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What cars can circulate and which ones rest on March 1

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The weekend returns. That time of relaxation, rest, to go out with the family … “in public transport” some will say. Because, indeed, if you are affected by today’s restrictions you will not circulate the most complicated things. This is due to the restrictions applied by the CDMX Ministry of Environment (Sedema) through its Today does not circulatethe program designed to reduce the polluting emissions present in the atmosphere we breathe. How can this be? As simple as forcing some cars to stay at home. Because, indeed, where this is active, this is the most effective measure. Something that applies in the 16 mayors in Mexico City and in the following conurbation municipalities of the State of Mexico: Atizapán de Zaragoza Coacalco de Berriozábal Cuautitlán Cuautitlán Izcalli Chalco Chicoloapan Chimalhuacán Ecatepec de Morelos Huixquilucan Ixtapaluca La Paz Naucalpan de Juárez Nezahualcóyotl Nicolás Romero Tecámac Tlalnepantla de Baz Tultitlán Chalco Valley What cars and plaques affect the Sabatino today To understand how and when it affects us today it does not circulate, it is enough to look in the superior image, where the restrictions that are launched daily are specified. And, as you will see, on Saturdays it is a special day. To start because the rest of the week, the hologram and the plate number define everything but on Saturdays some cars rotate and, therefore, the following situations can be given: Cars that can circulate every Saturday Cars that have to rest every Saturday Cars that rest on a Saturday yes and another Restrictions, yes, do not apply all day. They are active between 05:00 and 10:00 p.m.. That is, at night we can move freely and without taking into account any type of restriction. Having these basic notions, who does not affect the Sabatino today? Actually, all drivers because, in one way or another, it is contemplated what they have to do on Saturdays if they are in one of the places affected by the program. Thus, the first thing we have to be clear about is that cars with hologram 0 and 00 can circulate without fear, these cars do not affect restrictions. On the contrary, it happens with those of Hologram 2, who cannot leave home or move in the hours when the today is applied. Those who can doubt are cars with hologram 1. In that case, it is the plate number that decides whether or not it can circulate. In this case, they are those of Hologram One and plaque finished in odd number those that stay at home. Because? Because today, March 1is the first Saturday of March. And, therefore, it is the cars with a plate finished in odd number that have to rest. Next week (second Saturday of the month) it will be the even numbers that will rest and, therefore, the rotation is ensured. Of course, we cannot forget that there are some exceptions that go beyond being able to circulate freely at night. Thus, the following cars can move with total freedom: Those that work for electricity, natural gas or are hybrid Those who have disabled plate All those dedicated to urban transport services (includes funerals) Those who offer school or passenger transport Those destined for public safety and/or civil protection In case of breaching these restrictions, the fine will be 20 to 30 times the unit of measurement and update (Uma), which is equivalent to 1,924.40 pesos and even 2,886.60 pesos. Photo | M & W Studios In Xataka | Contamination is not only making you live less and worse. You are also making you darker

What planets can be seen with the naked eye from Spain in the great alignment (and what do we need for the rest)

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A planetary alignment is approaching very rare: one that will allow us to see all the planets (with permission from the Explaneta Pluto) of the solar system in the night sky. If the conditions allow it (something that It doesn’t seem very likely), On Friday we can see this great planetary alignment. Seen and not seen. Part of the protagonists of This planetary alignment They may be seen at first glance on Friday night. To see the rest we will have to resort to optical instruments, such as prismatic or telescopes, or even with a teleobjective camera or Zoom of a certain length. With the naked eye. A good part of the planets of our solar system can be seen with the naked eye, brilliant as stars, sometimes easier to see than these. In this list are the rest of the rocky planets inside our solar system (Mercury, Venus and Mars), and the two great gaseous giants (Jupiter and Saturn). The real visibility of each of these planets will depend on several factors, such as light pollution or meteorology. Of all these planets, the most difficult to capture will be Saturn. The reason is that when the dusk arrives, the planet of the rings will be very low by the horizon, and will disappear after this Around 20:00 (The exact time will depend on our location). Something similar will happen with Mercury, which will also disappear by the horizon just an hour after the sun. At the opposite end is Jupiter, which will be perhaps the planet with greater visibility during today. The visibility of Mars and Venus will be relatively good. Not so powerful. And what about the rest? If we exclude dwarf and satellite planets, our solar system has two other planets: Uranus and Neptune. These are the two major planets that are not visible to the naked eye in our space neighborhood, so they could only be discovered after the invention of telescopes. If we want to see Uranus, resorting to one of these gadgets is a good idea. The magnitude of this planet, discovered in the 18th century, is approximately 5.6 According to the portal calculations In-the-sky.orgwhich places this planet in the limit of what is visible by the human eye. That is why, if we want to see this planet, it is necessary in the necessary practice to resort to a telescope or, at least, to prismatic ones. Neptune however is a bit more elusive. Already discovered in the nineteenth century, Neptune’s magnitude is around 7.7 According to Del Portal In-the-sky.org. This puts it out of the range of what we can see with our own eyes. In any case, an especially powerful telescope is not necessary to see this planet. Other issues to take into account. To improve our visibility tonight there are three factors to take into account. The first, light pollution. Some of the planets that will be visible will be only in a very tenuous way, so away from areas where light pollution is minimal will be decisive if we want to see all visible planets today. The second of these factors is The weather. The night is not presented today as the most appropriate for the observation of heaven. A storm Located in the south of the Peninsula will leave skies covered in a good part of the country. Finally, it is convenient to know how to locate the planets we are looking for. For this we can assert us from different resources, including various applications Focused on astronomy and celestial observation. In Xataka | NASA’s most powerful computer has just detected something strange: there is a spiral structure surrounding the solar system Image | POT

For thousands of years, Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens tried to mate insistently. Genetics had another idea

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In 1856, while they worked in A limestone quarry Near Düsseldorf, two Italian workers found a basin full of bones. They thought they were the remains of a bear and approached a teacher of a nearby city, known for being a bone collector. They had no idea what they were about to provoke. The antecedent. When he saw the bones, Johann C. Fuhlrott He realized that they were not from a bear, he took the bones to the University of Bonn and, next to Hermann Schaaffhausethey communicated the finding to the world. No one took them very seriously. It was said that it was a Russian cosaco with rickets that persecuted Napoleon for Europe. Until almost a decade later, the Irish geologist William King He reached a revolutionary conclusion: we had not always been alone. But why are we now? With the discovery of Homo Neanderthalensis They opened many unknownsbut there is one that has been chasing us for almost 200 years: why did they disappear? How is it possible that such an old, so robust species, that had survived so many things disappeared without more? Why were we left alone? To all these years, scientists have given numerous hypotheses and theories. From Prehistoric genocides to A slow and agonized eclipse. However, Ludovic Slimak, researcher at the Center for Anthropobiology and Genomic of Touluse and one of the greatest international experts in Neanderthals, You have another idea. The forms of love (and what is not love). For Slimak, if we apply the knowledge of cultural anthropology to what Paleogenetics is telling us, the image is quite different. And, as in all traditional societies in which strong identities coexist, it looks like the different human communities exchanged women. From our perspective, mere expression is already a savage. But from the perspective of anthropology, those “family crossing” processes were basic to ensure stable alliances between different communities. And that, if we take into account that we are loads of DNA Neanderthal, it seems to be what happened. However, As Slimak points outthat “fusion” of lineages never came to occur. The question is why. A story (genetically) impossible. We know that Neanderthals and Sapiens crossed and They had offspring. But we also know that a significant part of it were sterile people unable to reproduce. That is, although the communities tried to lock these relationships and alliances based on miscegenation, the thing did not work. Searching. It’s curious, Slimak said in An interview for Livesciencethat “when you are looking for old DNA (40,000 to 45,000 years ago) all these sapiens early have recent DNA, and That is why we have (DNA Neanderthal) today. But when you arrive and try to extract DNA from the last Neanderthals, contemporaries of these first sapienslet’s say between 40,000 and 50,000 years ago there is not a single Neanderthal with DNA sapiens“ Curious and very possibly one of the keys that explain because the most numerically and genetically diverse population of Sapiens won the departure to the Neanderthals. That is, why we were alone. Image | SUCHOSCH In Xataka | If the question is “when the Neanderthals and the Sapiens were crossed,” we now have the answer: about 47,000 years ago In Xataka | The “ghost species” with which our ancestors were settled and disappeared without (almost) leave a trace *An earlier version of this article was published in February 2024

The game I have the most I have this year is an official adaptation of ‘Terminator 2’ and it is pure mega drive aesthetic

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‘Terminator 2’, La Legendary 1992 James Cameron movie that put the concept of the concept of Blockbuster and then nascent digital effects, had its corresponding adaptations to video games. Among them, a gun arcade that caused a furor in its day in the recreational rooms, an action and adventure title for almost all the microordination of the time, and adaptations of very varied fur for the entire Park Consolero of the moment, of 8 and 16 bits and even Game Boy. But none looked like the newly announced ‘Terminator 2: No Fate’. It is a game announced by surprise and that has all the aesthetics and atmosphere of the 16 -bit mega drive and super nintendo -type platform platform games. Pixelated but colorful graphics, limited but careful animations and digitalized replicas of the film’s actors and robots for the cutscenes. A true visual show that replicates several scenes of the film, from the flight of the Sarah Connor prison to persecution with the T-800 on the back of the motorcycle with John Connor, going through the initial visit of Schwarzenegger to the biker bar looking for something to put on top. Not only that, but ‘Terminator 2: No Fate’ Add levels and expand the narrative of the film with scenes from its harvest set, above all, in the future. There, a John Connor already faces machines at 2D massacre levels that in some graphic virguería have reminded us of the final bosses of classics such as ‘against’. In the game you can control, according to the phase, Sarah Connor, John Connor or T-800, although no details have been given about the possible mechanics that differentiate them beyond the obvious. Experience in Terminators The game is signed by Bitmap Bureauwhich intend to edit versions for PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch on September 5, 2025. The study is an expert in retro -flavor titles, as they have shown in the lateral action game ’88 Heroes’, in the Brawler ‘Final Vendetta’, which recovers the aesthetics and mechanics of ‘Final Fight’, and in the Shooter sand Cenital and cooperative ‘Xeno Crisis’. Three credentials that guarantee that they will do an excellent job with ‘Terminator 2: No Fate’. To this is added that the game is edited by Reef Entertainment, Publisher that has already entered the ‘Terminator’ franchise twicewith two games developed by Teyon and excellent results. ‘Terminator: Resistance’ and its DLC ‘Annihilation Line’ are fps that send us to the future, to the struggle of humanity against machines. There we will have to face many of the robots that we have seen in the movies. On the other hand, in a special way, games even allow the skin of an T-800 to annihilate humans. Another exception curriculum that only adds points to this stimulant ‘Terminator 2: No Fate’ Header | Bitmap Bureau In Xataka | James Cameron’s key to get with ‘Terminator 2’ and ‘Aliens’ two of the best sequelae in history

We have found a plant capable of producing 40 cannabinoids. A closer plant evolutionarily to lettuce that to hemp

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Cannabinoid compounds are closely related to gender plants Cannabishemp. A relationship that is manifested in the same name of these compounds, among which perhaps the most recognizable are THC (Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol) and the CBD (Cannabidiol). However, this link is not exclusive. The Lanudo umbrella. The Lanudo Umbed (Helichrysum Umbraculigerum) is a plant originally from South Africa that stands out for containing 40 compounds of the cannabinoid familymany of them disconodful so far. This plant belongs to the genre known as paper or helicriso flower, a genus very raised from cannabis, and closer to plants such as sunflowers or lettuce. Beyond the striking of this fact (as contrast, in the plants of the genre Cannabis More than 100 cannabinoid compounds can be found), the team responsible for the analysis indicates that the finding can help us in the development of new therapies linked to these compounds. “We have found an important new source of cannabinoids and developed tools for sustained production, which can help explore its enormous therapeutic potential,” pointed in a press release Shirley (Paula) Berman, member of the team responsible for the finding. Diverse therapies. Although in some contexts we do not have solid evidence of its effectiveness, the therapeutic use of Cannabinoids It has been extending as long as the study of its biochemical and therapeutic properties progresses. A context in which these compounds do highlight is that of the relief of nausea in people in aggressive treatments such as chemotherapy. Other potential uses are in the treatment of pain, anxiety and epilepsy. As explained by the team responsible for the new study, the fact that molecular receptors capable of interacting with these compounds are common in humans and extending beyond our brain throughout the body makes their potential huge. This also explains that your study is so extensive, covering from neurodegenerative diseases to cancer. Synthesizing compounds. If we want to develop treatments through these compounds, understand how they are naturally synthesized in plants is vital. That is why it is relevant to the fact that the team managed to reveal the biochemical process used by the plant in the production of these compounds. In his study, the team used high -resolution mass spectroscopy, with which he identified the Cannabinoids contained in the plant. He combined with nuclear magnetic resonance with the aim of finding the structure of some of the compounds found. From there, the team could reveal the biochemical “path” followed by the plant when it comes to synthesizing these cannabinoids. The details of the process were published In an article In the magazine Nature Plants. CBG. Of the 40 compounds found in the plant, only half a dozen are present in marijuana. In fact, the team points out, neither the THC nor the CBD are present in the Lanudo umbrella. The compound that is common to both plants is the CBG (cannabigerol). From the ritual to the laboratory. The discovery of cannabinoids in this plant is not entirely new. The clues that pointed to this fact date back decades. As explained by the team responsible for the new study, the Lanudo umbrella used to be used in rituals in which he burned to generate “intoxicating” fumes, which encourages us that the tracks were already there. In Xataka | The marijuana paradox: in full legalizing fever, we are increasingly clear than smoking it is harmful Image | Sagit Meir / United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Six fears have defined their career

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Jeff Bezos has founded two of the most successful companies in the last decade: Amazon and Blue Origin. His path to success was not only promoted by his leadership skills and his vision of the future, but also for seven fears that marked each and every one of the decisions he has made in his business career. These fears, far from being a weakness, became a force that motivated him to take risks, innovate and Build an empire which has transformed various industries. Since its inception, Bezos knew how to face their fears and turn them into Growth opportunities. 1. The fear of repentance Just as Jeff Bezos himself told Your graduation speech From Princeton, before founding Amazon, Jeff Bezos was a brilliant Wall Street analyst with a promising career. However, he abandoned the security and stability of a well -paid job to launch books online when no one did. To overcome this fear, Bezos developed what his “Repentance minimization framework“. This approach helps him make decisions based on what would bring him more peace of mind in the future, even if he implies taking risks in the present. As he said in An interview In 2001, one of the main fears that defined Bezos’ life was the fear to reach the end of his life and regret not having tried something important. “I realized that I wouldn’t regret trying something important, even if I failed. I knew that would chase me every day.” 2. The fear of losing competitiveness Bezos has always been very aware that success attracts competition, so it is necessary for companies to always remain at the forefront with a mentality that the millionaire called the mentality of “day 1” in its famous 1997 letter to investors of Amazon. This fear has led him to promote a culture of innovation Constant inside Amazon, always looking for one step forward. His obsession with the client and for continuously improving the services has kept him alert to the movements of his competitors to place one step ahead. “The second day is stagnation, followed by irrelevance, followed by an unbearable and painful decline, followed by death,” he said in his manifesto. A clear example of this was the Amazon Prime developmenta service that revolutionized the expectations of consumers in terms of fast shipments and digital content. This strategy was born from the fear of being overcome by other technological companies that also sought to captivate the public. 3. The fear of garages Directly related to the previous point. His “urgency” philosophy has driven him to act quickly in the design and development of new ambitious projects. For him, every moment counts, and inaction can be a more dangerous enemy than his own error. Jeff Bezos claims not to be afraid of his great competitors who, guiding himself by trends, can more or less predict. His true fear comes from a garage. “I am more afraid of two kids in a garage, than the competitors I already know,” assuredIn an interview. The great ideas and products that have changed the technology of the last 40 years have not come out of huge hierarchical structures in multinational, but have been the ideas of young people who have developed With just resourcesbut with large amounts of commitment and innovation. As he himself did when founding Amazon from the garage. 4. The fear of failure: CEO paranoia Although he is one of the most successful businessmen in the world, Bezos is not immune to fear of failure. It is not the only one. CEOs and managers of successful companies such as Jensen Huang de Nvidia or Peter Beck of Rocket Lab also They have confessed feel what is already known as “CEO paranoia”: a atrocious fear to fail and that their companies are ruined. However, these managers see failure as an essential part of the Innovation and growth process. They are aware that assuming risks means accepting that some ideas will not work, but also that these errors are opportunities to learn and improve. “I asked everyone here to wake up terrified every morning, with the sheets soaked in sweat,” assured The millionaire Fortune. 5. Failure as a lesson for success Despite being a successful millionaire, Jeff Bezos’ career has not been exempt from failures. However, instead of regretting them, he assumes them as part of a growth process. In his Letter to the 2015 shareholdersthe millionaire said: “I think we are the best place in the world to fail (we have a lot of practice!), And the failure and invention are inseparable twins. To invent you have to experiment, and if you know in advance that it will work, it is not an experiment.” An example of that culture of innovation were Alexaand Kindletwo disruptive products, which have finally established themselves in their respective areas. 6. Fear of uncertain future Jeff Bezos has always shown concern about the uncertainty of the future, both personal and global. This fear motivated him to found Blue Origin, his company from Space explorationwith the vision of finding solutions so that humanity can survive beyond the earth. “The land is finite and if the world economy and population will continue to expand, space is the only possible way,” collected Business Insider. Bezos believes that humanity must be able to expand towards other planets to ensure their survival. As he said in the Lex Friedman Podcastthis fear, far from being pessimistic, has become an engine to develop technologies that could change the fate of our species. In Xataka | The next border of the super farms is no longer to be Milmillonarios, is to be Billionaires: Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos are candidates Image | Wikimedia Commons (Daniel Oberhaus)

The Fyre Festival was the most ruined festival in history. Now his ideologues want to celebrate it in Mexico

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There are festivals and then is the Fyre Festival. What happened several years ago on an island in Bahamas will remain for the Annals of History, a non -chaotic festival that ended with its founder in jail and with two documentaries about their won legend as “the worst” of the events of this type in modern history. In fact, there will always be the doubt of whether the productions of Netflix and Hulu always They scam us telling the scam. Be that as it may, for May everything is “almost” ready for the second part. Context: The first failure. The first edition of the festival took place in 2017 and became a epic dye disaster When the attendees, mostly wealthy young people who had paid thousands of dollars for a luxury experience in the Bahamas (with VIP packages that reached 400,000 dollars), they found an event without infrastructure, without musical acts and with deplorable accommodations. The catastrophe (and fraud) was Such proportions which resulted in Millionaire losses For attendees and investors. Its founder, Billy McFarland, was arrested shortly after. In 2018, it was declared guilty of fraud and fraudwith a sentence of six years in prison and A 26 million debt of dollars, although it was released after fulfilling just under four. In spite of everything, McFarland has enthusiast The Today Show program. The second part. This is how we get to these days, although with a certain Leave Vú In the slogan: luxury, exclusivity and exorbitant prices. That is what promises again Fyre Festival 2. Now, with a new scheduled edition from May 30 to June 2, 2025 in Isla Mujeres, Mexico. According to The festival websiteattendees can enjoy avant -garde experiences, musical shows on the beach and world -class hospitality. In fact, tickets They are already on sale From this week, with prices ranging from $ 1,400 to 1.1 million dollars. The latter, The “Prometheus” packageincludes tickets for eight people, flights in “Fyre Air” from Miami to Cancun, helicopter transport and accommodation on a yacht or a four -bedroom villa. Also supposed exclusive experiences such as diving with whale sharks and sessions of Mixology. The first doubts. However, something does not just quad. The details are rather scarce From the official page: Official artists or suppliers have not been announced so far. In fact, if we go to the web we find something very rare: GPS coordinates From the event they point to a point in the sea, west of Isla Mujeres. In Mexico they know nothing. However, what makes all alarm signs jump is that from Isla Mujeres they are not aware of the event. In this regard, Edgar Gasca, from the Island Directorate of Isla Mujeres, was blunt to affirm: “We have no knowledge of this event or contact with any person or company about Him. For us, this is an event that does not exist”. In fact, Gasca He explained to the Guardian that upon learning of the announcement he investigated with the Ministry of Tourism of Quintana Roo and with the hotels that would supposedly offer accommodation for the event. The answer? Everyone denied having been contacted by the organizers. One of these hotels, Isla Mujeres impression, assured the British environment that has not received any request or communication from the festival and that are currently investigating the situation. Even the municipal president of Isla Mujeres, Athena Gómez Ricalde, has expressed his bewildermentaffirming that the only thing he knows about the festival is what he has read in networks: “They are trying to take advantage of the peace and tranquility we have built here for their own benefit.” A doubtful strategy. McFarland has tried justify lack of details ensuring that attendees knew that “they were taking a risk” when buying tickets and that the event is no longer under their direct control, but in the hands of new partners. Local authorities, however, suspect that the organizers’ strategy is Simply announce the eventmeasure interest and then try to obtain permits on the fly. GASCA described this naiveunderlining that to organize a great magnitude event, prior municipal authorization is required. Given the controversy, the Government of Isla Women has issued A public statement denying the existence of permits for the event. The organizers insist. Despite the official refusal, the Lostnight producer company also issued a statement ensuring that the festival will take place from May 30 to June 2, 2025. According to this statement, the event will have “exclusive places, high -end hotels and compliance with local regulations.” For its part, Unik Travel, another company involved, said there ESTABLISHED CONTACT WITH THE AUTHORITIES municipal and state to guarantee the legality and success of the festival. However, again, none of these statements has been accompanied by concrete evidence. Second parts …: With all this panorama it is little less than a recklessness to buy one of the tickets. The Multiple alarm signalsadded to the lack of transparency and the refusal of local authorities, have generated serious doubts about the viability of the Fyre Festival 2. For Gasca, The situation is clear: “This festival will not happen. There are red flags everywhere.” As proof of the lack of planning, Gasca has indicated what we commented before: that the festival coordinates on its website lead to a location In the middle of the oceanbetween Cancun and Isla women, which illustrates, at least, the precariousness of the project itself. Thus, it is reasonable to think that Netflix already It has a bale The second documentary. Image | Fyre Festival In Xataka | Has the documentary that the Timo of the Fyre Festival counted us? This is what we know In Xataka | A luxury festival that charged $ 12,000 per entrance becomes an uncontrolled yerm

Brussels has asked to apply 5% VAT to electricity to protect industries and homes

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The year 2025 entered and the fiscal reduction of electricity ended in Spain, the same one that remained for three and a half years. We have gone from 5% to mitigate the effects of the energy crisis, to which return to its general type of 21%. However, Brussels have other plans. Brussels measure. The European Commission has presented An action plan to make energy more affordable in the EU. This includes a series of measures, such as energy reduction, in order to relieve electricity and energy costs for citizens and companies. The most outstanding measure is the proposal to apply a minimum VAT of 5% in electricity. Reduce VAT. The objective is based on reducing short -term costs for consumers and companies. The energy commissioner, Dan Jørgensen, has estimated Energy savings of 45,000 million in 2025, which will increase up to 130,000 million a year by 2030 and up to 260,000 million annually by 2040. In addition, from the EU they seek to “turn the current situation” characterized by dependence on foreign fossil fuels, the existence of a fragmented electrical system and a continuous increase in system costs. Gas dependence. The European Union has accelerated the emptying of its gas reserves in the last three years Due to the energy crisis. Gas is being one of the great War paradoxesbecause while European funds are destined for Ukraine to help it, Gas and oil are still bought from Russia. This dependence increases the cost of electricity production, especially when gas is used as a primary generation source. For its part, the price of gas has returned to high levels similar to those of 2022, especially affecting industries such as chemistry and metallurgical, which depend on both and energy source and raw material. This increase has been driven by cold temperatures and a lower renewable energy generation. The forecasts indicate that, if the demand remains high and the cold climate persists, the prices They could continue to go upwhich would impact the competitiveness and inflation of industrial products in Europe. So renewables? Another point is clean energies, Europe has a great renewable capacity, but as We have mentioned in Xataka, There are two factors that the EU still has to resolve: the famous “Dunkelflaute”, a period without wind or sun, which reduces the generation of renewables, and an aged electricity, which makes it difficult to transmit. These factors have made the dependence on fossil sources increase, raising costs. The consequences are reflected in a more volatile electricity market and the impact on consumers. And what happens in Spain? The year began with a series of fiscal changes in the country, such as VAT increase. This return to previous tax levels (21%) after the fiscal reduction implemented to mitigate the energy crisis has raised short -term costs. Although this has not been the only climb, they have also increased The Electricity Tax (IEE) and The Value Tax of Electric Power Production (IVPEE). However, a system of Progressive reduction in the social bonus For vulnerable homes, which could mitigate the effects on the most affected by the climb. On the other hand, the fees options, such as the PVPC rate and fixed or variable rates in the free market, will allow consumers to adapt their consumption and select a rate that best suits their needs and patterns of use, which can help optimize costs despite fiscal increases. Although Spain has advanced Towards a greater proportion of renewable energy, factors such as tax rise, dependence on fossil fuels and an aging of the energy network still affect the costs of electricity Image | Pxhere Xataka | Thousands of trapped people, chaos in the streets and a country looking for answers: Chile has faced the worst blackout in 14 years

A McKinsey study does not have it so clear

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Teleworking is not living His best days. Large companies such as Amazon or Banco JPMorgan have asked their employees to They return to work at the office five per week and one of the reasons that I do is that so Improve productivity. However, a Recent study From the consultant McKinsey doubts this idea. Non -return situation. McKinsey’s report reveals that the change of model towards face -to -face seems to have consolidated in 2024, with a Increase from the Tour of Office 34%, turning 100% face -to -face work in a working day model for 68% of respondents. The most harmed type of day is, as you can imagine, The teleworking. In 2023, 44% of the interviewees worked remotely, compared to 17% who did it in 2024. The hybrid day has been contracted to a lesser extent, which has gone from 22% to 14%. Where do you work little matter. Managers seem to think that teleworking makes employees are less motivated And, therefore, they are less productive when they are not working from the company’s offices. McKinsey’s study reveals that the place where he works does not have Nothing to do with productivity. “There is no clear winner when it comes to a work model that provides a high level of experience and productivity to employees. Both face -to -face workers and hybrids report similar levels of intention when giving up, showing exhaustion, effort and satisfaction,” say the authors of the report. Productivity will not change. From McKinsey they emphasize that the productivity data is more related to the mood of the workforce, than with the location from which they work. “The amount of effort that employees claim to dedicate to their work is similar among hybrid and remote workers,” says the report. McKinsey advises managers that, instead of forcing employees to return to the office to improve productivity, they focus on promoting collaboration, connection between employees, mentoring and skills development. According to the consultant, these five aspects are key to improving performance in the work and well -being of employees. Or satisfied, or nothing. Likewise, the study data has revealed that, on average, the employee satisfaction It is moderate. The majority of the employees of each day model are satisfied or very satisfied with the type of day assigned to them. In part, this is because in many companies it is the employees themselves who choose the type of day, or the company has taken into account its situation to assign it. This data is contrasted with a intention of resignation of 39%, which is close to the figures that were reached during The great resignation with 40%. “The Z generation, which has a greater intention of leaving, in particular for face -to -face and remote roles (45 percent and 51 percent, respectively),” they point out from McKinsey. Of these two data, analysts deduce that policy change has placed a part of the employees in a model in which they are satisfied with the company or, on the contrary, they are about to abandon it for not. Create the right environment. The change of day in itself productivity will not change And the motivation of employees, but will do so, regardless of the assigned work model, promote collaboration, connectivity, innovation, mentoring and development of personal skills. “Changing the work model alone will not solve or change the nature of the problem unless organizations address why their employees feel that way (dissatisfied),” they remember from McKinsey, pointing to those five functions as the key to improving the motivation and performance of the templates. The problem is that the perception of the application of these five key practices differs greatly between what managers believe they are offering and what their employees perceive. The gap is greater than 25%. In Xataka | Three Spanish companies tell us how it has gone after implementing a job utopia: the four -day week Image | Unspash (Clay Leconey)

They were always based on a blind cult of Elon Musk

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Is Elon Musk the most important living person? This It is the question that was read In some forums just a five years ago. The defense was its relevant role when lifting Space X, Starlink, Neurolink and, of course, Tesla. If the electric car company has overcome its own death valley After 10 years, throwing losses has been, among other things, for the cult of the figure of Elon Musk and his promises. To say that it has been exclusively for the latter would be too simplistic. The company showed that an electric car for day to day and practical on trips was possible. He moved with cunning When he went through difficult times but he has also chained promises that have not been fulfilledthey have arrived late or alone half. That Tesla lost money for a long time but, at the same time, maintained the support of the shareholders is very blamed by Elon Musk. The product was almost revolutionary, with an interior that had not been seen until then in a car and everything A “Tesla Club” around the vehicle. Get “electric car” to be synonymous with “tesla” was built based on a own infrastructureof a vehicle that had no comparison in the market and a base of followers who blindly believed in the product. All this caused Elon Musk to rise at the height of a pseudomesies that has remained so far. In 2010, Time It already included Musk among the 100 most relevant people of the year. In 2014, The confidential I already raised him to first place. In 2018, the astrophysicist Neil Degrasse Tyson, a reputed disseminator in the United States, compared his figure with Steve Jobs or Bill Gates and said he was “Inventing the future”. In 2021, Time yes he pointed to Musk as the most important person of the year In a short time, the screws have changed and now Tesla’s actions have collapsed. Or is it something that was already counted? The most powerful man “not voted” With those words they described in The Guardian To Elon Musk. 2024 had been the year in which the tycoon had managed to rise as one of the people who has the most power in the United States. By Donald Trump, Musk does not have a political position in itself but directs an agency to which powers have been given to fire thousands of public officials if, simply, They do not respond an email. The Tesla CEO is applying the same dynamic in the structures of the State as already launched in its own companies, including layoffs that you have had to reverse subsequently. A way of acting that has been accompanied by Nazi greeting During the power of Donald Trump, the Support for ultra -right -wing games as AFD in Germany or propose the dismantling of the International Space Stationamong other gestures and propositions. The entire row of gestures, comments and decisions has caused the foreseeable citizen rejection. In Canada hundreds of thousands of signatures have been collected asking that The State withdraw the citizenship to Musk (He is the son of a Canadian citizen). In the United Kingdom, posters were hit against Tesla and its CEO with a clear “From 0 to 1939 in three seconds” referring to Musk’s Nazi greeting and the acceleration of their cars. In Germany it has been called the boycott projecting an image in Tesla gigafactoría of Berlin. In the United States they have been carried out Protests against dealerships And some owners have put an explained “Buy this before Elon went crazy”. Musk’s image has plummeted, of course, for many of those who trusted that the company came to mark a before and after in the automobile industry. It is also easy to understand that it has improved among the voters of matches that They deny climate change or that, directly, They begin to disassemble the electric car recharge network. But is there a direct correlation between the public image of Elon Musk and the fall in Tesla’s stock market? The truth is that it is a difficult answer and we will have to wait several months to be able to give a conclusion more successful. It has also pointed out that The low sales of the company They punish Musk’s political positions but Tesla’s offer is at a key moment, replacing her Tesla Model and, The best -selling electric car in the world (and One of the best selling Adding all types of technologies), by an update that adds a more modern design. Change, announced for monthsit is very likely that you have made potential buyers wait to know the new model. And to that we must add that, since it was announced, the new units will not begin to add in the sales list to the second quarter, when they begin to enroll. It will be then when you can see the real scope of the entire context in which we live now. It is possible that part of the readjustment in The price of Tesla’s action (which started the year in $ 370 and already quotes at $ 280) has something to do with some numbers in 2024 that did not meet expectations but it is very likely that it has much more to do with an adjustment that had to arrive at some point. There has always been talk of Tesla as Cult stock. This term refers to the actions that are based on the promises of the company or its leaders but do not have an economic basis that supports them. It is the perfect definition of how the company has maintained the blind confidence of investors for years despite its continued losses. But to this we must add that the company’s actions They shot in 2020 and, later, last summer. Then analysts not justified, in the words of Bloomberg collected by Five daysthe reasons behind an excessive growth. Its price reached 90 times the value of its future benefits. … Read more

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