq 9 shouts at the four winds that this is not their site, that Spanish roads and cities are small. But that also has a market niche to which … Read more

Tim Cook’s right hand retires after 27 years in Apple. It does so in full crisis of the company

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The departure of Jeff Williams as director of operations marks a turning point in the Cupertino company. With 27 years in Apple and considered the main candidate to replace Cook, Your withdrawal leave a vacuum in the succession line just when the company is going through One of its most delicate crises in artificial intelligence. An unexpected change at the least timely moment. Williams, 62, announces his retirement after almost three decades building the Apple logistics empire. His march coincides with A talent bleeding that Includes Ruoming Pangthe engineer who led the AI ​​models team Apple Intelligence. The company loses two key figures at a time when its artificial intelligence strategy wobbles. The new figure in charge of operations. Sabih Khan, a veteran who has been in Apple for 30 years, takes the reins as the new director of operations. Khan has been the architect of the Apple global supply chain during the last six years, managing from manufacturing to logistics. His appointment represents continuity in operational philosophy, but also evidences that Apple needs to reinforce its internal structures while still looking for its course in the AI ​​era. In detail. Williams’s departure completely redefines Apple’s succession map. For years he had been seen as The natural heir of cookespecially after its crucial role in the launch of the Apple Watch and the supervision of the design team from the march of Jony Ive In 2019. Now, analysts They point To three names: John Ternus (hardware engineering), Craig Federight (software) and Eddy Cue (services). Federight, in fact, has already assumed the control of Apple’s strategy after the exit of Pang, while the position assumed by the engineer now takes Zhifeng Chen. An iconic legacy. Williams’ march reminds us of some of his brightest moments of his career. It was the one who resolved one of the biggest challenges of the Original iPhone: When Steve Jobs decided to change the glass plastic screen just months before launch in 2007, Williams coordinated with Corning the development of the revolutionary Gorilla Glass. He also led the first major post-Jobs project, the Apple Watch, demonstrating its ability to materialize the company’s vision and philosophy in successful products. With Williams outside, Apple continues in another crisis: the AI. It is speculated that Meta has offered Pang an offer valued in several tens of millions of dollars annually, but it is not an isolated case. Zuckerberg is systematically signing The best talents of AIincluding researchers from Openai and Anthropic. According to points Mark Gurman in Bloomberg, in Apple, the founding models team crosses a moral crisis after the new direction explores use external openai or anthropic models for Siri’s new versionthus questioning the internal work developed for years. And now what. With Williams outside the succession game and the unresolved AI crisis, Cook must manage a complex transition. The company needs to stabilize its artificial intelligence strategy while preparing the generational relief in the dome. Khan’s appointment seeks to give operational continuity, but the questions about Apple’s future leadership and his ability to compete in AI is unanswered. Although Cook has not given a specific date on his withdrawal, in several statements He has assured that will retire, but “not in the conventional way”, preferring to stay active while feeling mentally stimulated. Cook too has expressed Your desire for your replacement to come from within the company. Cover image | Apple and Guillaume Bleyer In Xataka | Apple has just turned the iPhone into a universal TPV. Tap to pay can already be used in Spain

In his attempt to fly through the airs the global supply chain, the US has a new obsession: copper

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After a few weeks of relative tranquility, the US administration is again climbing the C tensions in its commercial war with China. Trump has announced a new 50% tariff for copper imports. A key step to torpedo China’s strategy, who currently leads its refining and casting processes. Tightening the nuts. The president of the United States, Donald Trump, announced on Tuesday The imposition of a new 50% tariff to all copper imported to the United States. It is unknown for the moment when the measure will enter into force, but this points to a key material not only for the semiconductor industry: copper is crucial for sectors such as transport, energy or construction. The US position. Unlike his war declared to China with the Rare earthThe United States is one of the largest copper producers in the world. He currently occupies fifth place, although his main problem is a very concrete: consumes much more than it produces. Much of the copper it uses arrives as refined cathodes from Asia, especially from China. The goal. The United States not only seeks to protect its national industry. It aims to change the roles in this value chain: Encourage that copper refines within the US Reduce dependence on Chinese Foundions Press Latin America to export copper without going through China. Although Latin America Head the list of copper producers (Chile currently dominates primary mine production with more than 20% global position), dominating refining capacity is a central role in the supply chain. The reactions. The price of copper in the United States has reached its historical maximum in the national market After Trump’s statements, even with doubts about how it will apply and what will be the possible exceptions. The impact. The 50% tariff on copper imports would have a remarkable impact on key industries. Semiconductors: copper is, along with other critical metals such as scandio, disposium or bismuth, a fundamental material for the chips industry. A few milligrams per chip are key to its manufacture. Automotion: The electric vehicle needs much more copper for its manufacture (motor, battery, wiring). Electrical networks: transformers, substations, cables. Consumer electronics Construction Although Trump wants to obtain control over the supply chain, the measure can be shot in the foot. The United States does not have enough capacity to produce and refine all the copper it needs. The doubts. Although Trump has announced that the copper tariff will reach 50%, it has not detailed whether the measures will affect the entire refined copper, or certain products dependent on this material. They are not known to the measure, or date of entry into force. Be that as it may, The war for the domain of metals It will be crucial to control commercial tensions. China’s dominant position on rare earths It puts the United States in a delicate situation, which is trying to face attacking materials as concrete as copper. In Xataka | In 1978 Chinese engineers visited two key US companies. On his return an empire began: the rare earths

The idea of ​​writing with luxury material

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Even the simplest and most traditional shops are susceptible to finding a gourmet version. Bakeries, coffee shops or ice cream shops in special and exquisite mode is understood, after all we talk about food. But … And the stationery? Are the catalog of the stationery stores, economical, accessible and massive by definition, gourmetizables? There are shops who think so, and the success of stationery stores like Panda Bohéme in Vigo is a good test. Everything is gourmet. Or, at least, everything can be gourmet. It is a phenomenon that already dates from some years, linked to premiumization and specialization of traditional shops, where everyday products are transformed into objects of desire through design, quality, customization and purchase experience. It is the answer we have to the advancement of digitalization and mass standardization, looking for exclusivity, individuality and sensory pleasure in daily life and everyday life. Examples? Gourmet bakeries and pastries, Specialty coffee shops, Artisanal ice cream shopscheese and selected charcations, design florists and, of course, and linked to gourmet stationery stores, independent libraries. And stationery. This, applied to the stationery stores, runs in the same direction: the type of products that are in a traditional trade in the sector, but with the focus on the exclusive, the artisanal and creative inspiration. A lot of material for crafts, calligraphy, drawing and accent in the premium product: notebooks, pens, folders, all of good quality and with somewhat higher prices than usual. And also import products, especially Japan, where there is a whole Cultural obsession with stationery products. German origins. A pioneer example in Europe from this type of shops is Divine Designfounded on Germany in 2003and that from its origin it was distinguished by its commitment, unheard of in the times prior to the global massification of the Internet, for ecological materials and the high standards of quality of its products. As of the 2010, The phenomenon began to expand through Europe and Asiadriven by the rise of Japanese, Korean and American brands. The return to the world in a thousand stationery. According to the trend he has expanded around the world, each country has welcomed it to its aesthetic and cultural preferences. For example, in Japan there are Material brands for this type of shops like Kokuyo, Tombow, Zebra, Pilot, Uni-Ball, Sun-Star or Midori, and stand out for how they combine functionality, aesthetics and pleasure of use. The deep roots of Japanese culture with the paper industry is remarkable, both for its millenary tradition with material and his conception of writing and calligraphy as an act of emotional root, as with the adoption of recent aesthetic currents, such as The Kawaii. In Korea, aesthetics is even more accentuated, with brands such as Iconic, Monami or Livework, with the accent placed on the design and soft colors. On the other hand in the United States, it is committed to the functional and the resistant, although there are also minimalist designs and veteran brands, where names such as Cloth & Paper or Smythson stand out. And in Spain? The phenomenon has been settling in Spain for a few years, with certain common elements: the essential presence of Japanese and Korean material and the importance of social networks and the Internet in the business. For example, one of the most prominent gourmet stationery stores is Panda Bohèmeof Vigo, with a physical store of more than 250 m² where it organizes events and workshops, such as Pop-ups of import marks. Significantly, your Instagram account has almost 40,000 followers due to the care with which they show and teach their catalog. Other important stores are Likely.es, Bomagui either Ikigai. Paper philosophy. This flowering of libraries has a lot to do with the movements of Digital detoxification who advocate a Return to physical experiences. The pleasure of writing on paper, although it seems unchanging in these times of total digitalization, has some connection with ancestral traditions that in high -end stationery stores have been in charge of modernizing and providing meaning again. New times for activities as old as humanity itself. Header | Panda Bohème In Xataka | This has not been written by a human hand: how the Deepfakes manage to imitate (and create) impossible calligraphies

Google has a new and huge transatlantic underwater cable. One that will connect Santander with the United States

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If you are reading this it is because you are connected to the Internet, and if you are connected to the Internet it is because there are on the seabed true highways of huge fiber cables that interconnect the world. Submarine cables are really fascinating and In Spain we have a few. Well today we have to add another: Sol, the new Google transatlantic submarine cable that will connect our country with the United States. From Santander to Florida. Sol will be Google’s second submarine cable that will connect Spain with the United States. It will be, in fact, the only fiber optic cable between Europe and Florida. The cable, which will have 16 pairs of fiber optic cables, will be manufactured in the United States, will connect to the Google Cloud region in South Carolina and will be deployed from Palm Coast, Florida. It will pass through the Bermuda Islands, then it will reach the Azores and, finally, it will land in Santander thanks to the infrastructure provided by The Spanish Telxius. 10 Google applications that could have triumphed Scheme of the Sun and Nuvem cables | Image: Google In detail. This cable will be added to the facilities already available, such as Nuvem, Firmina either Equianto establish connectivity centers in the Atlantic. The idea, they explain from Google, is that Sol and Nuvem complement themselves to “contribute a double transatlantic resilience.” Nuvem is a sun -like cable: it leaves South Carolina, passes through Bermuda and arrives in Europe through Portugal. The idea is to offer two interconnected systems on land to increase the reliability and capacity of the system. That is, provide redundancy and security. So that? According to the company, the objective of displaying this cable is to improve the integration of the Google Cloud Region of Madrid With the entire network, as well as reinforce the global network that, for the moment, is composed of 42 regions. According to Google in a statement issued to media: “(Sun deployment) will help meet the growing demand for Google Cloud and IA services by its customers in Europe, the United States and other regions, adding capacity, increasing reliability and reducing latency for Google users and Google Cloud customers worldwide.” Grace Hopper deployment in 2021 | Image: Google The second Google cable in Spain. France, Ireland, England, Spain and Portugal are, for obvious reasons, the main European ports of submarine cables. In Spain we have some very important as Tide, Andjana and Grace Hopper. Tide is owned by Meta, Telxius and Microsoft, connects Bilbao with Virginia Beach and measures 6,605 kilometers. The Brutal Andjana is owned by Meta, measures 7,121 kilometers, has 24 pairs of fibers, a capacity of 500 Tbps and connects Europe with the United States. Grace Hopper, meanwhile, is the first cable that Google installed on our borders. It is one of the longest: with its 7,191 kilometers, Grace Hopper connects Bilbao with Bellport (United States) and Bude (England). The longest? Although cables such as Sol, Marea, Grace Hopper and company are a prodigy, the reality is that they are not the most impressive. They do not shade in terms of distance to 2AFRICAan international submarine cable surrounding the coast of Africa to connect Europe and the Middle East. It is a mamotreto of 16 pairs of fibers, 180 Tbps of capacity and a length of 45,000 kilometers that connects 46 service stations in 33 countries. It is expected to be finished by the end of this year. Cover image | Government of Spain, Wikipedia In Xataka | Goal already has the tool to lead the AI ​​era: an underwater cable that will take more than one return to the earth

How to make a cover for a report or work with artificial intelligence

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Let’s tell you How to create a cover for a report or work using artificial intelligence. For this work, you can use any AI that is able to generate images from your text requests, such as Chatgpt, COPILOT, Gemini or another similar. The process to make this type of covers is quite simple, and it is easy for the results to be relatively good. However, it is convenient to take into account a couple of things. We are going to tell you first a Prompt quite simple for you to use, and then we will give you the advice to be taken into account. Cover for your report or work with AI To create the cover for a report or work, you can use a simple prompt or request, carefully describing what you want That appears. We have left this one: Make me a cover for an artificial intelligence report. The title of the report is “(Title: Subtitle)”. The work is signed by (author), and you must include a drawing of (cover image). As you can see, it is a fairly simple prompt, where you can include a title and subtitle. When asking for a title, you can first put what you want it to appear big on the cover, and after two points what you want to appear in small. You can also add one or more authors. In addition, you will also be able to ask the AI ​​that Generate an image for your work. Here, you are in charge of you decide the image to use, you can make it simple or you can recharge your background to set it. Describe all the details you want them to appear in the event that you want to add them. Do not be afraid to make a very long requestin fact I recommend that you do it so that IA takes all the details. If you don’t like the result, You can include a request below indicating the changes you want to do. In this prompt you do not have to rewrite all of the above, because the AI ​​will already take it into account as long as you are in the same conversation. In Xataka Basics | 22 useful and not so well -known free artificial intelligence tools

The production of Russian drones was so huge that Ukraine has opened them looking for clues. The surprise is China

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The situation It is not new In Ukraine. In the past they have opened Russian Shahed and other intercepted models to find out what was behind the device. Thus they found some paradoxes of the war, such as the fact that Moscow drones carried a wide variety of components of the United States or of kyiv’s allies. However, from a while to this part, Russian production was so immense that suspicions began. Someone else should be behind, and a document has just revealed it. Made in China. First it was Intelligence of Ukraine. Russia is managing to maintain and expand its weapons production despite Western sanctions, and is achieving it thanks to the constant supply of electronic components and materials from Chinaaccording to Vladyslav Vlasiuk, Ukrainian commissioner for sanctions, in a context of intensification of Russian attacks with missiles and drones. The recent appearance of Manufactured parts In China in Shahed-136/Geran-2 drones recovered in Kyiv, added to previous reports on the involvement of Chinese companies in the Russian military supply chain, it reinforced what Ukraine qualifies as a Alcanza trend In Chinese technological support to Moscow. Vlasiuk warned that Beijing is not only expanding its logistics role, but already replicates US technologies, which increases its ability to support the Russian military complex. The document that certifies it. From the first bars of the large -scale invasion of Ukraine, Moscow has urgently sought forms of strengthen your arsenal of drones, key in the new paradigm of asymmetric war that is fought both in the front and in the sky. An essential part of that answer It has been Aero-Hita little known firm based in Khabarovsk, at the eastern end of Russia, which has emerged as one of the main drone manufacturers of the country thanks to a dense network of covert cooperation with Chinese companies. That is precisely what has been revealed thanks to documents obtained by Bloomberg. The medium counted a few hours ago how, despite Western sanctions, Russia has managed to channel components, technical knowledge and sensitive technologies From China Through intermediary companies, agreements in special customs areas and personal relationships with actors linked to both the industry and the Russian state apparatus. One of the Russian drones pieces shared by Ukrainian intelligence Strategic link. Aero-Hit’s production focuses on The Veles modela low -cost and high precision FPV drone that has already been deployed in military operations in zones Like sweaters. The United States Treasury Department itself sanctioned the company For the use of these drones against Ukrainian objectives, confirming their role in the Russian war machinery. The development of Veles has been reinforced by collaborations with Autel Roboticsa Chinese drone manufacturer that officially denies any link with Russia since 2022, but whose technology is repeatedly mentioned in the internal correspondence of Aero-Hit and in joint investment plans for more than 90 million dollars. A letter. According to a June 2025 letter published By Bloombergboth parties had restored technical contacts and negotiated the localized production of the model AUTEL EVO MAX 4Tan initially civil drone that has demonstrated high efficacy in combat thanks to its resistance to electronic interference. This process would not only imply integration into Russian systems, but also direct transfer Firmware, purification methods and repair capabilities, which reinforces the strategic value of the agreement. Khabarovsk: Moscow-Pekín axis pole. The epicenter of this operation is The city of Khabarovska few 30 kilometers from the Chinese border. There, since 2022, agreements have been woven between the Komax company (Property of the exagent of the KGB and occupation senator in Jersón Konstantin Basyuk) and representatives of the Chinese government, including officials in the Harbin Free Zone and the prestigious Harbin Technology Institute (HIT), a university linked to the Popular Liberation Army and sanctioned by the United States for developing advanced weapons. Between 2022 and 2023 They formalized plans To create an assembly plant with customs tax advantages, including sending 100 drone kits From China and official visits to Factories from Shenzhen, including the headquarters of Autel Robotics. The initiative received high-level political support, with meetings between Russian officials and Chinese executives during the Chinese-Russia Business Forum of 2024, and was cataloged as “priority” By Yury Trutnev, special envoy of the Kremlin for the Far East. Intermediaries and camouflage network. Bloomberg underlined that Aero-Hit, officially registered after these contacts, has undercover its relationship with China through a intermediary networkwhich includes fictitious or camouflaged signatures under other activities (such as air catering companies, seafood distribution or real estate logistics) that serve to manage orders, billing and transport. More: Documents of March and August 2024 show Drones deliveries to units deployed in Jersón and official requests from the Russian Defense Ministry to acquire thousands of Veles units, together with antennas and accessories. Companies such as Renewsio-Invest and Shenzhen Huasheng Industry (both sanctioned by the United States) have been key in the supply of pieces and electronics from China, even after the new commercial restrictions imposed by Beijing in 2023. Although some Chinese firms retired from the project for fear of sanctions, others They occupied their placeguaranteeing the continuity of the supply chain. Ukrainian forces after intercepting a Russian shahed Official ambiguity and mutual benefit. Autel Robotics has insisted on deny any link With Russia or Aero-Hit since February 2022, claiming that it is a civil company without military licenses and with strict compliance policies. However, the Documents obtained They suggest that links could be mediating through individual engineers, subsidiaries or intermediary vendors. Beijing, meanwhile, argues that he has never delivered lethal weapons to no side in war and strictly controls two -use goods exports such as drones, although the real depth of Chinese government knowledge about these transfers continues without clarifying. The persistence of technological flow from China to Russia raises uncomfortable questions about the effectiveness of the sanctions regime global and about the nature of the declared neutrality By the Government of Xi Jinping, at a time when the diplomatic pressure on Beijing intensifies. Prolonged war perspectives. Meanwhile, the Aero-Hit … Read more

Where to see LaLiga EA Sports 25/26, the First Division in this next season

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We are going to tell you where you can see the games of the next LaLiga season in Spain. It is the 25/26 season of LaLiga EA Sports, which will start on August 15. At last It has been officially announced the platforms that will broadcast the matches, coinciding with The announcement of the calendar of the first day. The truth is that things are still quite similar to the previous season, since the issuance rights were auctioned in 2021and the issuance rights of the two operators who won the bid still remain for this and for next season. What operators issue the matches The retransmission of the next season of LaLiga EA Sports will be in charge of Movistar Plus+ and Daznthrough its official Laliga TV channels. Orange TV will also broadcast The matches, since confirmed in x There will be no changes in next season, maintaining their commitment to broadcast all football. If you want to see LaLiga with Movistar Plus+, You have two options: The package LaLiga with a price of € 35/month or the All football For a price of € 49/month, in both cases including LaLiga Hypermotion, only in which you also have European competitions. This price You have to add it to the subscription of Movistar Plus+for which you do not need to be a telephone operator customer. If you want to see LaLiga with Daznyou can hire Your subscription of football for 10 euros per month in its promotional price, or 20 in the normal. Here, You will only see 5 LaLiga games in 35 of the 38 days and one in open. It also has a separate subscription for LaLiga Hypermotion. As for the businesses of the Horeca sector such as bars, hotels and restaurants, the First Division matches will be in The LaLiga Tv Bar channelwhich can be seen in Movistar Plus +, Orange TV, Agile TV (Television of the Másmóvil Group) and Avatel, as well as on the BAR TV and +Sport TV platforms. In Xataka Basics | Free football on DTT: all the channels offered by the first division of LaLiga EA Sports this season

Follow the presentation of Samsung’s new folders live

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It arrives on July 9 and arrives, As plannedthe new Galaxy Unpacked of Samsung. The Korean company hosts today in New York one of its greatest events of the year to present its new stroke of devices and yes, as it could not be otherwise you can follow it live and direct with us. The unpacked galaxy will take place Today, Wednesday, July 9, at 4:00 p.m. Spanish peninsular. You can follow it live through Our Instagram profile, On our YouTube channel and on our direct page. The schedules according to regions are the following: Spain: 15:00 (14:00 in the Canary Islands). Mexico: 7:00 am Colombia: 8:00 am. Venezuela and Chile: 9:00 am. Argentina: 10:00 am. Thus samsung money earns: the secret is on the iPhone What do we hope to see Samsung has already given clues what to expect | Image: Samsung If at the beginning of the year we met the new members of the Galaxy S family, in summer it is the turn of their flexible brothers, The galaxy z. Except that there is some surprise (in the form of glasses, for example, we know that Samsung has little things in the oven), it can be expected that the main protagonists of the UNPacked are the galaxy z fold7 and z Flip7. On the other hand, it is also foreseeable that Samsung takes the opportunity to renew its catalog of smart watches, so that we know the successor of the Galaxy Watch7. We do not know if it will come alone or accompanied by a Classic model or an ultra model. Nor do we know if Samsung intends to renew the Galaxy Ring. Finally, it can be expected that the artificial intelligence It has enough prominence and that there is some participation by Google. Samsung always takes advantage of this type of event to get muscle and show off its close collaboration with the company that develops Android. But we will discover all this in just a few hours. We remember: The event will be today, July 9, at 4:00 p.m. Spanish peninsular. Image | Samsung edited by Xataka In Xataka |

In Spain, Christian baptisms are in free fall. There are those who have found a substitute: civil baptisms

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There was a time when children arrived with something more than a bread under their arm. They did it with an invitation (almost mandatory) to the baptism. They were their parents more or less believers, more or less practitioners, most babies passed through the baptismal pia. Not today. Just like Not all The couples who marry do so before a Catholic priest. As society It is secularized New rituals gain strength, such as civil weddings or “Baptisms Lacios”, which two decades after their premiere in Spain They continue to expand. They may not be a majority option or have reached the level of popularity of civil links (which do have a legal character), but lay and symbolic baptisms have gone making his way Little by little in the Spanish geography. Civil baptisms? The concept may be shocking, but It has been a few years old extending through Spain and there are still municipalities that incorporate it into its service portfolio In full 2025. A civil christening It is neither more nor less than the secular alternative to Christian baptisms, a secular ceremony, usually free of religious connotations, during which a child’s entry into society is represented. Nothing else. Nothing less. And although it lacks legal value, in some cases it is accompanied by A symbolic title. The former mayor of Valencia, Joan Ribó, in May 2023, during the first “welcome ceremony to the citizenship” of the City Council. Is it something new? No. at all. There are those who go back their origins to the “civil sponsorship” that were held in France from the late eighteenth century. In Spain they are not a novelty either. Its history can go at least to Autumn of 2004when the first “foster care” was held at the City Council of Igualada. Since then the formula has been extended to other municipalities in the country. In 2007 Rivas Vaciamadrid began to celebrate them, Madrid and The Borge They joined in 2009Albacete In 2011Moaña In 2013 and Vigo In 2018… and thus a long (and growing) list of municipalities distributed throughout the country. How many? Difficult to specify it, although the number of municipalities that celebrate them exceed the hundred. In 2018 only in Catalonia they were offered in 71 municipalities. In 2022 Cullera Laya had accounts and calculated that in the whole of Spain at least 150 municipalities willing to organize ceremonies of “civil foster care”. The same figure shared it in 2023 Religion in freedom. The truth is that the list has followed (and continues) growing over time. In May 2023 The first civil christening was organized in Valencia and shortly the payroll of municipalities that deliver citizenship letters to babies will increase with a new incorporation: Lovesa Galician people of 32,800 inhabitants that It has just approved The ordinance that regulates them. “Although they may seem simple symbolic ceremonies and without legal validity, their existence represents a step towards a model of coexistence in which all families can participate,” defend A councilor. Year Catholic baptisms Number of births 2008 335,484 519,779 2012 268.810 454,648 2017 214,271 393,181 2022 159,129 329,251 2023 152,426 320,656 Are many celebrated? Another difficult question to answer. There are no global or official balances, but the data that has been shared in account in the press suggest two trends: the first, that the “civil christening” has been gaining weight in the Spanish geography, expanding to dozens of locations; second, which is far from reaching the reception level of Catholic ceremonies. In 2017 Albacete digital He revealed that since 2011 they had been held in the town about twenty of civil receptions. That same year, at the time the service premiered, Vigo added Several tens of applications. His success has also been marked by political fluctuations. In Valencia, for example, only For a few months. After the change of government, the new team decided to do without them without apparently having great impact. As it transpired then, seven requests had been registered. Civil ceremony held in 2023 in Valencia. Are there more clues? Yeah. The confidential published on Tuesday A report in which he spoke with professionals in the sector that confirm an increase of interest in the format. “I have been in the business business for new years and lately demand for civil baptisms, a strong fashion also in the United States,” An organizer recounts of events. A quick search for #Bautizosimbolico, #Ceremoniadebienvenida or #bautizocivil on Instagram or Tiktok It shows that lay acts continue to be held, both in Spain and in other countries. What is your goal? Celebrate. Introduce. Welcome. During civil baptisms the arrival of newborns, their “entry” in society is celebrated. Sometimes it is done in the municipalities, with the participation of mayors. Others not. The normal thing is that during the ceremony Articles are read Related to the protection of childhood, such as the Spanish Constitution, the United Nations Constitution Rights Convention of 1990 or the Declaration of the Rights of the Child (1959). “It’s not that people don’t have faith, they want to make baptism something more intimate and emotional,” Share The same professional. “Everything I do depends on what parents choose, although the ritual usually develops around a table. Usually, the godparents sign an act with their commitment, a document that is not registered anywhere or has legal weight, but rather symbolic.” Is it an isolated phenomenon? No. The civil christening is not understood without the context and more specifically the secularization of society. After all, baptism (or foster care) is not the only sacrament that has been stripped of religious value. The clearest case is that of marriage. In 2009 the number of civil links exceeded for the first time to the Catholic weddings, with 94,993 ‘yes I want’ pronounced before civil authorities and 80,104 before priests. The situation has changed. In 2022 79.9% of links held in Spain they were civilians and only 20.1% religious. And that that last was the highest percentage recorded since 2019. The number of … Read more

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