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Dubai is building two buildings signed by Bugatti. That means being able to park your supercar in the 52 -floor hall

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Someone drive a supercar Through the streets of Dubai it is something as usual as a humble Dacia Sandero travels the streets of any city in Spain. The difference is that, park those cars valued at millions of euros In the living room of a luxury attic on floor 52, it may also become common, provided you have the 54.5 million that one of the floors cost one of the most exclusive residences in the world: the Bugatti residences by binghatti. He projectwhich will be delivered at the end of the year, is located in the coveted Business Bay area, a few minutes from Burj Khalifa and the Dubai Mall. With its design inspired by the curves of its supercar and an offer of unprecedented services, the Bugatti residents promise to become the New exclusivity symbol And sophistication in the city, something that has already caught the attention of well -known names worldwide. A luxury of 52 plants designed by Bugatti The Bugatti Residences are the result of the collaboration between the legendary French car brand and the Binghatti real estate developer. The complex is composed of two towers of 52 plants which will house a total of 182 luxury apartments. Those apartments are divided between 171 Riviera Mansions and 11 Sky Mansions Penthouse. In other words, 171 intermediate floors, and 11 luxury penthouses equipped with all kinds of exclusive luxuries and services. The exterior design draws attention to its curved lines and elegant finishes, reflecting the aesthetics used in the design of Bugatti cars. That differentiates Bugatti buildings from any other skyscraper in Dubai. Bugatti Residences offer apartments between two and four bedrooms, with surfaces that in many cases exceed 1,000 square meters. The prices start from about 4.75 million euros for two bedroom apartments, 9 million euros for three bedrooms, and up to 13 million euros for four bedrooms. Prices within reach very few pockets. Atticos or Sky Mansions, such as Neymar, start from a price of 32.5 million euros although its price can be increased depending on the required customization. Without a doubt, one of the largest attractions of the building is the possibility that residents arrive conducting their supercar and can park them directly In the living roomeven if it is in one of the penthouses with 51 floors under their wheels. This fruslería is possible thanks to a system of car elevators that directly communicates the parking lot of the building with the living room of some of the floors. In this way, owners can exhibit their vehicles as One more decoration pieceenjoying panoramic views to Downtown Dubai and Burj Khalifa. “The first Bugatti residence is designed with incomparable luxury comforts, which include a beach inspired by the Riviera, private pool, spa with jacuzzi, gym, chef table, private parking and private club service,” says Bugatti in Your official statement. Neymar Jr, the star tenant of the Bugatti Residences Among the most outstanding buyers of the Bugatti residences It is found Neymar Jr., that has acquired one of the Sky Mansionsthe most luxurious option of the building, for the negligible sum of 54.5 million dollars. The exclusive attic of Neymar Jr. in Dubai includes one of those private elevators for vehicles, in addition to a private pool with privileged views to the city. As explained The promoter“This acquisition consolidates not only Neymar’s position as one of the most outstanding figures of world sport, but also Dubai as the epicenter of high -end real estate.” Muhammad Binghatti, CEO of Binghatti, added that “our collaboration with Bugatti aims to offer a unique and exclusive life experience. We wanted to create a space that not only reflected luxury, but also a sense of pride and distinction for its owners.” Neymar is not the only millionaire soccer player interested in the Bugatti building. The Spanish Aymeric Laporte also It has been awarded one of the luxury penthouses, as well as the singer of Italian opera Andrea Bocellialready They have announced that will be neighbors of the Brazilian star. The rise of brand architecture Bugatti’s foray into the real estate sector is part of A growing trend Among the supercar manufacturers, which seek to transfer their design and exclusivity language to high -level residential buildings. Brands such as Pagani, Porsche, Bentley and Mercedes-Benz have developed similar projects in Miami and Dubai, such as the Porsche Design Tower, the Bentley Residences and the Mercedes-Benz Places that Binghatti herself is building in Dubai. All of them have in common characteristics inspired by engineering and luxury that each brand applies in the manufacture of its exclusive cars. These projects respond to the demand of a millionaire clientele who wants to live surrounded by same level of sophistication enjoy when they put themselves at the wheel of their cars. In Xataka | A youtuber has a car that is worth four million euros. To drive it you have to pay 7,000 every 60 kilometers In Xataka | The Magarigawa Club: the private luxury circuit in which the millionaires conduct their supercar Image | Binghatti

the 15,000 ninja companies that dominate key niches without anyone knowing them

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China not only manufactures giants such as Alibaba, Tencent or Tiktok. He has built meticulously An army of 14,600 “small giants” that dominate fundamental industrial sectors, but without making noise. Why is it important. While in the West we follow the track of BydXiaomi, Bytedance or Huaweithese specialized SMEs are those that control the pieces of the industrial puzzle. Sensors, aerospace components, specialized semiconductors: the niches where technological supremacy is really won or lost. The context. He “Little Giants” program He was born in 2015 as part of “Made in China 2025“Its objective: push highly specialized medium -sized companies to develop competitive advantages in specific sectors. A surgical model against the model of large state companies. There are 15,000 “small giants” with official certification. Almost 90% are in the manufacturing sector. More than 80% focus on emerging strategic industries such as integrated, robotic or aerospace circuits. And almost 5,000 work in AI AND CLEAN ENERGIES. That is happening. Each “little giant” receives state support to dominate a specific niche. Submarine cables, superconductor materials, quantum sensors, satellite systems … technologies that seem lower but vital for global supply chains. And for Chinese military development. Some examples: Leaderdrive: Specialized in precision harmonic reducing. Endovtec: Develop advanced endovascular devices. Phabuilder: Biotechnology to produce industrial materials. Acoinfo: Develop real -time industrial operating systems. Guizhou Anda: Battery materials, supplies Catl and Byd. WELION: solid state batteries of high energy density. JIASHIDA Robot: Domestic cleaning robots. It is no accident that The United States has already included many of these companies in their blacklist. They are the real threat: not the brands that anyone knows, but those that manufacture the components that make the world work. This “unique champions” strategy makes medium -sized companies practically monopolies into ultra -specialized sectors. Result: If you need a certain type of semiconductor or components, you have no alternative. And that company is subsidized, protected and backed by the Communist Party. Outstanding image | Acoinfo In Xataka | China has an ambitious plan to overcome the West in Technology. And he has already chosen his 18 companies to get it

The mobile industry has been desperate for years to improve its cameras. Honor believes having found the key

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A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to try the Honor 400 Pro. It is a mid-high-end phone with the focus on mobile photography. So far, there is nothing especially surprising. But if I tell you that this phone sets the bases of a Honor who does not believe that the future of photography is in the hardwarebut in cloud computing, things may change. In Xataka we have been able to talk to Luo Wei, Chief Imaging Architect of Honor. He is the one in charge of leading the photography part, applied to it and super zoom in honor, and ex-huawei. And someone who is clear that to win the smartphone career you have to win the AI ​​race. If marketing sounds like you can be calm. It is not, it is the vision of the future of a giant who aspires to conquer Europe. Honor wants to lead in Europe, and wants to do it with ia To understand why AI for honor in phones is so important and not misunderstand it as a marketing exercise, it is necessary to know the relevance that the company has with its Alpha plan. In March 2025, the company revealed a investment of 10,000 million dollars In five years to promote artificial intelligence on their devices and display your first AI agent, in association with Qualcomm and Google. The objective is clear: lead the AI ​​agents in the mobile ecosystem and be the main reference in this race. At the moment, he will do it hand in hand with these two partners in Europe. Honor has different strategies for China and Europe. In our territory, Google Cloud is the main partner It is also relevant to understand that this plan has a lot to do with The position of honor in Europe and how it aspires to conquer our market, more than a proposal centered purely on your native country. With counterpoint data in your hand, Honor is the brand that grows most in shipments in Europe in an interannual wayand wants to continue pushing leading the functions of AI. In China, its AI approach is different, deeper and more local. There the partner is not Google Cloud, they are national giants like Alibaba (Qwen + Wanxiang), Baidu and Tencent Clouddeepening much more in your Yoyo assistant and hand with Depseek. All of AI One of the pillars of this plan, in addition to the creation of the first agriculture for smartphones, is Aimage. Landing the term to the tangible: the high -end phones of honor process the photographs in the cloud to “improve them”. And about this there are many questions. The first is why. Here Luo Wei states that, historically, Mobile photography has been limited by hardware. A limitation that according to Honor can only be overcome using cloud computing, especially for tasks such as image restoration, provide movement (turn into short video) static images or improvements in the zoom. Being more concrete, 12,500 million processable parameters for its cloud model vs. 3,000 million parameters with which current hardware can deal. Adding to this point the possibility that stresses honor of updating its algorithms via Ota. It’s something we have talked about in Xataka: We have been watching a stagnant industry at the photographic level and with a clear physical limit when improving your hardware. Currently, there are no larger sensors. The second point is in the democratization of functions such as Super Zoom (Zoom improved with AI) on devices beyond its flagship. Creating a cloud platform from which you can drink lower ranges models allows you to honor an experience similar to that of a high range in cheaper models. “The algorithms have been increasingly improving since December last year, when this function had just left. And if you compare the future with what is now, five months later, you can see that the cloud -based algorithm is updated every two weeks is becoming remarkably more real.” For honor it is also especially important The improvement margin through updates that allows AI. Honor takes it seriously: they update it every two weeks. The key here is not alone in time, it is in how. System updates can be installed or not, depend on storage space and hardware requirements. Luo says that, using the cloud, they could update the algorithm daily if they wanted and access to it would be immediate. The second great unknown has to do with profitability. Using Google’s cloud sounds good, But someone has to pay it. Here is surprising the transparency of Luo, who explains that honor is still debating what the business model will be and if they will end up charging users or not to use these services in the cloud. Here, Luo explains that honor does not pay for users or requests, but for QPS (consultations per second). In other words, for the ability of users to access the cloud service, and thus their costs do not depend on user behavior. It is, currently, its way of making this business sustainable, although it makes it clear that it is something that is being worked on and discussing internally. Betting everything to the cloud brings an inevitable question, What happens to the privacy of users. Honor explains that its AI cannot be used without prior consent of the user (it appears from the configuration assistant), and secondly, that all photographs that are uploaded to the cloud to be processed are eliminated after being treated. On the future of photography, Luo closes with a metaphor. At the beginning of the history of automotive, the gearbox was manual. Subsequently, it went to automatic changes and, today, We are already talking about autonomous driving. And yet, we still need drivers. For honor, the AI ​​will allow any user, regardless of their degree of skill, obtain the best photograph in any scenario. For expert users, it will be a co-pilot in editing functions, elimination of elements and post-foto work. Image | Honor In Xataka | … Read more

We always imagine Berber pirates as teachers of pillage, but their greatest art was another: negotiation

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Centuries ago Berber pirates They supposed a true headache for Spanish sailors, a threat to stalking from the coast of Tunisia, Tripoli or Algiers that could make an expedition end up the worst of the ways: with the prey crew, turned into captives of The privateers Or, worse, in slaves who sold to the highest bidder if no one paid their rescue. Today those pirates from North Africa and the Spanish negotiators who were dealing with them suppose something different For economists: a unique opportunity to study negotiation techniques. And they have already left us a few lessons. Learning thanks to pirates. It sounds strange, but that is what a group of economists from the universities of Duke, Harvard and Vienna was proposed for a while: learn from the negotiations between the Pirates of the Mediterranean and the emissaries in charge of paying for hostage rescues. For this they included data from thousands of captives arrested by the Berber more than three centuries, between 1575 and 1692. The result published it A few years ago in An article Signed by Attila Ambrus, Eric J. Chaney and Igor Salitskiy. But … why? For several reasons. The main one, because the researchers detected in those ‘strip and loosen with pirates an interesting example of negotiations with “Asymmetric information”that is, those in which one of the parts that seeks a deal manages more data than the other. After all, when the pirates arrested the passenger of a ship, they could not be certain of what their social status was, if it came from a family with more or less money or if there were people willing to pay a good sum in exchange for their freedom. “There was an asymmetry of substantial information between the Spaniards and the pirates,” The authors explain in his Paperin which they add that, among other issues, the privateers could not know if the delay of a rescue was due to the lack of interest in the hostage, a strategy to lower the price or simply the difficulties to move in pre -industrial Spain, in which the news could take days to arrive from Africa to the center of the peninsula. Uncertainty, the key. “Although the Algiers knew that the Spaniards preferred to rescue certain types of captives Aya could often identify the individuals of greater rank, there is evidence that they faced the uncertainty about what prisoners they wanted to rescue the Spaniards and how much they were willing to pay,” The researchers point out. In fact, they cite instructions from the time that they advised rescue teams to pretend disinterest in the hostages they wanted. To avoid this, the privateers encouraged captivity to identify each other. A not -so -old problem. The second reason why the analysis is interesting is because the problem of piracy and bailouts is not really so old. In Your article The researchers remember that between 1530 and 1780 the pirates captured and enslaved thousands of people and claim to have used records of 4,680 hostages rescued in 22 expeditions, but the reality is that The kidnappings And rescue follow the agenda in the 21st century, a reality that the authors also point out. Ambrus, Chaney E Salitskiy, for example, remember that the payment of bailouts has been an important source of income for terrorist groups such as ISIS or al Qaeda or that Somali pirates managed A political dilemma and Reason for controversy over the last years, with cases particularly sounded. And what have they discovered? After analyzing negotiations with Mediterranean pirates, experts reached an interesting conclusion: the rush is not good companions for those who want to pay bailouts … or directly those who pursue a most favorable possible agreement in a “asymmetric information” scenario. The reason? After analyzing data that include thousands of captives rescued from the claws of the Berber pirates between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the economists concluded that the delays in the negotiations cheated the payments. “We documented a solid negative relationship between delays in negotiation (measured by captivity time) and the prices of rescue,” They conclude The researchers add: “It should be noted that the results are probably more relevant to current rescue and negotiation situations, which are characterized by unilateral private information.” In fact they consider that the way of acting with the Berber privateers “can contribute ideas” to deal with modern Somali pirates. A percentage: 8%. The researchers even went further and concluded that a year increase in the captivity of the host about 8%. It is an even greater reduction than that can be associated with the prisoner’s own aging, which also influenced the bailouts. “Since the sources suggest that the pirates were concerned with preserving the value of the captives they expected to rescue, this suggests that most of the decrease in the price over time was due to the value of the delay.” Common sense … and something else. That most time relationship, less cost ‘may seem simple (even intuitive), but it is not so easy to establish it. The reason is that more factors come in play. For example, pirates could identify the captives of greater “value”, in exchange for those who requested higher amounts and those who were willing to embark on longer negotiations. In the case of prisoners with a lower “valuation”, with low rescue prices, the process would be faster. Another factor to keep in mind is that in preindustrial Spain, not all negotiations were extended for a strategic issue. Sometimes they did it simply because the news about the captivity took days or weeks to arrive from Algiers to the ports of Alicante, Cartagena or Valencia and from there to the peoples where the families of the hostages lived. That without the time had to raise the funds and move them, something that religious orders used to take care of. The importance of strategy. All these factors are relevant because they influence, among other issues, in the imbalance of information that captors and … Read more

A month after the blackout in Spain, we continue to drag the same problem that led us to him: electric networks

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The energy transition progresses strongly, but does so on a fragile base. According to the International Energy Agency, In your latest reportthis year 3.3 billion dollars in energy will be invested and only 12% will go to the networks. The imbalance is evident. And also worrying. A worrying imbalance. According to the IEAfor every dollar destined to produce electricity, just 40 cents are invested in transport networks. There are even more, the transformers can take up to four years to be available. To that is added a worrying increase. Since 2018, the prices of cables and transformers have doubled, making the expansion of infrastructure that support the system even more difficult and expensive. Is there a risk of blackout? The IEA has made it clear: “Entrepreneurship safety requires a rapid increase in networks.” A warning that resonates strongly on the Iberian Peninsula, which the report mentions as a case study after The April 2025 blackout. As for the blackout, and even without definitive official causes, everything indicates that it was not caused solely by the low inertia of the system, as initially suggested, but by a chain of chained technical failures. However, what this incident illustrates a structural problem: Investment in infrastructure and support technologies, such as MicroRedes either storage. Without a reinforced and prepared network to manage an increasingly complex electrical system, you can suffer interruptions. A bottleneck. There is even more, because a human capital challenge is added to investment problems. IEA has estimated that by 2030 there will be a deficit of 1.5 million workers qualified in electrical networks. This shortage affects key tasks such as the installation of transformers, digital systems or advanced control. In addition, planning and permits are slow processes. Networks require more than cables: they need intelligence, distributed control and resilience against failures. Are there solutions on the horizon? IEA has proposed Two clear lines: on the one hand, long -term network plans (minimum 10 years) such as those already applied India, Brazil or South Africa; And on the other, bet on digitalizationwhich already represents 25% of the global investment in electrical networks. The urgency of reinforcement. The final warning of the report does not leave interpretations: “Without action, the electrical networks will be the bottleneck of the energy transition” without a modern, robust and prepared network to manage variable clean energy, the green transition will not only be inefficient: it can become insecure. Renewable growth cannot be sustained on infrastructure of the twentieth century. So here a fairly clear question underlies: are we reinforcing our electrical networks with the same ambition with which we install renewables, or are we building on unstable terrain? Image | Miguel Á. Padriñán Xataka | In Elche a solar macroproject threatens a protected place. It is only the tip of the iceberg of a problem throughout Spain

Spacex has always been 10 years ahead of the competition. The problem is that in China that law no longer applies

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The Falcon 9 rocket has turned 15 this week. In December they will do 10 years of their first landing. Eight ago that was first reused. More than 400 reusations later, Spacex still has no competition. But the competition will not arrive staggered, it will arrive suddenly and will do so from China. The Boyante China Space Industry He is living an authentic effervescence in the development of reusable rockets. Operations? Even none, but far from being projects on paper, there are already several companies that have successfully completed vertical take -off and landing tests with prototypes that mix technologies inspired by Falcon 9 with more modern ones, anticipating the entry into Starship service. These advances, which remind the first days of the Grasshopper and Starhopper Spacex prototypes, are not only aimed at deploying mega-constellations of Chinese satellites, but also to compete in the global release market. Assembly of astrophysic Daniel Marín (Eureka) with Chinese VTVL prototypes Space Epoch: This relatively young company (founded in 2019), hit the table on May 28, 2025. Its VTVL Yuanxingzhe 1 (YXZ-1) prototype, 4.2 meters in diameter and made of stainless steel, made a leap of 2.5 kilometers high, threatening controlled in the sea. According to Eureka, it was The first Chinese VTVL prototype to make controlled amelizer: He had no landing train and was designed to perch and sink slowly, a strategy that Space Epoch plans for recovery From the first stage of its orbital rocket Yuanxingzhe 1. Once operational, this rocket intends to place more than 10 tons in low orbit. The prototype is propelled by a longyun Ly-70 engine of methane and liquid oxygen. Landspace: One of the most advanced private, Landspace is developing the Zhuque-3a two -stage rocket of methane and liquid oxygen built in stainless steel, with a height of 76.6 meters, comparable to Falcon 9. Its VTVL prototype performed An impressive 10 -kilometer altitude In September 2024 (Eureka mentioned a second jump of the ZQ-3 VTVL-1 at this point on September 11, while other sources point to the end of August for a similar milestone). This flight included the first realer in flight of an engine during the descent in China, landing successfully. Landspace aspires to a first orbital launch of Zhuque-3 in 2025, with recovery of the first stage by 2026. ISPACE: Another private pioneer, Ispace, is working on its reusable Hyperbola-3 rocket. To do this, his Hyperbola-2y (SQX-2Y) test vehicle completed several VTVL jumps at the end of 2023: one of 178 meters in November and another of 343 meters in Decemberboth with successful landings. These trials were crucial to validate the technology of their Metallox engines and guidance systems. ISPACE plans the first flight of Hyperbola-3 by 2025 and the recovery of its first stage in 2026. Deep Blue Aerospace: This Nanjing-based company develops the Nebula-1 (Xingyun-1), a fluid oxygen rocket and oxygen. Already in May 2022, its demonstrator VTVL completed a 1 kilometer jump with successful landing. In September 2024, a major prototype tried a jump with greater altitude (between 5 and 10 km), But he suffered a hard landing due to a problem with thrust controlalthough the company considered that many objectives of the essay were met. Deep Blue Aerospace also has the Nebula-2 in its plans, a Heavy Class-class launcher 9. Sast (Shanghai Academy of SpaceFlight Technology): This state entity, part of CASC (China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation), is leading government effort in reusable rockets. Its VTVL prototype, sometimes called Longxing 1 and associated with the future CZ-12A or CZ-12R (a reusable version of the CZ-12), has also made remarkable jumps. On June 23, 2024, this prototype, propelled by three longyun Ly-70 engines (the same as Space Epoch), reached 12 kilometers of altitude on a test flight from Jiuquan. Subsequently, on January 19, 2025, a second prototype tried an even more ambitious leap of 75 kilometers from Haiyang, but was lost during the flight. Galactic Energy: Known for its CERES-1 rocket, Galactic Energy is developing pallas-1, a fluid oxygen rocket and oxygen with a first reusable stage. Although he has not yet made a VTVL jump with a full rocket prototype, In August 2023 he carried out a vertical landing test using a reaction motor proof vehicle (nicknamed “Firebird”) to validate control algorithms. They expect the first orbital launch of Pallas-1 (in disposable mode) between the late 2025 and early 2026. Linkspace: It was the first Chinese private company to focus on reusable rockets. Already in August 2019, its RLV-T5 prototype made a 300-meter leap with successful landing, a pioneering milestone for Chinese startups. Although its subsequent progress has been slower compared to its competitors, its initial role was fundamental. Space Pioneer: This company is developing the Tianlong-3, a Falcon 9 class launcher designed from the beginning for reuse. Although he has not yet performed a VTVL test, the company has advanced in the construction and proof of the Tianhuo-12 engines and the first stage of the rocket. Its first orbital launch is expected between 2024 and 2025 (without attempted recovery on the first flight), closely followed by VTVL landing tests. Vertical landings ‘Made in China’ The list does not end there, which draws a trend: China not only wants to match Spacex’s reuse capacity, but is cultivating a robust ecosystem to compete directly with Elon Musk’s company. The objectives: reduce launch costs, increase cadence for the deployment of new mega-constellations (Like Guowang, the Chinese answer to Starlink) and, ultimately, cut distances with the company that is launching 80% of the total mass that is put into orbit. So, although Spacex remains the indisputable reference in the reuse of orbital rockets, the question is no longer whether it will have a serious rival in China, but which of this growing legion of contenders, in addition to the CASC itself, will be the first to consistently replicate the feat of landing and reuse orbital rockets as something routine. The race is in full swing, and landing platforms on land and sea … Read more

Some researchers have calculated mathematically which are the most tourist cities in the world. Bad news, Barcelona

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Each summer Barcelona usually Be news in the foreign press for its attractiveness as a tourist destination. After all, its mixture of Mediterranean climate, beach, culture, architecture and gastronomy attract every year to hundreds of thousands of travelers from other parts of the world. However in July 2024 The Ciudad Condal monopolized holders in the media of the entire planet for a rather different reason: fed up with saturation, a group of neighbors dedicated himself to shooting visitors with water guns next to posters in which messages such as “Tourists Go Home” were read. That was a sample (The nth) The impact of the sector in the Catalan capital, a phenomenon that has now been black on white in A study which identifies Barcelona as the city most pressured by tourism. Tourist density. That is the parameter that has analyzed Nomad Esim in A report published a few days ago, a study in which he is dedicated to examining how Overurism It is affecting some of the most popular destinations in the world. To do this, it has basically valued two parameters: the size of the cities and the number of foreign visitors who receive each year, which allows it to calculate their “density” of travelers. With the results it has elaborated A 40 -cities ranking Headed by Porto, Cancun and Barcelona, ​​which leads the list. Why’s that? Nomad technicians have estimated that Barcelona receives about 20.37 million tourists who are forced to be distributed by an urban area of 101 square kilometerswith what the concentration of visitors per km2 amounts to 201.722. There is no other city on the list that approaches him. The second in the ranking, Cancun, has 147,887 tourists per km2 and in Porto do not even reach 144,000. The fourth place is occupied by New York, with 137,712, which Dubrovnik (112,500), Florence (107,843), Kyoto (98,651) and Lisbon (88,000). Mallorca occupies the 37th position, with 5,137, and Paris the 29th (16,820). Issue of density and size. That data does not mean that Barcelona is the one that receives the most tourists. Not much less. New York, Kyoto, Los Angeles, Paris, Las Vegas or London (to quote only some examples) receive more visitors than the city, according to the information that Nomad Esim manages, but its largest urban extension explains that the tourist massification is not so high. The data of the report They must also be taken as what they are: a report, with their biases and limitations. His estimate of tourists does not coincide for example with the global data that the city handled in the late 2024 (15.5 million). In 2023 the observatori of tourism spoke of 15.6 million of visitors, balance that rose to 25.9 million if the region was taken into account, not just the city. The report It is interesting in any case because it provides clues about other destinations and connects with a feeling that has been breathed for years in Barcelona: The discomfort from the neighbors for the tourist. The pressure on residents. In his report, Nomad has done something else: calculating the “pressure” that tourism exerts on the local population of each of the destinations. To do this he crossed the flow of tourists from each city and its census. The most bulky data is taken in that case Orlando, with 241 tourists for each resident. They are followed by Santorini (220), Queenstow (116), Mykonos (105) and Cozumel (94). Barcelona occupies the 24th place of the international list, with an average of 13 visitors per local, a result slightly lower than that of Mallorca (20). If both metrics are mixed, the surface, total register of neighbors and influx of tourists, the first in the list is Cancun, followed by Orlando, Dubrovnik, Kyoto, Florence and witches. Barcelona is in tenth place and Mallorca in the 32nd. Of the imforms to the streets. The study is interesting because it gives a measure of the pressure that great destinations support, including Barcelona or Mallorca, a phenomenon that has caused resident mobilizations that claim a more sustainable tourist model. The Protest with guns Water was surely the most media, but not the only one: in Barcelona (as in other locations) the neighbors have taken to the streets to show their rejection of massification or demand a greater access to housing, a market conditioned for tourist pressure. The risk: die of success. Saturation supposes something else: a threat to the quality and future of its own destination. The “No List 2025” of Fodor´s, one of the most solera guides among the Anglo -Saxon travelers already has proposed To their readers who “reconside” spend their vacation in three emblematic destinations in Spain that face the risk of dying of success or are directly saturated. Which is it? Canary Islands, Mallorca … and Barcelona, ​​who share a list with international destinations such as Bali, Venice, Lisbon, Koh Samui (Thailand) or Agrigento (Sicily). It is not that they have asked for charm, but about the consequences that tourist success is having in the functioning of cities. Image | Sung Shin In Xataka | The tourism paradox in Spain: if you have not reserved your vacation in the Canary Islands, it is possible that the same thing costs to go to the Caribbean

The secret formula of Coca-Cola is in a safe of a town in Valencia. The same one that claims its authorship

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The history is written by the victors (Or that’s what we think). Perhaps the phrase would have to be changed to the story being written who has the best story and, in the commercial world, which knows how to sell its product better. And if there is a universal product that is the same image of globalization and proper name of one of the most powerful corporations in the worldthat’s the Coca-Cola. The story that John Stith Pemberton He is the father of the Coca-Cola and who, after some failed attempts, in 1886 found the formula of the drink Based on coca leaf, kola nut and carbonated water. It is not that it would bring him good luck, since shortly after he died in absolute poverty, taking a secret more powerful than that of his drink itself. The secret of whether he invented it or whether Coca-Cola is a plagiarism of a Spanish drink that was presented in the United States in 1985. Do not say Coca-Cola: Say Kola Coca In its origins, Coca-Cola was not a soda: it was a tonic. In fact, a “miraculous tonic” who cured headaches, relieved exhaustion and calmed his nerves, like Pemberton himself promoted. It was everything, also a “delicious, refreshing, cheerful, stimulating and vigorizing” drink. With cocaineIt wasn’t for less. It was not a success and its creator never saw the real potential of the drink. It was after selling his product to businessman Asa G. Gamdler when the brand exploded and The Coca-Cola Company became the giant that is today. But there are those who think that this position in history does not belong to Gandler or, above all, Pemberton: it belongs to the Valencian people of Malferit’s. In 1880, Bautista Apartici, Ricardo Sanz and Enrique Ortiz founded the Liquor Factory of Aielo. They began to create products and to present them at fairs in Europe. APARICI was the ‘commercial’ of the company and the person in charge of showing its products by the different countries, being the coca kola one of them. Kola nuts Your ingredients? Coca leaf, Kola nut and water. Very similar to those of the subsequent Coca-Cola. In 1885, Appear took the Kola Coca to a fair in Philadelphia, where he presented it and distributed some samples to local commercials. At present, that would be done with a product already patented so that no one can raise your idea, but it was not the practice more than a century ago. A year later, Pemberton presented in Atlanta its coca leaf formula, kola and water nut. Carbonated, where appropriate. Chance or plagiarism? Ayelo distillers itself leaves the question on its website. “In 1885, the Kola-Coca travels to the United States and, just a year later, the pharmacist John Steve Pemberton launched in the United States the famous Coca-Cola Answering the question is complicated, especially when we talk about an era in which the information was not transmitted with the same speed as now and it should be assumed that the connection between Pemberton and some of the commercials that received the cola coca sample. From Ayelo distilleries, they are clear. Juan Micó is the last owner of Ayelo distilleries and, as we read in ABC Newsconsiders that Coca-Cola was invented in Aielo. “At that time it was easy to copy a drink. The patents were only recorded if the product was successful,” he says, stating that when they patented the Kola Coca formula in Spain in 1903, the Coca-Cola already had a way won to become an icon. And Coca-Cola appeared Decades after patenting the drink, it was Coca-Cola who was interested in the one prepared in Aielo. The multinational wanted to enter Spain with a factory in the 40s, but could not do it directly due to the laws of registered trademarks because there was already a registered tail. That of Aielo. As we read in SpiegelCoca-Cola executives visited Malferit in 1953 and closed an agreement to acquire the rights of the name to Joaquín Juan Sanchis, who was the owner of the factory at that time. And, that same year, Coca-Cola began the conquest of the territory from its bottling company in Barcelona. There are no official records of the agreement, but there is talk of a sum between 30,000 and 50,000 pesetas to exploit the brand in Spain. A lot of money for the time, as Micó said, but a misery if compared to how things would have been, instead of money, they had accepted shares or a small percentage of sales. “We would be millionaires,” says Juan. And at that time of the firm it was when Distillerías Ayelo stopped preparing his ‘syrup’. At least the alcohol without alcohol, since that market belonged to Coca-Cola. The one they continued preparing was Kola coca nut With alcoholic content. 21st, specifically, and in Your description A “will” be or not be the origin of the Coca-Cola? “ Today, Micó’s family directs the business, and does so for a romantic issue, so as not to let that curious story die that will survive forever. The Valencian municipality is clear that Coca-Cola was invented there and, as we read in The countryIn 2018, Mayor José Luis Pinter commented that they had sent a letter to the multinational to use the link between Malferit and Coca-Cola’s year to take advantage of it. “Our goal is to see this project willingly, so that the people are known. We do not pursue anything else,” said the mayor of the town. Therefore, economic rights were not requested, but to take advantage of that link to underpin the story about the relationship between the municipality and the Coca-Cola. From the company they responded, but surely not the way in which the neighbors would have liked. They just said that the brand has transcended so much that “It is property of everyone” and that it is a pride that there are similar stories in different parts of the world. I do not know if … Read more

North Korea threw his “greatest war boat,” he sank instantly and now he is trying to recover it with … balloons

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Last week a relevant event occurred in North Korea. The nation presented in society a destroyer who was going to become the largest warship in the nation, and for this he had announced the bombing and dish with all kinds of political representations. However, just touching water, The ship sank and ended sideways. Kim Jong-un did not come out of his astonishment and promised fix the ship In the short term. The space is showing that they are trying, although with mixed results. Balloon hypothesis. Satellite images over the weekend revealed the appearance of a kind of balloons Around the ship. South Korean and Western experts have speculated that these balloons could have various functions: Avoid new water leaks, prevent recognition from drones or relieve the weight that fell on the still stranded part on the dock. The objects have a form reminiscent of small airships or aerostatos, and some seemed to be equipped with stabilizing fins. Although traditional flotation structures such as those used by the United States (for example, air cameras under the helmet) were not detected, analysts believed that North Korean technical resources limit the options of rescue available. The position of the ship then, embedded between earth and sea, further aggravated the technical challenge, since any attempt to straighten it could fracture the keel and condemn the ship to its total scratch. Precarious advance. With this week’s entrance the satellite images captured by Planet Labs showed a great change. The North Korean frigate of Choi-Hyun class seems Finally straightened and now floated on its own in the port of Chongjin. This advance represented a modest achievement after public embarrassment that the accident for Kim Jong Un, who personally witnessed the disaster. Although Pyongyang had initially affirmed that the damage was minor and that the repair would take “About ten days”the complexity of the situation, the lack of adequate facilities and the little transparency of the regime generate doubts about the true state of the ship. Beyond Parallel and 38 North have confirmed that They have been completed the first rescue operationsbut they warn that it is still A long way to go before the frigate can be considered restored or ready for incorporation into the fleet. Technical details and limitations. The most recent image shows the boat (about 5,000 tons of displacement) floating in the center of the port, surrounded by other auxiliaries and with what they seem to be, again, rescue balloons and temporary ramps around them. Although the ship has recovered a vertical position, it presents a slight inclination towards port, indicating that it still water is being pumped and stabilizing the structure. They have not been able to accurately evaluate the damage to the helmet due to the limited resolution of the images, but experts Like Jennifer Junof the CSIS, insist that continuous monitoring will be key to assess Real progress of the works. Since the Hambuk shipyard in Chongjin does not have a functional dry dock, it is possible that the ship should be transferred to another installation if severe structural damage is confirmed, something that cannot be discarded yet. Political pressure and propaganda. What’s doubt, the political pressure imposed by Kim Jong una (who ordered that the ship was repaired before the next plenary session of the Central Committee at the end of June) has added an almost theatrical emergency component to recovery efforts. However, both analysts and South Korean military sources consider extremely unlikely that this period can be fulfilled. The reason? The lack of a Public Evaluation credible the state of the ship and the insistence of the regime to project efficiency at all costs contrast with the visible evidence: blue canvases covering damaged sections and the suspicion of internal deformations in the keel, which could inevitably compromise the integrity of the helmet. A touched symbol. As we countthe injured frigate is the second unit of its class, after the launch of the Choi Hyon in Apriland represents the most ambitious attempt of North Korea of ​​modernizing its naval power. Equipped with multiple weapons systems, these vessels are intended to be a symbolic response to the naval presence of South Korea and the United States in the region. However, the failure of the launch and the improvised rescue works have exposed the technical and logistics limitations of the country. As now He pointed 38 Norththe ruling was probably due to a malfunction of the launch mechanismwhich left the helmet trapped by the bow on the ground while the stern rushed into the water. The result was a stranded vessel in A highly unstable anglethe worst possible scenario for any naval rescue operation. Uncertain end. In summary, and although the regime can proclaim having made an advance by having put the frigate again afloat, the operational reality seems Much more uncertain. The lack of visual evidence of the state of the helmet, the absence of a suitable dry dock and the political pressure For fulfilling unreal terms they draw a panorama in which the ship could end up being more useful as a propaganda symbol than as a functional element of the North Korean navy. At the moment, the ship remains in a floating limbo: straightened, or almost, and without being operational. And above all, exposed to International viewdespite all attempts for cover Its rugged story and progress. Image | Sentinel-2, CSIS/BEYOND PARALLEL/MAXAR In Xataka | The ridiculous premiere of the “Greater War Ship” of North Korea has a great suspect: Kim Jong-un In Xataka | North Korea has been sending armament for months to Russia. In return, Russia is giving him what longs for her: a functional army

The importance of maturation point at nutritional level

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Banana is a one of the favorites of consumers and in this factors such as taste and nutritional contribution have some weight. It is evident for consumers that the taste of bananas, such as their texture, changes as fruit is maturing. It may not be so obvious, but the Nutritional characteristics From this fruit they also change in a similar measure with the maturation of the fruit. What exactly is what is happening? The banana is usually recognized as a great source of potassium (a banana can contribute about 10% of the potassium that we require throughout the day), but of course it is much more than that. This fruit It gives us diverse nutrients as magnesium or phosphorus, as well as vitamin B6. It also gives us macronutrients such as proteins, fats and hydrates. And of course, banana is a great fiber source. However, the proportion of nutrients that one of these fruits can give us depends on a factor that sometimes we do not take into account, its maturation. All fruit, when maturing, changes its chemical composition. This is what makes properties change such as texture and flavor. But this chemical change also implies something that we do not obviously perceive, a change in your nutritional contribution. The banana It is one Of the best examples of this. The key to change is in carbohydrates of this fruit. In immature bananas, green, starches predominate. With the passage of time and maturation, banana starch is transformed, through chemical changes that They give rise to transformation Of these starches in simple sugars such as fructose and glucose, as well as the disaccharide resulting from the union of both, sucrose. This change has as a consequence that ripe bananas have a softer texture and a Sweetest tastewhich makes them a sweetener for desserts and other recipes in which their sweetness is required. On the other hand, if what interests us is its fiber contribution, a greener banana will be our best option. In bananas predominates The call “Resistant starch”, Which we can consider a type of food fiber. Our small intestine does not break these compounds, but can be collected and consumed by the bacteria that reside in our digestive tract. That is why green bananas can be seen as a better fiber and fiber source Prebiotics. These “ferment” this starch, releasing fatty acid acids as the butyrate, which could have a positive impact on our health. Bananas are also a pectin sourcea soluble fiber in water. The glycemic index The changes given during the banana maturation process have another consequence, and it is that The glycemic index (IG) of this fruit It also changes. Thus, the IG of a more mature banana can be around the value of 51, while one without maturing could be around 24. A value above 55 is usually considered low, which implies that this fruit does not generate a considerable glucose peak. Of course, the glycemic load (CG) of this fruit can be considered moderate, with indices above 10 for both green and ripe fruit. The CG of this fruit would be around 13 in the case of the most mature specimens, being 11 in the case of the least mature. Our preference for more or less mature bananas surely focuses on its flavor and texture, but taking into account the specific properties of each degree of maturation can help us choose bananas depending on what we want to achieve. Green bananas: Fiber and prebiotic source Lower glycemic index Less sweet taste and firmer texture Mature bananas: Sugars replace fiber Greater glycemic index, but still low Sweet taste and soft texture (convenient for some recipes) All measures that tell us about the proportion of nutrients in fruits are estimates or averages. It is not possible to give a generic and universal value to the presence of a nutrient in a fruit since there are very different factors that affect its chemical composition. The degree of maturation is one of the most important. It is also one that can change even while the fruit rests in our pantries. But it is not the only one. The variety of the plant that has given the fruit, the climate of the place where it has been cultivated and the meteorology of the year in which the fruit has grown are factors that affect the taste and the nutritional characteristics of a fruit. What makes it special to degree of maturation It allows us to have some control over the nutrients that the fruit unit gives us to be able to adjust them to what our body or our palate requires on each occasion. In Xataka | The banana has the days counted as we know it. A tiny Australian variety wants to save it Image | Xataka with chatgpt

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