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United States Fracking

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The oil market has been going through a complex scenario for months, marked by Failed stabilization attempts, Tariff war and one OPEC+ increasingly divided. This combination of factors has pushed the price of crude to $ 60 per barrel, well below the profitability threshold for many producers. To this context is added a new pressure element: China It has begun to produce its own oil. In response, Saudi Arabia has decided not to give its hegemony. Short. Saudi Arabia has decided to increase its oil production for the second month of consecutive together with seven more OPEC+countries. According to Reutersthe organization will add 411,000 barrels more to the market in June, which has caused an immediate drop in prices: Brent has collapsed more than 4%, below 59 dollars, and the WTI has fallen to $ 56. This production rise has been interpreted by some analysts as an energy reconfiguration signal. However, not everyone believes that it is a war opened by the market share. According to Giovanni StaunovoUBS analyst, the measure is part of a “managed reduction” of the previous cuts, more than a direct offensive. Even so, the market has reacted nervously, as if the fear of an excess supply was already inevitable. Cheaper. The Saudi kingdom has made it clear that it is willing to live with a cheaper crude, even if that implies tensioning its own finances, such as has detailed Financial Times. And of course, the question revolves around why he has taken this course. The hypothesis that has raised The energy expert, Helima Croft, is that Riyad is tried to discipline the members that generate more problems within the group: Kazakhstan, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates, which have been producing above their quotas. When flooding the market and push the prices down, the message is clear: if they do not cooperate, everyone will lose. There are more parts of the puzzle. This strategy is pushing prices with the aim of getting the most expensive producers from the game, specifically the United States. The energy analyst, Javier Blas, He explained That the tactic was applied in 2014 and 2016, and the then Saudi Minister of Petroleum, Ali al-Naimi, was blunt: “US companies could cut expenses, borrow or close if the barrel fell below $ 50.” Today, with the WTI around $ 56, the message is the same: if fracking does not survive these prices, will be out of the market. Collateral damage. However, this movement shakes its own allies. According to Financial TimesRussia, who has been a key partner in the OPEC+ alliance since 2016, needs high prices to balance its public accounts. In that sense, Saudi Arabia is willing to accept collateral damage, even if that implies weakening Moscow, which could also be approaching Washington on the geopolitical board. Mutual trust has eroded, and Riad seems to cover his back. International sanctions. Saudi Arabia may also be anticipating the possible return to the market of two sanctioned rivals: Iran and Venezuela. According to Bloomberg, if the White House relaxes the restrictions – for example, as part of a negotiation with Tehran – those countries can export large volumes of oil. Riad, aware that he cannot stop that wave, would have chosen to increase his production now, before the quotas must be distributed again within the OPEC+ and he is required to give up space. In addition, Rystad Energy analyst Jorge León has detailed What happened is “a pump launched on the oil market.” If the increase in April production was an attention call, this new decision represents “a definitive message” that Saudi Arabia has changed strategy and now prioritizes market share above high prices. The message of Saudi Arabia. Riad’s tonic leaves no room for misunderstandings, since it has gone from protecting prices to defend its market share, it costs what it costs. If to recover control you must force prices that expel the weakest, discipline their own and anticipate sanctioned rivals, will do so. The strategy is clear: better pain now, than irrelevance tomorrow. Image | Unspash Xataka | China approaches energy self -sufficiency: it activates 10 new reactors and reinforces its nuclear domain

The delay of ‘GTA VI’ goes far beyond a mere change in the calendar. It is an earthquake for industry

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Not as expected, the Delay in the launch of ‘GTA VI‘He has stopped causing a stir in the video game industry. Rockstar’s title was announced in the Already distant December 5, 2023 With a trailer that gave us clues of where the shots would go, but that left us wanting more after the launch of a ‘gta v’ that dates back to 2013. In its first version. ‘GTA VI‘It was the great launch of 2025 and its absence is much more than the delay of one of the greats. It is an earthquake in the industry because it affects the rest of the calendarto the actions of your parent company and even console sales that do not go as they should. Momentum. In a strange way, on Friday, May 2, at 13.25 peninsular time in Spain and with a release Bug, Rockstar confirmed what was smelled to kilometers: ‘GTA VI’ was going to 2026. The company sets date: May 26 next year, and it is a fairly significant date, not so much because it represents something, but because the rest of the industry breathes relieved and knows what to stick to. But despite the ways, the way of communicating that ‘GTA VI’ will not be launched this year is not accidental. From the first 2023 trailer and that “will arrive in 2025”, we had not had more news about it. ‘GTA VI’ would sell even without advertising, but it was strange not to have seen anything else from the game. The players knew in the background that the game may not leave this year, and Rockstar itself knew it before that announcement. Why did he do so? Because we are in the middle of the year and they could not do it before April 1. Impact. It was that day that finished Take-Two’s fiscal closure, a company that Rockstar Games is filial and could not announce in any way that the game was delayed if they wanted to keep investors happy. For sample, a button: The value of the actions: The difference between half an hour prior to the announcement and later days is evident. Because, as we said, ‘Grand Theft Auto’ has long since stopped being a game to become the game, the one that raises passions and moves a lot, a lot of money. Not surprisingly, the fifth delivery has been released several times (in 2013 the original arrived for Xbox 360 and PS3but then relaunted for PC, Xbox One and PS4 and, later, for current Xbox Series and PS5), adding More than 210 million copies as of December 31, 2024. 2025 is again in the menu. Even ‘Red Dead Redemption 2‘, which is a game that has sold well below’ GTA V ‘, has managed to place more than 70 million copies since its launch in 2018, a barbarity in a supersaturated market. Because, as we say, Rockstar is a company that can paralyze the industry. So much that it has become a kind of joke within the sector. Because nobody wants to launch their game in the window of a ‘GTA’ and, after those sales of the fifth numbered delivery, the industry was waiting for Rockstar to specify a date -beyond the window given a year ago– To start moving marketing machinery. This, more than a personal appreciation, has been a recurring comment on networks these days. An example is Luke Dale, voice actor in ‘Kingdom eats Deliverance 2‘That he joked with the possibility that the game in which he participates, now, can opt for the Goty (the best game of the year) in the absence of the Rockstar title. Console sales. But, beyond public and private opinion of the sector, it is a fact that players have no money or time for everything. They are the two goods that the industry seeks to monopolize by all possible means, and the launch of a ‘GTA’ is a large black hole for the rest of the companies that, now, can place their games in the launch windows they estimate without worrying about the elongated shadow of the rockstar saga. But there are entities in the industry to which this sure delay that has not fallen so well. Xbox stopped being in the hardware race with Any device can be an Xbox. PlayStation, a brand traditionally linked to the ‘GTA’ saga, would surely have many hopes that the new installment gave both its PS5 and a Ps5 pro With more power to display the best visual quality of the video game. HE esteem That, between January 1 and April 25, Sony has distributed 3.2 million machines. Xbox, meanwhile, 730,000 consoles in that period and, although especially in the case of Sony is a good figure, It supposes One million units than those he managed to place in the same period last year. ‘GTA VI’ seemed like a breath of fresh air, especially when there are already rumors that point to A PS6 in 2027. 2025 was never realistic. At least, that states Jason Schreier. It is one of the most reputed journalists in the video game industry and, just after the announcement of the delay of ‘GTA VI’, he commented that none of the people he has talked about within Rockstar trusted 2025 as a viable date for the launch and that a delay to 2026 was inevitable. In their wordsthere is “a lot of work and very little time”, and this delay was an internal desire to Avoid a crunch -Term of the world that reflects extra hours to finish the development- inevitable if someone from above intended to launch the game in 2025. Now, it only remains to wait to see if that date of May 26, 2026 remains fixed, since like other developments – of Rockstar itself – they have shown us, it is that no date is marked in stone and that there can be one … or even two more delays from there. In Xataka | A ‘GTA VI’ I only ask … Read more

China’s big problem with chips is its difficulty to go beyond 7 Nm. Huawei’s new megaphabic confirms it

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China is doing everything in your hand to achieve total independence of its semiconductor industry. The commercial and technological war that sustains with the US prevents the country of Xi Jinping access to the manufacturing equipment of Most advanced integrated circuits that produces The Dutch Company ASML. And this in practice does not allow Chinese manufacturers, such as SMIC or Hua Hong Semiconductor, produce integrated avant -garde circuits easily. In the previous paragraph I have used the adverb “easily” intentionally because, in reality, China is manufacturing avant -garde semiconductors. They are doing it At least SMIC and Huawei using, as we have explained in other articles, a lithography technique known as Multiple patterning. This strategy in broad strokes consists in transferring the pattern to the wafer in several passes with the purpose of increasing the resolution of the lithographic process. His problem is that he usually has an upward impact on the cost of chips and the decline in production capacity, although it works. In fact, the most advanced chips we can find in the last smartphones and hardware for artificial intelligence (IA) more sophisticated in Huawei have been manufactured using the technique of Multiple patterning with the purpose of reaching 7 Nm. However, presumably this Chinese company will produce Your new GPU for the Ascend 920 During the second half of 2025 using 6 Nm integration technology. Satellite images show the huge complex that Huawei is building A little over a year ago, in February 2024, the newspaper Financial Times said having had access to the statements of two experts who defended that SMIC was finalizing the refinement of their semiconductor manufacturing processes in their deep ultraviolet machines (UVP). Its purpose, according to this source, was to have the necessary technology to manufacture Integrated 5 nm circuits Massively before the year 2024. For SMIC and its clients, among which Huawei is, this would be a very important achievement. Huawei is trying to develop its own integration technology to go beyond 6 and 7 nm However, Huawei’s 5 NM socates have not yet appeared. The chip Kirin 9010 which has happened to the 9000S model is also being manufactured in the 7 NM SMIC node using The technique of Multiple patterning. We can find this soc, for example, in the new triple folding of Huawei, the Mate XT Ultimate Designwhich we tried during the latest edition of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Anyway, we can be sure that Huawei is trying to develop its own integration technology to go beyond 6 and 7 nm. In addition, it has the support of the Chinese government. In fact, Financial Times He has achieved photographs taken from a satellite in which it is possible to see a titanic manufacturing complex of integrated avant -garde circuits that Huawei is building in Shenzhen. It is meritorious that a single company is trying to develop all the links in the semiconductor supply chain and AI, As Dylan Patel arguesthe founder of the semi -health consultant, but There is a problem. And is that according to Eleanor Olcottthe Financial Times correspondent in China expert in technology, this megaplant of chips production aspires to manufacture integrated 7 nm circuits destined for smartphones and hardware for Huawei. If this information is confirmed, it will be evident that this company is still anchored at 7 Nm, although it is important that we do not overlook that this semiconductor production plant will presumably belong to Huawei. Until now, its 7 Nm chips were manufactured by SMIC, but it seems that in a short time this company will have the ability to produce its own avant -garde circuits. It is only a matter of time that finally the barrier of the 6 and 7 nm is shot down. Image | Huawei More information | Financial Times In Xataka | TSMC acknowledges that it has been considered taking its factories out of Taiwan. It is impossible for a good reason

Where we had heat waves before, Aemet only expects rain and cold

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Although there are many areas that have not noticed, the first weekend has been starring large storms in much of the country. And, according to weather models, The thing is not going to stay there. Throughout this week, a new anticyclonic block in the British islands will be consolidated. It is not clear if this is going to open, again, the doors of the Atlantic (some models draw a ‘bridge’ between the Azores and Ireland), but right now the probability that vaguada or cold strokes will begin to get off the cold or storms is very high. So much so that Monday we already have rains. Catalonia, the north of the Valencian Community, the Balearic Islands and the interior of the plateau will have rains, hailstorms and strong winds throughout Monday. During Tuesday the storms will be primarily paid in the northwest third of the country. On Wednesday, According to Samuel Bienerthe storms will be reinforced in “The East Castilla-La Mancha, Sierras de Granada, Jaén and Almería, interior of the region of Murcia, Teruel and the Valencian Community.” But, as I say, that’s just the appetizer. Because if the models get right We will have a Dana (or a cold storm, it is not yet clear) near the peninsula at the end of the week. Be that as it may, this assures us a very unstable first Miad: unstable skies, water and Reasonable temperatures – Well below normal ,. A rare spring. If we lift the view and look at a couple more weeks, the forecasts are quite clear: everything seems to indicate that a long storm period awaits us. As they explain in CazatorentasIt is a direct consequence of the blockade. That draws a spring very different from the previous ones. Different? Not so much because of the temperatures that, with nuances, are within normal in most of the country. The nuances are that, on the coasts, they will be “slightly warmer than normal” and that, at the southwest end, they will be “slightly colder than normal.” This, already, gives us a good track of the expected rains. Except the Canary Islands and the Northwest Third, The models wait that rainfall in May is more intense than normal. Everything seems to indicate that summer can more and the tap will end up closing, but all this planets interesting things. The most important is what will happen now. Change of trend or simply an extremely weird year? Image | ECMWF In Xataka | May is putting a March face: Aemet’s great question is if 2025 will definitely end the drought

After announcing his withdrawal, Warren Buffet is clear about what to do with his immense inheritance

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In a little less than five months Warren Buffetthe “Oracle of Omaha” will fulfill nine and a half decades of life. The years nevertheless have kept their acuity, interest and especially their ability to amaze intact. He has demonstrated this weekend, when after the massive share of shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway and for pasmo from his team (including who his successor will be) advertisement His intention to leave the position of CEO of the holding company At the end of the year. The position will pass to the current vice president, Greg Abel. Warren Buffet did not mention his other responsibility, that of President of the Council, which A priori will happen to his son Howard; But the announcement recalls one of the maxims shared by the famous Omaha investor: his rejection of the long “dynasties”. So much is in fact that, beyond the Berkshire Shareholders Board, Buffett has already left it All tied so that the enormous fortune that adds its actions in Berkshire is destined for philanthropic work. “The time has come”. Throughout his extensive and brilliant career as a investor, Warren Buffet has done more than earning billions of dollars and becoming the fifth largest fortune on the planet, according to The list Forbes. It has also become a respected voice. And feared. It was clear on Saturday during the massive share of shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway held in Omaha (Nebraska) with the assistance of thousands of people. There, in addition to talking about the accounts of the holding companyconfirm your Huge volume of liquid In full stock storm and launch some other Indirect with political reading, buffet gave the big surprise, “the news of the day”, in His own words: The veteran investor advertisement His desire to leave the position of executive director of Berkshire Hathaway. He will do it at the end of this year, when he passes the reins of the current vice president, Greg Abel (62), whom Buffett chose as his successor four years agobut that Saturday was not aware of the last plans of the businessman. In fact Buffett had only shared them with his children. Click on the image to go to Tweet. What exactly will it do? “The time has come for Greg to become the CEO of the company at the end of the year and I want to communicate it to the directors and give that recommendation,” Buffett explained. In his announcement he referred exclusively to the position of CEO, not that of President of the Council, responsibility that he also holds. According to revealed in January The Wall Street Journalthe succession plan goes through his son Howie Buffett (70 years) who assumes the role of non -executive president of Berkshire Hathaway. Your mission will be to maintain the corporate culture of the holding company. Even if the reveo to Greg Abel is going to spend, Buffett explained that he does not have “No intention” To sell his participations from Berkshire Hathaway, he will remain as a shareholder and assured that he will continue “around there”, although he guaranteed that the responsibility of the CEO will fall on his successor. “I think Berkshire’s perspectives will be better under the direction of Greg than under mine.” The Holding CEO will have the challenge of taking over from a legendary figure of finance that Berkshire Hathayway turned into a giant investor with a market capitalization that has grown in a form practically constant From the 90s and it is one of the great US companies, just behind the “Big Tech.” The future of his fortune. It is not the first time that Warren Buffett clears what will be the future of his legacy. In November 2024 The investor published A letter aimed at the shareholders in which he already gave some clues about what he planned to do with his fortune, which was then valued in 149.7 billion of dollars and Forbes places now in around 168,200. His desire happens because much of that wealth is destined for philanthropic causes, a commitment assumed by buffet himself in 2006. In the Charter he shared in fact his decision to convert 1,600 of his class A actions into 2.4 million class B shares, with less right to vote, to distribute them among family foundations. Most of them was dedicated to Susan Thompson Buffetta beneficial organization created in 1964 and is named after Buffett’s first woman. A 56% cut in eight years. “The donations I make today reduce my class A actions from Berkshire to 206,363, 56.6% less than in 2006,” he detailed in Your letter At the end of 2024, in which another key fact owes: at his death, his children will be responsible for “gradually distributing” all their participations in the holding, which they represented at that time around 99.5% of their entire heritage. The tycoon therefore leaves his children the task of distributing everything possible to beneficial causes. In case it does not give them time in life (he is between 67 and 71 years old), the mission will go to three anonymous trusts that would replace them. “I have never wanted a dynasty”. Buffett’s letter is interesting for something else: in it the investor shares reflections on the future, legacy and family. And it is pronounced redhead against long business lineages. “I have never wanted to create a dynasty or pursue any plan that extended beyond the children. I know all three well and fully trust them. Future generations are another issue,” reveals. “Who can foresee the priorities, intelligence and fidelity of successive generations to deal with the distribution of extraordinary wealth in the midst of what can be a very different philanthropic panorama? Even so, the enormous wealth that I have gathered can take longer to deploy than what my children live. And it is likely that the decisions of the tomorrow take better three brains buffet trench Before announcing the designation of three successor trusts, younger than their children, who arrived at the time would be … Read more

So you can get the Samsung Galaxy S25 with a discount, a mobile with an excellent screen and sound

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Months, weeks and even days (or on the same day of launch) of launching a mobile we usually find them at a much lower price. It usually happens very frequently and in different brands: Xiaomi and Samsung, especially. He Samsung Galaxy S25 It is a good example of this, since it was launched at a price of 909 euros, but now it is in Mediamarkt for 809 euros. It is available on offer in several configurations and also in different colors, but much eye because as the store mentions The offer is only onlineand not in physical store, since it is an “exclusive web” offer. Samsung Galaxy S25 (128 GB) * Some price may have changed from the last review A good Samsung mobile that is already offer at a more tight price He Samsung Galaxy S25 It is one of the best mobiles of the current brand catalog. The format remains, in a way, with respect to the previous generation, since we are facing a compact mobile with 6.2 -inch dynamic screen. In addition, it offers both a Full HD+ resolution and a 120 Hz refreshment rate. Internal level we find one of the best processors in Android mobiles, the Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy. To this we must add that it has 12 GB of RAM and that its 4,000 mAh battery supports both 25W fast charging and 15W wireless load and reversible load. On the other hand, it comes with Android 15 (Oneui 7), will receive software updates for seven years, offers IP68 certification and includes ultrasonic fingerprint reader under the screen. In addition, in terms of the photographic section it comes with a 12 MP front camera and with a rear module that consists of a 50 MP main sensora great angle of 12 MP and a 10 MP teleobjective. You may also interest these accessories for the Samsung Galaxy S25 Jetech Slim Shake Samsung Galaxy S25 5G, Full Protection Chamber lens, thin tpu protective housing with matte finish, antigolpes (black) * Some price may have changed from the last review Ugreen Magnetic adapter ring to fix Magsafe supports and accessories, compatible with iPhone 15 14 13, Galaxy S23 S22 S21etc, 2 pieces, black * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Iván LinaresSamsung In Xataka | The best mobiles (2025), we have tried them and here are their analysis In Xataka | The best price quality price (2025). Your analysis and videos are here

Let us run out of mobile during the blackout was terrible. That will happen to the government is much more worrying

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The mass blackout suffered by Spain and Portugal on April 28 left us without light, but also without being able to communicate with our mobile phones. One would think that government members would have some type of auxiliary system, but the truth is that there seems to be no for these types of situations. “Blind”. Government sources pointed out In the world that during The blackout of April 28 They were “blind” and that “mobile phones did not work, we could not communicate (…) not even among us in the complex and in the ministries.” Not only citizens. During those hours millions of citizens suffered A very irregular service in their mobile communications, and except for some exceptionsthe operators had huge problems to continue serving. That is already worrying, but even more than our rulers suffered those same problems and there is no emergency plan for this type of event. It didn’t work either The alert system, Es-Alert. Mesh b. The Government does not have an auxiliary communications system, and for years the effort was in another direction: to protect the communications of government members in the face of possible spying acts. To do this exists The call Mesh bthe Safe Strategic Communications Support System of the National Crisis Management System and the Government Presidency. The system is used not only in government fields, but also in high state institutions. The government protects from espionage. As they point out In the countrythe government decided in early 2025 to renew its encryption systems to shield communications after espionage scandal made with pegasus. The first phase will be a modernization of technical infrastructure, of which will order The Spanish company Epicom. Together with this renewal, an update of the communications encryption system will also be updated, which until now was carried out with Comsec (Indra) but that will now compete with Secret T (Telefónica). Both are National Development Technologies, a primary condition for these services. Sirdee is not (for the moment) for that. Spain has The Sirdee program (Integral System of Digital Emergency Radiocommunications of the State), which was launched in 2000 and that served more than 150,000 users in Spain. Among them are the National Police, the Civil Guard and even the presidency of the Government. There are specific contingency plans and operational continuity in ministries and strategic bodies, but government members suffered the same problems as citizens. As they point out In networks & Telecomthe Sirdee system, which was based on tetra technology of UHF radio, It is now complementing With broadband systems through EMBM technology, based on LTE/5G connectivity. Sirdee base nodes are usually equipped with backup batteries and diesel generators that allow these equipment and communications to be kept while these active auxiliary solutions can be maintained. High frequency networks. In 1988 the United States created its high frequency communications Shares program (HF, 3 to 30 MHz) with the aim of having a support for the first fixed lines, and later for mobile lines. This system, now under the Department of National Security (DHS), is composed of thousands of HF stations distributed throughout the country and belonging to different federal and state agencies. The system It was used during the 11-S attacks, but also during natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico in 2005. Satellite communication is another option. During the blackout Starlink turned out to be an exceptional alternative During the blackout, and that shows that satellite communications systems can be very useful in this type of events. Europe has been trying to launch its satellite Internet system Through the Iris2 systemwhich is expected to begin to be operational in 2030. Images |Baatcheet Films | Pool Moncloa/Fernando Calvo In Xataka | The Catalan Sateliot company lifts 70 million euros with a clear objective: to display the “Spanish Starlink of the IoT”

The cardinals have given themselves a last feast before the conclave. The menu that began in 1274 can last too long

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He conclave that will take the cardinals to the election of the new Pope can be eternalized. The story, as we will see below, is full of examples that give us an idea of ​​what can happen when those doors are closed. To get an idea, the meeting that ended with the announcement of Gregorio X took Almost three yearsso much that they even removed the roof to Encourage them To make a decision. In that context, the menu in food can be made very heavy. What do future potatoes eat. For more than 750 years, foods served during papal conclaves have been subject to strict rules seeking to preserve the Absolute confidentiality of the choice process. What at first glance may seem like a lower logistics detail (feeding 135 cardinals for days, weeks or years of confinement) is, in fact, a part deeply ritualized and guarded of the most secret event of the Catholic Church. The food, like the word, can communicate, and it is precisely that potential that has motivated a system of almost obsessive control It prevents, for example, that closed cakes, whole chickens or drinks in opaque containers are served. In past times, an empanada could hide an encrypted message or a dirty napkin could bring news abroad. Today, concerns focus more on electronic devices, but the logic of surveillance It remains intact. What the cardinals eat, how they eat it and who is still part of a complex symbolic and practical framework that protects the White smoke mystery. Millenary tradition. The BBC counted That the origin of these restrictions dates back to 1274, when Pope Gregory X, after suffering in his own flesh the longest conclave in history (1268–1271), It imposed severe norms to avoid stagnations: absolute isolation and progressive rationing. If after three days there was no consensus, the cardinals would receive only one meal a day, and after eight, only bread and water. Although these rules softened in the fourteenth century, with Clemente VI Authorizing three -stroke meals, the essence of control remained. The food ceased to be a privilege and became part of the confinement ritual. During the Renaissance, the famous chef Bartolomeo Scappi (considered the first media chef in history) described in detail the CULINARY PROTOCOL OF CONCLAVE that chose the Pope July III: Meals Transported by shifts raffled, reviewed by tasters, delivered through a RUOTA (A kind of mural tourniquet that prevented visual contact between chefs and cardinals) and supervised by the Swiss and Italian guard. Nothing was left to chance: food was simple but abundant, and napkins, inspected one by one. The Sistine Chapel, the place where the conclave is celebrated Austera meals. In contrast to the Renaissance sophistication described by SCAPPI (salads, fruits, charcuterie, wine and fresh water, all served in private cells decorated with silk), the current church has opted for a Freekness messageaccording to Pope’s style Francisco. For the conclave that begins on May 7, they will be the nuns of the Domus Sanctae Marthae Those who prepare simple dishes of Lazio’s kitchen and Abruzzo: minestrone, spaghetti, arrosticini and boiled vegetables. Despite the change in preparation, the intention is the same: that nothing between or leaves without supervision. The kitchen remains a place of potential risk, and its surveillance, a ritual need. In fact, some of it we already saw in the movie Conclavewhere this tension is dramatized by showing the kitchen as the true intrigues center, and where human interaction continues to occur even when everything else is silent. Obviously, the film cannot be taken as an exact reflection of reality, but it is right in a key: in these events where the word is limited, everyday gestures (such as sharing a dish or lifting a drink) charge a Extraordinary meaning. From luxury to duty. For all this too, before being held, many cardinals occur One last taste In his Roman favorite restaurants, such as AL PASSETTO DI BORGOa few meters from the Basilica of San Pedro. There, some have orders already famous: lasagna for Donald Wuerl, grilled squid for Francesco Coccopalmerio. We talk about dinners loaded with that possible future nostalgia: the last free meal before plunging into the ritual atmosphere of the conclave, where each bite is observed and each measured spoon. That contrast between freedom and control, between the bustle of the Roman dining room and the silence of the papal refectory, not only defines the passage towards the isolation, but also highlights The symbolic weight that has food as a threshold between the outside world and the sacred closure. Surveillance that endures. Although today is not afraid to the poison As in the Renaissance, and the priority is no longer to avoid a popular riot for a stagnant choice, the logic of Total isolation continues. Food surveillance, even with modern resources, maintains the original philosophy: prevent interference, protect the stealth, and preserve the holiness of the process. The fact that a cardinal leaves the refectory and between the Sistine chapel with a full stomach but the mind focused only on its vote, is not accidental. The food cannot distract, nor can it become a vehicle of external influences. Therefore, even if the stuffed chickens are no longer reviewed in search of secret messages, in the Vatican It continues to sweep In search of microphones and hidden devices. A church metaphor. If you want also, food surveillance is not only a matter of security, but a Identity expression same of the Church. In a moment of transition, when the future spiritual leader of 1.4 billion Of Catholics is at stake, each gesture is ritualized. From that perspective, eating ceases to be a biological need to become a liturgical act of containment, discipline and community. The Conclave table, therefore, is not only a place of livelihood, but of Communion and Secret. Of course, quite possibly also and while the cardinals prepare to choose the successor, their Excellences They will remember That last dish of lasagna in Rome. Image | Catholic Church, Gloria … Read more

A Norwegian company is building an empire buying Spanish software startups for SMEs. With patience and without mergers

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Norway houses one of the biggest Spanish software startup buyers, although not well known beyond the niche niche. With five acquisitions since 2021 and more than 250 million euros invested in Spain, Visma has become a fundamental actor in the national technology and entrepreneuraccording to a long analysis of EcoTechers. Operational independence as a management model The Nordic giant broke into the Spanish market in 2021 with The acquisition of HoldedBarcelona business management software, which disbursed more than 190 million euros. Since then, has incorporated to declaring, woffu, quaderno and, The most recent, Tugesto, A Valencian startup that was participated by Angels, Juan Roig’s investment society, president of Mercadona. “I would expect something more this year for own ambition and project ambition. 2025 and 2026 are going to be years of many outings of Private Equity who entered the year 2021 and 2022. We are already beginning to see movements, “says Miguel García-Paredes, responsible for mergers and acquisitions for Spain and Portugal of Visma, according to EcoTechers. The most striking of its strategy is that, unlike other corporate buyers, Visma maintains companies acquired as independent entities, retaining their brands and management teams. “The idea of ​​visma is to set up an ecosystem rather than also from entrepreneurs and conserve the entrepreneur,” said García-Paredes. This philosophy was evident after the recent purchase of Tugesto. As reports The economist“It will continue to operate as an independent company under the same name and address.” Manuel Fandos, CEO of Tugesto, said That this union represents “a unique opportunity to revolutionize business management together, especially in a market such as payroll software, where much remains to be achieved and innovate in Spain.” Who is visma: the discreet multinational Founded in 1996 by merger It was privatized by the HG capital fund. Currently, its shareholding is distributed mainly between HG Capital (70%) and the Sustain Fund of Singapore GIC (14%). The company has closed the year 2024 with 2.8 billion euros of income, a growth of 17%, and 893 million EBITDA (+26.6%)according to data provided to EcoTechers. In Spain, where it has more than 400 employees, it hopes to reach 60 million billing this year. “Spain is one of the highest growth for visma,” said Merete Hverven, CEO of the group, to The economist In 2023. “From our landing in 2021, we grow at a rate of 70%.” Visma has perfected its acquisition strategy after More than 373 completed operations worldwide. Only between 2023 and 2024 closed more than 70 purchases. In Spain, its focus is on SME -centered software startupsan easy pattern to detect seeing your history. According to García-Paredes, they look for companies that meet or approach the “40 rule” for software, that is, the sum of the percentage of income in income and the Ebitda margin is equal to or greater than 40. The company, which has a presence in 27 countries in Europe and Latin America, sees in Spain a strategic market for its size – almost 50 million inhabitants – and for the “growing advance of digitalization”, factors that predict that there will be more acquisitions in the future. Outstanding image | VISMA In Xataka | The technological basis of quantum computers developed in Europe: what happened so that in the long term we lost the race

Starbase has acquired municipality status with a Spacex employee as mayor

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The residents of the small community that surrounds the Spacex headquarters in Boca Chica, southeast of Texas, have overwhelmingly voted in favor of constituting the city of Starbase. A step that gives Elon Musk’s company an unprecedented level of autonomy to develop the huge Starship rocket. Only six votes against. As We count in DecemberSpacex had initiated legal procedures to turn its growing Texan complex into an independent municipality. The movement followed Musk’s decision to transfer the official Head of California to Texas, in search of a more favorable regulatory and fiscal environment, and With explicit support From the state governor, Greg Abbott. Now, that plan has materialized. The vote took place on Saturday and resulted in 212 votes in favor and only six againstaccording to the Cameron County Elections Department. It is not a surprise, taking into account that the vast majority of the approximately 283 eligible voters within the territory of 3.9 square kilometers are employees of Spacex or their relatives. Who is the new mayor. The city of Starbase will be governed by a municipal commission of three members, composed, as expected, by three people linked to Spacex who presented themselves to the position without opposition. The mayor is Bobby Peden, current vice president of tests and releases in Texas de Spacex. Jenna Petrzelka, former Starbase Engineering Operations Manager, and Jordan Buss, current Senior Director of Environmental Health and Safety of Spacex, will be the other two councilors. Why does Spacex need your own city? The key is the control and agility that it gains with change. According to A letter to the authorities Signed at the end of 2024 by Kathryn Lueders (General Director of Starbase and former director of NASA manned flights), Starbase acquires greater autonomy to expedite the development of Starship and the colonization of Mars. With the city status, the Municipal Commission (Spacex controlled) has authority over zoning, construction projects and other aspects of local life. Although it is not a blank check to ignore state or federal regulations, it gives them considerable power to mark their own rhythm. Spacex was already de facto managing some infrastructure, such as the road (whose traffic frequently interrupts for evidence and rocket transfers). And already provided medical attention or education (the Astra Nova School of Elon Musk) to the families of employees. Starbase has a housing problem. Constituting the city of Starbase, Spacex has eliminated many bureaucratic friction to build the necessary infrastructure to attract and retain talent in its new headquarters. A critical point is housing. The company had no power to build enough houses for the hundreds of workers who would like to live near Starbase. Currently, some 260 employees live there with their families, almost 500 people. Other 3,100 move from Brownsville and nearby areas. In fact, a recent attempt to build more attached houses was rejected by the county. A controversial control over the beach. The creation of this “business city” is not exempt from criticism. Ecological groups and local residents have been expressing their concern for the growing control of Elon Musk about the area, especially with regard to access to the popular Beach of Boca Chica and the adjacent state park. For now, the closure of the road and the beach for the spacex launches and tests required the county authorization. However, there are legislative initiatives in Texas, promoted in parallel to the creation of the city, to transfer that closing authority directly to the Mayor and the City of Starbase. Spacex argues that this would speed up the releases now that they are looking for federal permission to increase the frequency of 5 to 25 per year. Following the steps of Toyota or Huawei. The creation of Starbase as a city follows a pattern that we already saw with Toyota City in Japan or the huge residential campus and R&D of Huawei in China. Also in urban projects such as the neighborhood Sidewalk Torontopromoted by Google in Canada. For Spacex, having its own city is another step to strengthen its mastery of space releases with Starship, whose ultimate goal is to take humans to Mars. Now, officially starbly on the map, Elon Musk has a little more control over his Texan fief to try to convert that vision into reality, although the controversy and scrutiny, without a doubt, will remain there. Image | Spacex In Xataka | Leaving California is just the first step: Spacex has started the procedures to create an independent city in Texas

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