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A percentage illustrates to what extent there is no going back in the war war against teleworking: 14.6%

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The Covid-19 pandemia accelerated the adoption of teleworking in Spain, five years later, the mantra that the teleworking had arrived to stay admits some nuances. While it is true that it does not record the adoption figures of 2020, it does seem to have stabilized by the advantages it offers To companies. Gone were the days when going to the office was the only option and Teleworking was a science fiction thing. With almost 15% adoption, teleworking double They value conciliationor as a talent collection tool for companies. Teleworking is stabilized. As we already pointed out in October 2024, Teleworking has started a consolidation stage in the labor market after its boom and subsequent fall. According to data collected in the last Randstad Workmonitor Report14.6% of Spanish employees Teletrabajan. This implies the highest figure of the last three years, and a considerable increase with respect to 5% teleworking that was recorded in 2019. This means that approximately one in six workers has adopted this modality, either teleworking full time or in a hybrid day format that combines days in the office with days at home. The most significant thing is that, despite the increase in the policies back to the office that some companies have undertaken, the slight rebound of the last quarter of 2024 registered by the INEThey reveal that teleworking has maintained the guy. More flexibility and conciliation. This percentage represents a significant change in the labor market, in a country with a strong face -to -face work such as Spain. “The new hybrid work models are consolidating in Spain and in the rest of the developed countries as a result of a demand by employees to implement measures that facilitate the conciliation between working and staff life,” says Oriol Mas, general director of Randstad Enterprise. Although teleworking has not meant the total revolution that some predicted, it has been consolidated as a tool for Time and conciliation flexibilityas well as to maintain productivity before specific or meteorological events that in other times would have involved stopping business activity. An example was the Dana that Valencia sufferedor recent meteorological alerts in which great companies recommended Your employees work from home. The secret of success: hybrid day. The factor that has made this increase in teleworking have been the appearance of The hybrid dayswho have gained prominence in recent years. This model allows to maintain the cohesion of the equipment with face -to -face days, and make the day with teleworking days. In absolute terms, the Randstad report indicates that only 7.5% of the total employees who telework do so full time, while the remaining 7.1 does so regularly in a context of Hybrid Day. Where do you telework more. Teleworking is closely linked to the nature of the companies that offer it, so the type of companies in a territory decisively influences the percentage of teleworking. According to him Randstad studythe autonomous communities where the most telework are usually those with a greater concentration of technology companies and large companies. By communities, Madrid leads teleworking with 25.9% of total workers betting on this modality. 13.5% do so regularly (3 days or more), while 12.4% do so occasionally (less than three days per week). It is followed by Catalonia (16.2%), Community Valencian (14.4%), Basque Country (13.1%) and Galicia (12.4%). Teleworking percentage by Autonomous Communities In contrast, those communities with the greatest predominance of manufacturing industry or the primary sector are those that register a lower incidence of teleworking in their labor market. La Rioja with only 6.3%is the one with the lowest percentage of Teleworking, followed by the Canary Islands (8.2%), Navarra (9%), Castilla y León (9.3%) and the Region of Murcia (9.4%). In Xataka | Teleworking dominated the world during pandemia. Five years later your reality is very different Image | Unspash (DFY)

For some reason, there are people trying crash against a wall. Makes more sense than it seems

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A Tesla Model and, a wall that simulates a road, a youtuber of 65.8 million followers, its reputation. The reputation of Tesla, its security systems and semi -autonomous driving. Another YouTube. A cybertruck tesla. Another wall with another painted road. Indeed, there are people by throwing their tesla against a wall: what is happening? The coyote game and the roadrunner. “I am in my tesla at 64 km/h with the activated highway launched against a false wall in the style of the coyote and the roadrunner.” This is how it starts Mark Rober’s videoknown NASA engineer with a YouTube channel in which 65.8 million subscribers are counted. Rober travels in his car thrown against a false wall in which he has simulated that the road on which circulates continues and perfectly simulates what it really is: a decoration. The objective is to check if your Tesla Model and equipped exclusively with cameras offers better or worse performance than a car equipped with a Lidar system As far as autonomous driving systems are concerned. The background. Rober uses his video to explain the differences between a car that bases its semi -autonomous driving in the cameras exclusively and those that use the Lidar system. In 2021, Tesla already advanced that would base its entire system of driving aid in the cameras. In 2022 it was confirmed that the company would stop riding radars and sensors. The company ensures that its software is able to analyze everything that happens exclusively using cameras with reliability that matches that of radars and sensors. Along the way, evidently, the cost of assembling these components that irremediably increase the final cost of the vehicle is saved. To check if this is true, Rober tests A Tesla Moder and that only uses cameras In its Autopilot system and a lexus RX equipped with a lidar sensor of the luminar company. The cars are launched with activated semi -autonomous driving functions (Autopilot in the case of Tesla and adaptive cruise control in the lexus) to verify what happens in different scenarios. Among them, children who appear in the trajectory of the car or very intense rains. The wall. During his tests, the vehicle equipped with Lidar December and saved a child from being hit if he was already on the road, if he appeared behind an obstacle, in cases of fog and intense rain or if he was dazzled by an intense light. And yes, also if there was a wall on the road painted with the simulation of a road. The Tesla Model and could not say the same and the cameras did not exceed the tests of the fog, the rain … and the famous wall. In the latter case, the car was cheated and thought that the road continued, not stopping at all. And has exploded the controversy. The video Mark Rober has exploded the controversy on social networks for various reasons. The first and most obvious: does this type make sense? When can a car find a wall that completely covers a road simulating that it continues later? Beyond that this has to value each other, what is true is that Rober activates the highway a few seconds before reaching the wall and in the video it is observed how the system is disabled when it is going to collide. Rober has been accused of turning off the system but has defended himself on social networks publishing a complete video in which it is seen how the system is disabled before the crash. A criticism that has been repeated To Tesla vehicles, accusing the company of washing their hands before the authorities. But not only that, Rober has also been criticized for using a vehicle with autopilot and not with Full Self Driving (FSD)the most advanced autonomous driving system in Tesla while Lexus was equipped with Lidar, one of the most expensive technologies at the moment. Cameras vs lidar. The experiment has something interesting although not a resolution. The truth is that one might expect that a cameras based system is less effective than one accompanied by a lidar. The single combination of mounting a camera and a radar has been demonstrated The most effective option So far both day and night. The cameras analyze with images what they have in front but a lidar sends pulses of light constantly around them. That light bounces on the object and returns to the lidar. With the time that has passed since the shipping of the pulse of light until it receives it again you can create a 3D map that, in the case of the wall, serves to verify that there is an obstacle on the road even if it can deceive the camera. Autopilot and FSD. The other great criticism that has been made to Rober is that he uses a car equipped with Autopilot but not with the FSDthe most advanced driving aid system of Tesla. The FSD is offered as an additional option through a subscription and allows the driver to disregard driving (even in urban environments) as long as it remains attentive to what happens in front of his eyes. For example, the Autopilot demands from the driver the confirmation of lane change but the FSD navigates between the streets by itself, without the need for driver’s validations. In fact, in the United States it allows The car travels 65 meters without a driver Inside. Thus, we can ask a tesla parked to come to pick us up from a distance. And there are people by throwing their cars against a wall. Rober’s experiment has given wings to other YouTuber who have come out to defend the company. In response, Kyle Paul, who has 237,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel and specializes in Tesla videos, He has published his own test. The goal has been the same: will your Tesla Cybertruck before a wall that simulates the continuation of the road? And his answer is that if the car has … Read more

Give a stretch to its underwater borders west of Galicia

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Spain is about to give A considerable stretch north. One, yes, that will only be appreciated under water or in the offices. After Years of workmeetings and oceanographic campaigns, Spain is about to ensure that its underwater borders west of Galicia are extended by 38,500 square kilometers, an extension that will be added to The already achieved A long time ago in the Cantabrian. This has just ratified the UN at a meeting with Spanish delegates. For the final seen we will still have to wait a few months. Maybe bureaucracy sounds, but extending underwater limits beyond 200 nautical miles (just over 300 km) is much more interesting than it seems. What happened? That Galicia prepares to give A small stretch. And with it the whole country. Of course, the border extension will not be visible, nor will Spain redraw the silhouette we usually see in the maps. The reason is simple. What will really be expanded is the continental platform, the underwater border located west of Galicia. There is still the final OK for change, which is expected for August, but for the moment the United Nations already It has ratified it. Click on the image to go to Tweet. Who has announced it? The news was advanced on the weekend Vigo lighthousewhich has echoed in turn of the information that He has been publishing In networks the Geological and Mining Institute of Spain (IGME) and Luis Somozainvestigator of the institution and scientific coordinator of the expansion of the continental platform of Galicia. The reason? The Redibration of the underwater borders of Galicia It was these days In New York, where a Spanish delegation was transferred. There the UN It has ratified The expansion of the continental platform north of the Bank of Galicia. Of course, the newspaper specifies that the final approval will not arrive for a few months, in August. And how much will it be expanded? A good pinch, as Luis Somoza himself recognized Thursday after the meeting held in New York. “We have secured an extension of 38,000 km2 beyond 200 miles,” revealed in x. To better learn the geology of that huge plain, which exceeds 5,000 m deep, at the end of May a new scientific campaign will be undertaken with the Sarmiento de Gamboa ship. Click on the image to go to Tweet. Is it something new? The advances do. The background struggle to widen underwater borders no. In August 2006 Spain He already presented A proposal to expand the domain of the continental platform in the Cantabrian, an aspiration that achieved a key advance in March 2009, when the New York commission gave the green light to the extension of the legal title of Spain of some some 78,000 km2 in the area. In the case of Galicia, in 2009 Spain looked at the outer limits of the continental platform beyond 200 marine miles. On the surface, that would mean adding about 50,000 km2 under Spanish sovereignty. Apart from Galicia and Cantabria, Spain was interested in a third point: the Canary Islands, more specifically an extension of 206,000 km2 to the Oste of the Islands. If the three ambitioned regions (Cantabrian, Galicia and the Canary Islands are added) they would go from 330,000 km. And based on what? The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which includes the scientific criteria that allow the limits of the sovereignty of a country over the seabed to go beyond the 200 nautical miles. In 2010 Spain presented Before the UN precisely that, the scientific evidence that would endorse the aspirations of the underwater borders in Galicia. Spain is not the only one immersed in such a process. In 2010 The country I pointed That the attractiveness of the platforms, rich in gas and mineral deposits, among other resources, had aroused the interest of other tens of nations with coast. Specifically, he spoke of 51 countries that had moved to achieve their continental slopes. Why is it important? The area that is now in the focus, west of Galicia, has depths of between 800 and more than 5,000 my the objective of geologists is to achieve a more detailed cartography to know it better. The data will be presented at the UN with a view to the August appointment in which, As progress Lighthouseit is expected to put the final touch to more than a decade of work to expand underwater borders. The objective: “shield” its preservation and allow Spain to explore and exploit its resources. Images | Gregorio Puga Bailón (Flickr) In Xataka | Galician marshare have launched a ‘sos’ in the face of their great threat: the risk of collapse of the AruSo estuary

Samsung and his official store launch a new round of exclusive offers with brutal prices

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Renewing a mobile phone or an appliance is something that we usually want to delay as much as possible. It is not for desire, but rather because of the investment it requires. The best time to do it will always be When we have important active offersas is the case of Samsung Festival. If we are looking for a product of the South Korean brand, right now we have access to A ton of offers, promotions and discounts For televisions, mobiles, appliances and more. We are waiting for you in territory s Do you like Samsung? We have a new specialized medium in Samsung and its products with tricks, offers, tutorials and all news about the brand. Go to territory Right now we have a lot to choose from, so much that we may not know where to opt. For that reason, just then we leave you A selection of the most interesting offers: Galaxy Tab S10+one of the best tablets on the market, for 920 euros and with a free keyboard case (as of March 25). 9kg Ecobuble washing machinewith great capacity and loaded with artificial intelligence, by 331 euros. 50 8 kg white dryerwhich stands out for offering energy efficiency A +++, by 455 euros With discounts. Smart TV QLED QE1D 65 incheswith a great diagonal and an unsurpassed value-value, by 569 euros. Smart TV Neo qled 4k QNX1D of 55 inchesthat rises the level in terms of image and sound quality, by 759 euros With all discounts. Smart TV OLED 55 -inch S93Done of Samsung’s best televisions, by 1,139 euros If we apply all discounts. Galaxy S25the most economical option of the high -end of Samsung, by 816 euros. Galaxy Tab S10+ If we want a tablet and we are looking for a top option, the Galaxy Tab S10+ It is a model that possibly fits us very well. It stands out without a doubt for Its large 12.4 -inch screen (120 Hz soda rate) which is perfect to play, to watch movies or work. He does not lack power thanks to his Medatek Dimensity 9300+ chip and neither autonomy thanks to his 10,090 mAh battery. The price of this, in its version with 256 GB of storage, is 1,119 euros, but is now reduced to 1,019 euros. If we say pay with Bizum we will save 50 euros, in addition to the option of requesting A 5% discount code to the expert chat That is in Samsung page. All this makes its price down to some 920 euros. To the above we must add that we have the option of further lowering the tablet with the delivery and premiere program. In addition, as of March 25, We can take a whateful case valued at 179 euros for free. * Some price may have changed from the last review 9kg Ecobuble washing machine If we are looking for a new efficient and lasting washing machine, betting on this Samsung ecobubble is a great idea. This technology that gives name to the washing machine, converts the detergent into bubbles, making it more easily penetrating clothes and better results are obtained in each wash. In addition, it is accompanied by AI to have specific cycle suggestions and information that will help us save and have more efficient washes. The PVP of this model with 9 kg capacity is 679 euros, although it is now reduced to 399 euros. Thanks to the delivery and premiere program we can obtain A direct discount of 50 euros And, in addition, we have the possibility of applying the 5 % discount of the expert chat. All this lowers its price to 331 euros. 9KG ECOBUBBLE ™ WASHER WW90T504DAWCS3 * Some price may have changed from the last review 50 8 kg white dryer What better partner for a washing machine than a new dryer? This Samsung 50 series stands out for having Energy efficiency A +++which is evidently fantastic to save every month. In addition, it integrates perfectly into the brand’s ecosystem thanks to Smartthingsapp with which we can carry a control of each cycle. The PVP of this model is 809 euros, but now we have it reduced to 529 euros. As with the previous appliance, We can also enjoy the direct discount of 50 euros for delivery and premiere and of the additional 5 % with the code of the expert chat. All this lowers its price to some more than attractions 455 euros. 50 8kg White series dryer * Some price may have changed from the last review SMART TV QLED QE1D Having a great image quality at home no longer costs a fortune. This samsung is the test, Specifically this 65 -inch version. It is a large diagonal, ideal to be home television. It is compatible with HDR10+ and with it we will enjoy a great experience both when watching movies and when playing. The launch price of this specific model is 1,299 euros, although now we have it for much less, specifically 699 euros. We can also enjoy a direct discount for delivery and premiere, Although in this case it is 100 euros. If we add it to the 5 % discount of the expert chat, we stay in 569 euros. * Some price may have changed from the last review SMART TV NEO QLED 4K QNX1D If we want an even better experience, then the model that may interest us is this QNX1D. It belongs to the Samsung Neo Qled line, one of the best that the company has. This is the 55 -inch version of the samewhich combines a great image quality with quality sound. In addition, it has HDMI 2.1, which makes it perfect for gaming with consoles such as PlayStation 5 Pro. The launch price of the same was 1,599 euros, although it is now available for 799 euros. In this case, we can apply The 5 % discount of expert chat onlythanks to which we can reduce its price to 759 euros. … Read more

An advantage against Russia, a problem for its pilots

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In the last twelve months what We have been counting: In Ukraine, war has transformed to the nation becoming a catalyst for a war industrial revolution Unexpected It has ceased to be a utopia to think of Kyiv for those nations that want drones. Therefore, the contest, full of paradoxes, offers us one more than anyone saw: they have so many combat drones and so varied that they are an advantage, but also a problem at the same time. Innovation to adversity. The technological history of Ukraine, marked by ingenuity and resilience since Soviet times, explains its current prominence in the field of defense. In 1951, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukrainian engineers developed one of The first computers from Europe in a bombarded building without access to Western publications. This spirit of innovation in isolation, documented in THE BOOK INNOVATION IN ISOLATIONhas endured until today, feeding the emergence of companies such as Grammarly or Ajax, and supporting resistance to Russian invasion. A war revolution. Faced with the Russian invasion, Ukraine has mobilized not only its army, but also its software engineers and developers, who have transformed commercial technology accessible into Effective Combat Systems. From Kamikaze drones Even inhibitor inhibitors of digital signals and platforms Like Delta (which offers real -time tactical vision), Ukrainian solutions arise from improvised workshops and laboratories to the very trenches. Volume, speed and adaptability. In a context where powers like China and Russia They increase their bet For drones, Ukraine has been outlined as An indispensable partner For the western world. Last year, according to Anton Verkhovodov, partner of the Capital Signature D3the country secretly assembled near two million drones In scattered workshops, something unprecedented even within NATO. The advantage does not lie only in the volume, but in the speed of the innovation cycle: it is estimated that in less than a month A new drone can be deployed in the front and, shortly after, face Russian electronic countermeasures, forces it to iterate and improve tirelessly. This adaptation capacity exceeds the development and proof times of Western Defense Contractors, which can It takes years in bringing a new design system to the battlefield. For Rafael Lossof the European Board of Foreign Affairs, this makes Ukraine an ideal partner, both for his tactical knowledge and for his agile and contextualized production capacity. National Autonomy. They counted in Insider that this decentralization has given rise to a kind of “spilled toolbox”, in which countless models, types and technologies coexist. This strategy responds not only to the tactical urgency of facing the Russian invasion, but also to The need for independence in defense, in view of the unpredictability of Western support, especially from the United States. A fact to understand it: in 2024, 96% of 1.5 million drones Acquired by Ukraine were of local production, which shows the solidity of this emerging industrial capacity and its strategic relevance. Flexible supply and adapted to combat. Thanks to this fragmented model, Ukraine has achieved something exceptional: Transfer technology and products from manufacturers directly to the battle frontwithout going through traditional military acquisition structures. Many units obtain their drones through collective financing campaigns, and use civil models adapted to military use. This flexibility allows rapid feedback between operators and manufacturers, optimizing the performance of the equipment and adapting them to the changing demands of the fight. Dimko Zhluktenkoa member of the Ukrainian unmanned systems forces, it emphasizes that it has used multiple drones (99% Ukrainians) from different companies, and that diversity is a tactical advantage over the uniformity of Russian arsenal, much more predictable. Advantages. Unlike Russia, which uses a limited number of drones types, the Ukrainian variety complicates the work of detection, neutralization and counterattack of the enemy. According to The expert James Patton Rogersif Ukraine used only a handful of standardized models, Russia could quickly learn to intercept them by electronic war. However, when facing drones of multiple signatures, configurations and capacities, the Russian forces face a Much more steep learning curve. In addition, the geographical dispersion Production makes Russia identify and destroy key manufacturing centers, something that would be possible with a more centralized model. The competition between manufacturers National also encourages an accelerated career of innovation, with the development of drones guided by artificial intelligencesystems Without GPS, Submarine drones and unmanned land vehicles. Too much. The rhythm of consumption and destruction of drones in the front It is very high. Samuel Bendett, Del Center for Naval Analysishe pointed out that No one foresaw The quickly these technologies would be used, nor the speed with which they would develop countermeasures. Given this reality, Ukraine has opted for the quantity of quality, with an ambitious acquisition plan of 4.5 million drones in 2025. Logic is simple: minimize costs, accelerate times of deployment and maintain tactical pressure by technological saturation. Benjamin Jensen, from Center for Strategic and International Studies, Describe this tactic As a kind of “war lego set”, where pieces of different origins are assembled with creativity, under the guidance of operators and experts around the world. The great disadvantage. However, the worst of this huge drone industry that is raising Ukraine Alexander Pyslar explainedPeloton commander of attack drones, who warned that the diversity of manufacturers represents a constant and unprecedented operational challenge: each model requires adjustments, calibrations and specific training in a scenario where time seems not to exist. This implies that many of the drones received are not sufficiently proven in battle conditionsunlike what would happen with a centralized acquisition strategy with standardized models. Rogers coincides: the quality of the results in the field It varies widelyand the operators must become experts on multiple platforms to use them effectively at an impossible time for it. No doubt, this approach also generates problems of interoperability, maintenance and logistics, key elements in a prolonged combat environment. The drone as the protagonist. In what there are no doubt is in The importance that have acquired these war machines despite their limitations. The drones They have transformed All aspects … Read more

The EU wants to order the jungle of micropagues

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Virtual currencies are the order of the day in some of the most popular games of the moment. Absolutely pointers such as’Marvel Rivals‘,’Overwatch 2‘ either ‘Fortnite‘They base their success and strong penetration capacity on their gratuity, but this is only simulated: its lucrative business is in microtransactions, which is a topic whose toxicity It has been arguing for a whilesince the loot boxes They became a symbol of everything pernicious that the system has. Now, the European Union has taken letters in the matter with a prohibition that could change the video game panorama in the continent. Boarded atmosphere. Just a couple of months ago, in mid -January, the developers of one of the gruel most popular in the market, ‘Genshin Impact‘, had to face a Fine of twenty million dollars and the prohibition of allowing kids under 16 to make purchases without paternal content. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said that the game deibestly pointed to minors with its payment system by loot boxeswithout revealing how much money you had to spend to get to the desired objective: get rare playable characters. Cognosphere accessed to harden your age control system and paternal consent. What does the law say. New EU research He has focused on a Swedish game entitled ‘Star Stable online‘, and that undertook practices that are defined in the report as “especially harmful to children”, which has led to generate a search for “greater protection” for European consumers. To achieve this, they are established Seven key principles that must be followed from now on: The price indication must be clear and transparent. Practices that hide the cost of digital contents and services should be avoided. Practices that force consumers to buy unwanted and virtual currency within the game should be avoided. Consumers should receive clear and complete pre -contractual information. The right of withdrawal of consumers must be respected. The contractual conditions must be fair and written in a simple and clear language. The design and gameplay of games must respect the different vulnerabilities of consumers. The most important change will be given in what is a prohibition of one of the key characteristics of virtual currencies: these may continue to exist, but the correspondence with real world currency should be clearly seen. That is, virtual currencies become a cosmetic issue of the game, not a way to hide the authentic price of items. And all this will be mandatory? No: it is a mere orientative guide published by the European Union, but not adjust to what it recommends makes companies into a objective of possible demands, and where they will carry out: the plaintiff will receive support from the European Commission and the Cooperation Network for Consumer Protection. That is, companies should take note, since Europe “can take new measures if harmful practices continue.” The fight against loot boxes. These types of measures had a precedent in the search for formulas to legislate loot boxes. Since 2019, the International Videogame Community warned of his dangers for what they had of slips camouflaged by the element of chance that is implicit in their mechanics. In fact, Spain was One of the first countries to legislate against the loot boxesannouncing in 2020 that use by minors would be controlled through the ID. In June of last year the draft law that this prohibition will implement was approved. Header | EA In Xataka | The consoles are still the stars of the video game. Real money is on mobile and microtransactions

its folk salts and thorium reactor

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China has deservedly consolidated as the country to which all the nations that bet on nuclear energy look. On the one hand, it already has The same number of nuclear reactors that France in operation: 56. only US surpasses them both with their 94 active nuclear reactors. However, ambition in this area of ​​the country led by Xi Jinping is much greater than that of France. And is that China is building 30 more reactors and plans to point another 37. However, the best asset of this Asian country is its commitment to innovation. And the reactor of Molten Sales and Torio TMSR-LF1 is a very valuable letter of presentation. This machine received the approval of the Chinese Nuclear Safety Administration in mid -June 2023 after having successfully completed the initial testing phase that started in 2021. and since then the itinerary that had set the Institute of Applied Physics of Shanghai, which is the institution responsible for its tuning. As explained by the American nuclear engineer Nick Touran In your tweetthe TMSR-LF1 reactor officially entered into operation on October 11, 2023. A few months later, on June 17, 2024, he began working at full power. And on October 8 of last year the technicians who operate it detected protacinium-233 (PA-233), a radioactive isotope intermediate derived from the transformation of the thorium into Uranium-233 as part of the fuel cycle of the thorium. The TMSR-LF1 reactor marks the way to the countries that are committed to nuclear energy This nuclear reactor is in the Minqin industrial complex of the province of Gansu, in northern China. It has a power of 2 thermal megawatts (MWT), and, although it will not be the first Fourth Generation Nuclear Reactor In activity, and not the first one that Torio will use as fuel, it will be the first of molten salts that will use this chemical element. However, the ambition of this Asian country does not end here; It is already planning to build a molten salts and more capacity sales reactor for 2030. China is not the only country that bets on this technology. USA, France or India are some of those who have also invested in research programs that pursue the development of nuclear reactors capable of Generate electricity from the thorium. India’s in particular is interesting because it aims to demonstrate the viability of fuel cycles based on thorium in the context of its advanced heavy water reactor project. This technology is still far from being adopted in a generalized way, but its advantages closely link it to the future of nuclear energy. The thorium has in its favor that it is as easy to extract as uranium, but it has the inconvenience that it is not directly physable Nuclear forum It estimates that our planet brings together approximately 12 million tons of thorium, so this chemical element is three times more abundant in the earth’s cortex than Uranium used as fuel in the current nuclear centrals. The largest deposits reside in China, Brazil, Canada, Australia, USA, Greenland, Russia, Norway, South Africa and Venezuela, although prospects reflect that the country that Torio has is precisely one of the ones that is investing most in the development of reactors capable of using it: India. Another point in your favor is that it is as easy to extract as uranium, but it has the inconvenience that it is not directly physable. It is necessary to introduce it into a reactor that manufactures uranium from Torio, and what it produces is not uranium-235, it is uranium-233, But the important thing is that it is fisible. Once this uranium has occurred, it can be introduced into a conventional reactor like those we have in Spain, which could not work with Torio, but with a derivative of that element. In addition, experts say that molten salts nuclear reactors are safer than reactors installed in the nuclear power plants that are currently in operation. Two of the reasons are that they use as a refrigerant lithium fluoride and beryllium at a very low pressure, and the fuel remains dissolved in the form of salt, so it is very unlikely that an accident could trigger the fusion of the reactor’s core. Another quality of these reactors that are worth not overlooking is that their architecture allows them to be installed underground, which, again, increases their safety. But this is not all. Another peculiar and positive feature of these reactors is that they allow to recharge the fuel while remaining in operation. China is investing in the development of this technology as a means to build fourth -generation nuclear power plants in the most remote and arid regions of the country And, in addition, the fact that they do not need water to maintain the refrigerated nucleus allows them to be installed in regions in which water is scarce, or, simply, in areas where there is no river and are not close to the sea. This is one of the reasons why, precisely, China is investing in the development of this technology as a means to build fourth generation nuclear centrals in the most remote and arid regions in the country. It is also worth not overlooking that the radioactive waste they generate has a much shorter semi -grid period than that of the residues of the reactors that use uranium, which logically facilitates their management. And, in addition, molten salts reactors use less fuel because thorium efficiency is much higher than uranium. Virtually all fuel is involved in nuclear fission, so its use, in theory, is maximum. In Xataka | The largest nuclear power plant in the planet is a beast with seven reactors. Is ready to return after Fukushima

Argentina says “no” for the sale of the telephone subsidiary to Clarín. Telefónica Spain says “It’s not my problem”

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Javier Milei’s government He has “preventive” suspended the sale of Telefónica Argentina to Telecom (controlled by the Clarín and Fintech group), alleging risks of monopolistic concentration. However, Telefónica has already charged 1,245 million dollars (about 1,190 million euros) and considers the closed and irrevocable operation. The problem is not in your hands now, but in that of your buyers. Why is it important. The operation represents a strategic divestment for Telefónica, which seeks to reduce its exposure in Latin America to focus on their priority markets: Spain, Brazil, Germany and the United Kingdom. Argentina meant only 3% of group’s revenues and generated negative operational results (-199 million euros in 2023). Between the lines. The blockade has a strong political component: Milei maintains an open confrontation with the Clarín Groupowner of 40% of Telecom Argentina and owner of the newspaper of greater circulation in the country and several influential media. The Argentine president has even fixed in his X account A message accusing Clarín of “hosting the government with lies.” The contrast. Milei’s position is contradictory with his ultraliberal ideology. In February, During a speech in Washington, he said that “monopolies are not bad, unless they are armed by the State.” Now it uses precisely antitrust arguments to block an operation between private companies. Yes, but. Argentine legislation, unlike the Spanish or European, contemplates only one EX POST CONTROL of business operations. This means that conditions or restrictions can only be imposed on the buyer, not the seller, and only after closing the transaction. In figures. According to the Argentine government, the merger would create a telecommunications giant that it would concentrate: 61% of the mobile phone market. 69% of fixed telephony. Up to 80% of the residential Internet service in some areas. And now what. Telefónica goes out with the clean jacket of this Barrizal. If the Argentine authorities confirm the dominant position, the only one affected would be Telecom Argentina, which could be forced to sell assets at lower prices than they would put in normal conditions. The objective, reduce its market share. The operation is part of Telefónica’s strategy to disinvest in Latin America, where business They represent 13% of Ebitda with lower margins (19.4% compared to 32.1% of the group). This operation seems clearly advantageous for Telefónica, which can now reinvest the funds achieved in businesses with the greatest growth potential, such as Telefónica Tech or as its position in the United Kingdom. EITHER keep reducing your debt. Outstanding image | Casa RosadaTelefónica In Xataka | 100 years after his birth, Telefónica faces the greatest existential dilemma in its history: what wants to be older

In the era of hybrid work there is a new unicorn of business management: the Barcelona factorial startup

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In 2020 and in full pandemic a technological startup of Barcelona called Factorial He lived his particular turning point. The company had an attractive and versatile online platform for human resources management, and the confinement gave a unique opportunity to make potential clients known: it offered its platform for free until confinement passed, and that made many known and realized how well that platform could work while the teleworking became strength. His CEO, Jordi Romero, explained So how many of the new clients who registered in factorial maintained their management in local files or at most “in a dropbox folderbut nothing more. “In April the firm achieved an investment of 16 million dollars of CRV, but that was a stressful round. Just before the pandemic came the company had” an agreement between knights (with CRV), so to speak, “Romero commented,” but the money had to be transferred yet. “ The decision to offer its platform for free was a success, and many companies verified the benefits of that comfortable online management that allowed everything very well organized and accessible in a simple way. At that time that round was the largest that was seen in Spain, and it happened at a time when the labor market was in a certainly strange situation. Factorial took advantage of something that no other company in the sector had previously taken advantage of: His platform was perfect for companies that or did not have HR professionals for being too small, or that if they had them were overcome by the workload or by having to make those tasks with others of management. The factorial solution precisely solved the problem, and that marked a before and after for her and her clients. New and important investment rounds After that round starring CRV, 18 months later factorial became one of the protagonists of the Spanish technological sector. In September 2021 the general investment firm Catalyst bet 80 million dollars for her and confirmed her remarkable projection. This bet was a success: the factorial growth has made it one of the most promising technological startups in our country. A year later, factorial lifted another 120 million dollars in a round with the majority participation of Atomico, but also of GIC, Tiger Global, CRV, K-Found and Creandum. That made it a de facto “unicorn”: its valuation was already 1,000 million dollars, twice what was a year earlier with the previous round. The company, which then had 7,000 clients in Europe and in Latin America – where those first years had its great focus— has not stopped growing And he has had a especially notable 2024. His number of customers is now 13,000 SMEs, and has just given another great news: General Catalyst, which as we said already invested 80 million dollars in it, has expanded that investment at $ 120 million, so that the total bet It becomes 200 million dollars. It is striking that this extension of the investment is carried out without diluting the capital of its shareholders. Jordi Romero, CEO of Factorial (on the left in the image with Bernat Farrero, another of the co -founders) explained how that is “something uncommon in hypercrection companies that, in addition, are financially sustainable.” Pau Ramón, the third co -founder and exco from the company, abandonment Factorial in 2023 for personal reasons. The funds, as those responsible for Factorial point out, will go to the expansion of the firm in Germany – where it is growing especially fast – France and Italy. Not only that: they will allow this firm to give the final impulse in a transition in which they have been working for years: to go from being a human resources software to a large business management platform. SANNED ACCOUNTS AND OWN RISK CAPITAL FUND They hope to reach about 20,000 clients before the end of the year, Romero said In the countryand its forecast is to exceed 100 million dollars of recurring income this year. As indicated in that article, 2024 has been the first year in which the company has grown up without consuming its own resourcessomething especially important to consolidate the profitability of the company. Bernat Farrero, Pau Ramón (now outside the company) and Jordi Romero, co -founders of the company. Source: Factorial. The firm had at the end of 2024 with 90 million dollars of cash reserves, something striking because it shows the financial solidity of a company that is capable of growing without practically boxing of cash. The investment round seemed almost unnecessary, but according to Romero that allows factorial to “continue its expansion without compromising its financial stability or diluting the capital of its shareholders,” as we mentioned earlier. The company has no immediate plans to go over – “We are not in a hurry,” Romero explains – and does not seem interested in inorganic growth inking or buying other companies. What they do, explained those responsible In araIt is to bill 1,000 million euros in five years. And although the exit to the parquet is for now an unknown, what those entrepreneurs have done has been, as they pointed out In the avant -garde, Create a risk capital fund of 15 million euros with which they want to finance emerging companies. It’s called Itnig Capital, and He has already invested One million euros in nine Spanish companies. The “Startup factory” of Factorial seems to have started with good foot, and is helping that new firms created by former factorial employees take their first steps, as pointed out expanding A few months ago. Growing, but with comparatively low wages During all this factorial time it has evolved. Its creators began working on a human resources platform to manage both employees and various administrative tasks, but in recent times they have become a “Comprehensive Business Management Platform“That allows the management of projects, training and control of expenses. Romero, Farrero and Ramón shared the same frustration when creating factorial: that in many companies there was little technology that helped to climb … Read more

Blackstone wants to buy it for 5.5 billion euros

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The greatest business operation of what we have been in Spain is going unnoticed between more striking headlines and more names Sexiesbut its magnitude is extraordinary: two giants of risk capital want to buy the company that manages your waste for a sidereal price. The latest. Blackstone and EQT have signed an exclusivity agreement to negotiate Urbaser for approximately 5.5 billion euros, debt included, as progressing The economist. The consortium will now make a Due Diligence Four -week confirmatory to close the final fringes. Why is it important. This assessment makes Urbaser, a waste management company that was born as an ACS subsidiary, a more valuable asset than airlines such as China Airlines or Easyjet, and even that Indra, the Spanish Technological Giant of Defense. Incidentally, demonstrates the growing interest of global funds in the Spanish environmental sector. Between the lines. The Platinum Equity Fund, current owner –Urser is of Spanish origin but of US capital – will triple its investment in just three years. Urbaser bought the Chinese Chinese group Tianying (Cnty) in 2021 for 3,500 million, which in turn I had acquired it from ACS for only 1,114 million in 2016. The money trail. Platinum already has extracted a considerable value of Urbaser: He charged a dividend of 300 million euros in previous exercises. I had prepared another extraordinary dividend of 1,000 million if the sale failed. He sold four subsidiaries for approximately 1,000 million (United Kingdom, Nordic countries, water and operations business in Portugal). In figures. Urbaser is a growing giant: Ebitda of 2024: 560 million euros (without Argentina) Ebitda forecast by 2025: 600 million (without Argentina) The Argentine subsidiary, excluded from the operation, provides additional 90 million. What is happening. Blackstone continues with its strategy to buy Spain for fascicles. The American giant already has a large number of strategic assets in our country, from homes and hotels to logistics centers. This operation fits its global commitment to critical infrastructures and essential public services. And now what? If the operation is completed, it will be the largest of the year in Spain and one of the largest in Europe. The Argentine subsidiary will be sold separately, according to Expansionwhile the new owners must manage an important debt after the acquisition. In Xataka | Playtomic has just lifted one of the largest investment rounds this year in Spain with a peculiar hook: paddle Outstanding image | Urbaser

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