Mobile Tech & Gadgets

How many things they presented then have reached our lives

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How young we were all ten years ago. How different everything was, also in technology. How different? A good way to understand it is to take a look at the Great products and trends that occurred in CES 2015. The Fair par excellence of technology and consumer electronics gave Much to talk (and write) in Xatakabut what remained of all that? That is, what products really raised changes that were durable? What trends ended up making sense? And of course, what products did they fail? This is a small review in which we precisely explore how and how much things have changed a decade later. A small time trip confirming something we have always known: that technology moves fast. A lot. OLED 4K TELES (Or was UHD said?) Enter and increasing The Smart TV segment then accelerated clearly. The manufacturers began to aim a future in the OLED technology It would be the protagonist, as has finally happened. The thrust of the 4K resolutions It was also evident, and little by little I would conquer absolutely all the catalogs of the different brands. In fact it was then when He was born The UHD Alliance call. There was some confusion with the terms 4K, UHD or DCI 4K. In fact, many of the current alternatives are evolution of those first OLED models, and in CES 2015 we saw how for example LG resisted To leave the LCD panels. This firm also promoted Your operating system, Webos 2.0to govern your smarttv. That was a singular advance, because thanks to the arrival of Quick Start the start -up time of Webos became 3 or 4 seconds when until then it had been 30 seconds !! Inconceivable! Samsung, his great rival, bet in his place for Tizen. It was clear that televisions wanted to be the absolute center of the entertainment experience at home, although here Google would end up taking the cat to the water with Android TV. Samsung tried to continue betting on Tizen for a long time, but last year He said goodbye to this platform In his smart TV with a clear objective: that the witness in 2025 takes. Curves for not all, thanks Ten years ago there was a great trend in all types of screens: make them curves. That for example we saw On LG’s teles and even in all-in-one teams like the Samsung Ativ One 7 of the time, which presumed a screen (slightly 4000r) curved. Samsung Ativ One 7 Of course, Samsung was not the only one, and HP raised for example Curved monitorsUHD and up to 5k with which to increase productivity. The curve in monitors has become little frequent: only some ultrapanoramic monitors such as the Samsung Odyssey have a real party. But if there were devices with striking curved screen, those were mobile phones. In this CES 2015 Samsung He bet again For this option and launched the LG G FLEX 2a mobile that even today attracts attention for that design. That trend remained in that, and soon the manufacturers understood something that consumers saw from the first moment: the practical advantages of that were almost non -existent, although certainly The “wow” effect was patent. Over time that trend was transformed into another type of curved screen: those that made the screens “wrapping” the sides of the mobiles, something that has not finished curdling either. Today the trend is clear, and Manufacturers have said goodbye definitive (or almost) to this type of designs. Recording everything that happens to us In recent weeks, interest in devices that record everything we say or do so that AI allows us to extract data seems to have been reactivated. The pendants and other wearables launched recently demonstrate it. However, the idea is not at all new. 10 years ago the call was presented in CES 2015 Narrative Clip 2a small device that was easily placed in our clothes and that allowed to capture a photo every 30 seconds, although it also allowed to capture videos of 30 seconds. That did not prosperand not even AI could be enough for these products that listen to us and record everything today. Blessed screens without frames Not long ago, in a not too distant place, the frames dominated everything. Smartphones, tablets, and of course laptops had notable frames on their screens. Thus were the screen frames before 2015 (laptop from behind) and then (XPS 13, in front). What a difference. And then Dell arrived, who presented his Dell XPS 13 (9343) and changed everything. Those laptops stood out for almost completely eliminate screen frames. It was wonderful. That seemed impossible, but that obvious improvement in design also accompanied him a functional and practical: a 13 -inch laptop occupied what he used to occupy an 11 -inch, for example. Dell showed that reducing the frames to their minimal expression was something we didn’t know we wanted. That idea soon conquered all kinds of devices, and little by little we saw how the frames They disappeared also of our TVs “I had some.” brave attempt years ago, but the trend resurfaced strongly In 2014– and Our mobiles. There was another consequence of that. A staff. Dell XPS 13 (9343) left me so hallucinated that I would end up buying that team shortly after. Ten years later, by the way, he continues to war: he still uses it with some frequency, but who uses it daily is my daughter, which I will have to teach him how the laptops “before.” Curiosities: some triumphed, others not These trends were accompanied by that 2015 several significant releases. Nvidiafor example, he presented that year His Tegra X1 chipswhich seemed to be aimed at mobile devices and even vehicles, but that have become famous for being the heart of the Nintendo Switch. Of course at that time it was impossible to know: that console would not arrive until March 2017. This Asus Zenfone 2 stood out for putting aside the Qualcomm chips and betting on … Read more

some of his advice to achieve it

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As main sales responsible, Steve Ballmer was a key piece to build the foundations of what is the current Microsoft. Your energy and charisma They captivated Bill Gates when both coincided in the halls of the Harvard residence. A few years later, Bill Gates would claim him at his side to turn Microsoft into one of the more prosperous technological ones of the next four decades. While it is true that his time as Microsoft CEO It cannot be considered of the brightest of the company Regarding productit was regarding the development of the company. As published FortuneBallmer tripled the annual income of Microsoft, and prepared the land for Satya Nadella to catapult the company to the place it occupies today, with a capitalization of 3.2 billion dollars. However, unlike Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer is part of that exclusive company managers club that have been made Milmillonarios without founding the company which has made them a millionaire. According to the Forbes Millionaires ListBallmer’s fortune amounts to $ 121,400 million, surpassing his mentor and friend Bill Gates with 108.8 billion dollars. These are the five keys to Steve Ballmer that have led him to reach the business success. You have to see the pitch Steve Ballmer owns the NBA Los Angeles Clippers team, but since his university time he has been closely linked to team management, as Bill Gates recalled in his newly published book ‘Code Source: My beginnings‘in which he pointed out that Ballmer directed the University Soccer Club. “If the CEO does not see the playing field, no one else can do it. The team may need to see it too, but the CEO really needs to see all the competitive space,” explained Steve Ballmer to Fortune in An interview 2013. Ballmer let out The mobile telephony trainbut he focused on the climbing of his Cloud computing model anticipating what really made a difference a decade later. Following sports parallelism with the mythical Wayne Gretzky phrase: “I patino where the album will be, not where it has already been.” Surround yourself with the best talent While he was in charge of Microsoft, Ballmer surrounded himself with some of the best talents from Silicon Valleyas Steven Sinafskywho was in charge of Windows, or J. Allard, one of those responsible for the project Xbox will not be forgotten In a drawer. “We are better when we have very talented people with whom we also worked together,” said the millionaire to Fortune In 2013. In An interview with The Wall Street Journal In 2009, Ballmer said that “to be dynamic”, companies should promote internal workers “70% or 80% of the time” and someone really committed to the project. The manager said that, one of his favorite moments during the hiring process was when he asked the candidates “‘Tell me something you are proud.’ He could see the passion in his eyes,” said Ballmer. Get it on everything and change your mind Something that Steve Ballmer learned is that, in technology, everything changes very quickly and is necessary constantly rethink the land on which it is stepped on not to be suspended in a vacuum. It is something that also learned Steve Jobsrethink everything and change your mind when the evidence leaves no doubt. “There was a time when people said that all the money was in the software; “Then someone will say: ‘Oh, the most important thing is advertising’”, alluding to the Google model. “The only certain thing is that the playing field is constantly changing,” said Ballmer. Therefore, the important thing is know how to adapt to changesand not remain static. Something that came out very expensive to Kodak reference companies Like Nokia, or Blackberry. Act in the short term, plan in the long term One of Bill Gates’ greatest concerns at the head of Microsoft was to make a mistake and not be able to pay the payrolls of its employees. He said In an interviewIn 2017 with Ellen Degeneres. “I was always worried because the people who worked for me were older than me and had children, and always thought: What happens if they don’t pay us? Can I deal with the payroll?” Gates spread that obsession with his friend Ballmer, as well as his strategy to prevent this fear from conditioning his decisions. The solution was to have a vision long -term optimistic, but a more pessimistic attitude immediately. “To do well the important things that generate all the money requires a very long period of time. Executing in a way that allows you to do it is a short cycle,” said Ballmer. Of course, it is something that has put into practice in its current main business, transforming a team that was falling in a fallen layer until it became one of the most profitable, while still projecting to the future With a totally new stadium. Know your weaknesses and learn to overcome them “Obviously I understand the business issues than technology. I have grown up, and when you grow up, you say: ‘Go, I was not aware of how much I did not know,” Ballmer said in 2013. In that aspect, Ballmer coincided with the decalogue of knowledge for Get success Professional Sam Altman published on his blog staff. Build yourself and Find personal growth makes it transit by new roads that open new opportunities. In Xataka | What was from Steve Ballmer: of charismatic substitute for Bill Gates in Microsoft not to hit any decision Image | Flickr (Microsoft Sweden)

How $ Libra and the cryptocurrency macroestaf

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Around al Memecoin $ Libra everything has gone at a speed of infarction. It was The ball of its price, which on Friday triggered its global value until it adds several billions of dollars in a matter of hours. It was his collapse, just as resounding and accelerated. And now his controversy is being, with an intense crossing of criticism and accusations of Macroestafa Among the protagonists of what promises to be one of the most rocambolesque chapters of the brief cryptohistory. In the eye of the hurricane is Javier Milei, president of Argentina and an essential figure to understand what happened. For now, $ Libra seems to be costing him a cascade of accusations for fraud and considerable erosion of its popularity. In fact there are already those who, pulling irony and black humor, have baptized it “Ponzidente” In a wink to the famous system of Ponzi pyramidal scams. A name: $ Libra. To understand what happened, you have to go back late Friday, when Javier Milei published in networks, for the 3.8 million of followers that adds in X and the six million of Instagram, a message in which it basically promoted a cryptocurrency called $ Libra. Exactly, just like the name of his own party, La Libertad advancesLla. That the head of state of Argentina gave visibility to what he called “private project” focused on “growth” was understood as something else: an endorsement, a support, a guarantee of reliability. After all, Milei spoke from the same platforms that he often uses ads, launching opinions or heading to other world leaders. The result was expected. He lifted his mood. And there were Argentines who took advantage of their huchas to invest. Click on the image to go to Tweet. A phrase: “encourage growth”. That in networks, media and forums have not stopped commenting The tweet Published by Milei on Friday at the last minute, even though that message has already been deleted from the Argentine leader’s account, it makes enough sense. Without him it is difficult to understand everything that happened later and The consequences that may have for him in the future. After starting with a “Liberal Argentina grows !!!”, Milei presented $ Libra as an entrepreneurship focused on the development and capture of wealth. “This private project will be dedicated to encourage the growth of the Argentine economy, anchoring small Argentine businesses and ventures. The world wants to invest in Argentina.” The tweet It included a link to a platform that –Cryptopolitan needs– He already invited to suspicate and linked to a Google form to process financing applications. Other heavyweights From the extreme right Argentina helped give visibility. A figure: 4.5 billion. $ Libra grew like foam. Even more. Despite the misgivings that did not take the project and that everything indicated that the domain had been registered just a few hours before Of the launch, Milei’s tweet seemed to give wings to the Memecoin. In a very short time its market capitalization shot until they were around 4.5 billion of dollars. However, with them and after that vertiginous growth, it collapsed to the ground. The Kobeissi Letter has elaborated A thread To explain step by step the sequence in detail, but it is summarized in a simple way: in full spiral of optimism and growth, large owners of $ Libra began to liquidate huge sums of dollars in minutes, achieving millionaire earnings. Cryptopolitan Explain that when people started asking questions Insiders of $ Libra there were taken 87.4 million dollars. In just three hours. A concept: ‘rug-pull’. Shortly after the launch of the Memecoin He began to sound Anything else: a concept, Rug-Pull (“Plush pull”, in Spanish), which basically describes the fraudulent practice of those who create cryptocurrencies, attract investors and then disappear quickly, withdrawing their funds. In summary, inflate an asset artificially to capture investors and step back when the spiral is at its peak taking millionaire gains. In Your report Regarding the firm Kobbeissi Letter says that “in five hours more than 4.4 billion market capitalization was erased.” Moreover, there are means that already speak of more than 40,000 investors who have seen their money trapped in the project endorsed by Milei. Hours after launching a post promoting $ Libra, the Argentine leader’s account erased the original publication and hung Another messagevery different tone, in which it basically marks distances with the Memecoin and charge hard against their critics. A tweet: “I have no link”. “A few hours ago I published a Tweet, like so many other infinite times, supporting an alleged private venture that obviously has no link,” the Argentine leader starts in Your second message. “I was not internalized from the details of the project and after having internalized I decided not to continue disseminating (that’s why I erased the tweet).” Little has served him. After what happened the weekend, they have not stopped the reactions. The case has raised comparisons with the Trump launchwhich also grew strongly before disinfied, has given rise to criticism of the opposition and above all he has focused the focus on who is behind $ libra and to what extent he was milei aware of the risks and what ended up happening. Click on the image to go to Tweet. A reaction: complaints. Yesterday was presented a criminal complaint against Milei for “illegal association”, “scams” and “breach of the duties of a public official” and already There is news They point out that the number of claims has continued to grow. The opposition threat now With a Impeachment while the leader load against “The unclean rats of the political caste that want to take advantage of the situation” and alleges that has been directed to anti -corruption. In The complaint Presented yesterday is also included, among, others responsible for the development of cryptodye and technological infrastructure that supported it. One of those responsible for the project has already publicly came out to blame Milei of what happened, relating the collapse in the price with … Read more

Share meetings with Boomers and Millennials

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The Z generation is marking its own standards in the workplacewith substantial changes in relation to label and behavior with respect to their classmates. The survey made by papersowl to 2,000 young people between 18 and 34 years old revealed that Rules of behavior They seemed basic, they did not have the same consideration for the youth of generation Z as They are incorporated into the labor market. With the return to the offices, the youth of the Z generation are entering a new scenario in which they must physically live with colleagues from other generations, so they must adapt to avoid confrontations in Work meetings. Arrive 10 minutes late, is to be late One of these new rules of label that has relaxed generation ZIt is punctuality. When it comes to meetings, that is one of the most common mistakes and is one of the main fouls of Respect for the rest of the attendees. As he counted Arden Clise in An interview for Business InsiderExpert in Protocol and Professional Relations, “if everyone is late, you cannot start a meeting on time and what is needed to achieve is not achieved,” said Clise. In that case, the recommendation is to give a couple of minutes of courtesy, but start the meeting on the scheduled time not to waste time those who have arrived on time. The presence of the remote assistant If people are remote people in the meeting, the right thing is keep the camera on at all times to reinforce the presence of the person. Turn it off (except for technical problems or specific incidents) while intervening or during a direct conversation lack of respect is considered. It would be the equivalent of one of the attendees heading to another turning his back. In person you would never do it, so a way to maintain that “visual contact” is to keep the camera active. Video -ollal meetings already suppose a challenge in itself for the complexity of the Human communication systemspreventing that the entire context of microgests are effectively transmitted that, subconsciously, we transmit human beings being face to face. Keeping the camera off ruins any possibility of communicating efficiently. No multitasking during meetings Multitary is one of the main enemies of productivity And, in addition, according to Clise a disrespect for the rest of the attendees. “If you are not present at the meeting, if you are doing another job, you will not listen to what is happening. You are not going to participate because you are losing that opportunity,” said the label expert. Unless you are Taking notesor reviewing the documentation of the meeting, refraining other tasks during the course of the meeting. One of the objectives of the meetings is to share certain problems or solutions, so the contribution of the attendees is necessary. That implies Keep attention On the subject that is being treated in case you can contribute something. If on the contrary, you think your presence at that meeting is totally unnecessary and makes you waste time, you might deny you to attend. It is something that Elon Musk imposes on his employees: If you get bored or your presence does not contribute anything, go. Write excessively in chat Another error that should be avoided in remote meetings is Write too for chat. This channel can be used to add links to documents or information about what is being discussed, but comment on the meeting in parallel through the chat generates distractions to others. “Chatting is like maintaining a parallel conversation in a meeting in person,” said Clise. It is best to use it with moderation and only for specific things that provide additional data to attendees. Monopolize the conversation The opposite end to do other things during the meeting is to monopolize the conversation with constant interventions, without leaving other thoughts and option to share their thoughts and obstruct communication. If your role is to explain a certain project, space should be left for the comments of other assistants, doubts or possible questions, instead of monopolizing all the time or trying eclipse or interrupt comments of third parties. “Sometimes it is difficult at a meeting, especially in a virtual meeting, knowing when someone ended or will end. But if you are someone who interrupts others regularly … that can be very offensive,” said the relationship expert labor. Right to speak, but also to shut up Meetings, especially face -to -face, are a whole Challenge for introverts. Such and as stood out Itziar García, Director of Communication and Institutional Relations of Blablacar, not all have the same ability to speak in public, even in front of co -workers, so someone He prefers to stay silentyour decision must be respected and not increasing for it. Instead, what is indicated is to ask in an polite way what they think about a specific point, reinforcing their security by commenting that the good ideas they could have in the past. Comply with the commitments acquired One of the reasons for Take notes during meetings is to ensure that all attendees are clear about tasks that must be completed and the deadline To do them. Arden Clise assures that one of the most common mistakes is to forget them as soon as he leaves the meeting because They have not been noted Neither tasks nor deadlines. Failure to comply with it is a lack of respect for the rest of the classmates who have taken the trouble to do their job. “Not fulfilling your part of work tasks does not speak well of you. If you do not do your work, you do not help your colleagues and do not allow the company to achieve its goals,” says the expert. In Xataka | “We have reached the point of maximum human inefficiency.” Image | Unspash (Cherrydeck)

If almost nobody pays for their software, at least they can buy their new official bags and jackets

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There are so few private users who pay for Winrar that the company has no qualms about admitting it. Each license costs 29.95 euros, but Your “Test before Buy” model Allows you to use the program during 40 days for free. This is usually more than enough to decompress that punctual file that they sent you by email or that you went down from the Internet. Win.rar GmbH, the company behind the legendary software, has surprised these days with curious publications in X. “What better way to support the software for which you have never paid that buying a Winrar bag? Do it! We challenge you to do it! ” can be read in a message. Yes, Winrar is not only in the software business, but also of merchandising. Winrar bags and jackets The most striking of the catalog is the bag Winrar Archive Messenger. We are facing a product whose design perfectly mimics the characteristics three stacked files of the compression tool. As explained by the manufacturer, it has been manufactured with 100% vegan leather, it has an adjustable clip strap, and a magnetic closure system. Its measures are 21.4 cm x 14 cm x 7 cm. If you are wondering how much this computer fans accessory costs, the answer is simple: more than a Winrar license. Its price is 115 euros, although depending on where you live, the shipment can raise the bill. If you want it in Madrid, for example, the cheapest shipment costs 15.90 euros, leaving the total at 130.90 euros. There are also A Winrar hunteradorned with patches of the software icons. According to the description, it is made of 100%wool, with a padded satin lining that improves comfort and thermal insulation. The price does not go unnoticed: 224.90 eurosmore shipping costs. For the manufacture of these products, Winrar has been associated with Tern, a company that will produce them in China. With this strategy, the company seeks to generate extra income, although its main business remains the Sale of licenses to corporate and government customerswhich are the ones who really pay for the software. Winrar’s roots date back to Russia, where Eugene Roshal launched the first version In the 1990s. Today, the program is managed by Win.rar GmbH, a company registered in Bremen, Germany. Images | Winrar | Tern In Xataka | The unknown history of Winrar, the king of file compressors that we have almost all used In Xataka | The possible closure of Tiktok is awakening an exciting world: that of Chinese social apps

The antarctica penguins

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Almost a year ago, towards the end of the Southern Summer, the Antarctic Expedition team of the National Museum of Natural Sciences (MNCN-CSIC) He detected the arrival From the highly pathogenic avian flu virus (H5N1) to Antarctic fauna. On that occasion the detection was in marine mammals but They would soon arrive The news of the detection of the pathogen in the penguin populations of the region. An expanding virus. Now the same, the CSIC-UNESPA expedition has confirmed The expansion of the virus in the most remote continent in the world: all animal species analyzed In the Weddell Sea surroundings they showed the presence of highly pathogenic avian flu virus (HPAI). As the team explains, the analyzes left 42 positive tests. 28 corresponded to corpses of species such as Crab, Skuas (Paxos), Gaviota, Antarctic Paloma, Adelia Pingüino and Papua Penguin; While the remaining 14 positives were obtained from analysis to living specimens from skuas, and Adelia and Papua penguins. Antonio Alcamí, who led the expedition, pointed in a press release That the viral load detected in the bodies was “very high, which indicates a risk of exposure to virus in the proximity of the bodies.” Contrasting new technologies. The team used various methodologies in its analysis, some of them, innovations that could help in the detection of outbreaks in very different contexts. This is the case of air sampling. This methodology was applied in penguin colonies and consists of the installation of a pump connected to a nanofiber filter. Once the sampling is done, a laboratory performs a PCR test to determine if it has captured the virus. According to Explain Alcamíthe results obtained have allowed to validate this air sampling test as a virus detection method. Its use could allow virus detection without manipulating animals. A year later. The analyzes have allowed the team to conclude that the infection can be extended in the colonies of penguins without causing great mortality that of the presence of its presence. This raises an additional issue: if the penguins are more resistant to the virus than we believed or if this resistance is the result of the immunity of the specimens that were exposed to the virus last year. The arrival of the virus to Antarctica was a matter of time. In 2022 the arrival of the HPAI virus to South America was confirmed, so the first detections in mammals and birds in the icy continent was not entirely surprising. The new data now allow us to know better the magnitude of a problem that affects both wild birds and the farms of poultry and that has already extended to other areas of the livestock industry such as that of the milk production. From the Australis sailboat. The CSIC-UNESPA scientific expedition departed in January aboard the sailboat Australis towards the southernmost continent of the earth. The expedition, led by the CSIC and financed by a group of insurers attached to the Business Association of the sector, Unespa, aims Weddell. In Xataka | Outdoor -raised chickens are over: the government has made a temporary and radical decision by the flu Image | Australis sailboat in Antarctica. Antonio Alcamí (CBMSO)

15,000 euros of fine and nine months in jail

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Use the driving card of a third to get rid of the withdrawal of points. The practice is so common that it is possible to find ads in digital purchase and sale spaces, such as Milanuncios. That is what a driver did in 2015. Now, the Supreme Court has settled its case and has bad news. Identification. When on a highway or highway we circulate above 150 km/h, the driver risks the withdrawal of two to six points from the driving card. The economic amount exceeds, in these cases, 200 euros and can reach 600 euros. However, when this speed is recorded by a Fixed radar (or with Pegasus)the DGT will force us to identify the driver with the intention of subtracting the person who was driving the corresponding points. A lagoon in which many drivers found a good basket. I prefer to take my money. That obligation to identify the driver has led to a repeated scam: endorse the fine for loss of points to a third party. It is usually relatively simple with older people who have stopped conducting those who do not care about the points they have in their license. The situation can be much more harmful for those who work at the expense of maintaining an active driving license, such as a delivery man. It is not strange, therefore, that in digital spaces of sale we come to find ads in which the purchase of other people’s driving card is proposed for an amount that, in some cases, reaches 1,000 euros per retired point. Documentary falsehood. The maneuver is recurrent because, like fixed radars “hunt” the vehicle behindit is difficult to confront the version that a 90 -year -old was not the one after the steering wheel of a car that has registered a speed of 160 km/h. However, it has many risks since those who endorse their points to the license of a third party will be incurring a crime of documentary falsehood, which multiplies the problems in case justice discover that we are trying to deceive them. It is what happened to this León driver. 15,000 euros of fine. The case of this man was recorded in 2015. Then, he was sanctioned for speeding with a punishment that forced the withdrawal of points. To avoid this, he registered his 82 -year -old father as a offender. Paid the fine, everything should have been left in what often happens: a hoax to the administration. This case, however, is particular because the driver did not maintain a good relationship with his father who, upon learning of the trick, denounced the driver, explain in The country. Now, a decade later, the Supreme Court has reaffirmed in the sentence imposed by lower instances: 15,000 euros of fine and a nine -month prison sentence. The Supreme Court ensures that the driver lacked the truth when answering the requirement of the sanction and is reaffirmed in the conviction of the Provincial Court of León, who alleged that there had been a crime of documentary falsehood. Inconsistencies. To defend himself, the driver claimed that during the previous years, justice has not followed a specific jurisprudence. Likewise, he assured that in his way of acting there was an “ideological falsehood” or, what is the same, missing the truth in the narration of the facts. However, the Supreme Court ensures that this is not true. They understand that when the driver’s registration is falsified, an alteration of the document itself occurs. Thus, this makes the “document in its entirety constitute a fallacy”, while recalling that it has produced direct damage to the figure of the father. Photo | Andrea Piacquadio In Xataka | Someone has forgotten a Volkswagen Golf for a year at the Berlin airport: the parking ticket already has 201,500 euros

Tired of people talking about the end of the world without knowing, Newton decided to calculate it. And he explained it in a letter of 1704

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By 1665 the bubonic plague arrived in London in a cotton ship from Amsterdam. In the following years, between overcrowding, dirt, hunger and rats, they would die More than one hundred thousand people In the country. In August, the great plague arrived in Cambridge and forced the university to close. It was then that a very young Isaac Newton had to return to Woolshorpe Manor, the family home. Over there, According to a probably fraudulent traditionsat down one of the three apple trees of the farm and the blow of one of the fruits brought to mind the theory of gravity. We do not know if the craniocerebral trauma produced by the happy apple was also responsible for everything that came in the last part of his life. Sir Isaac Newton was not any. On the one hand, Newton was, in fact, an intellectual giant. “The greatest scientific brain that the world has known,” According to Asimov; the person responsible for that “perhaps the greatest advance of thought that a single individual has ever done”, According to Albert Einstein. “Nature and its laws were hidden at night; God said ‘that Newton’ becomes and made the light,” he says Alexander Pope’s famous epitaph. On the other, it was someone complicated – especially after The nervous breakdown he suffered in 1693. The most controversial example is its passage through the house of La Moneda de England (a stage of your life Full of torture, hanging and dismembered falsifiers); However, a brief review of his personal life and friendship gives good account of it. But what interests us today is that he was passionate about the Bible. It is estimated that more than half of what Newton wrote It had to do with theology and alchemy; And, as a good mathematician, one of the themes that worried him most was the end of the world. The end of the world? Yes, at that time (remember that The English revolution had just “finished”) Religious debates were in the flower. And the end of the world was a usual issue in public conversation. But Newton was convinced that people did it wrong. Lincolnshire’s genius analyzed the biblical text (And, specifically, Daniel’s book and the Apocalypse) and concluded that people were exaggerating the closeness of the end of the world. And gave a date? Yes and no. As Newton seems to identify the year 800 d. C. as the moment when the Church entered the “great apostasy.” This is a key date in the texts and, from there, he deduced that there was no reason to think that before 1260 years the apocalypse arrived. That means that We are relatively safe until 2060. Because, as he said “he may end later, but I don’t see any reason for him to end before.” But did he really think he was going to end the world? According to Stephen Snobelen, professor at the King’s College University of Halifax (Nueva Scotia) that has studied the matterNewton did not believe that the world would end in a literal sense. “For Newton, 2060 AD would be rather a new beginning. It would be the end of an ancient era, and the beginning of a new era: the era to which the Jews refer as the messianic era and the era to which Christians premillennials call the millennium or kingdom of God “, Snobelen defended. Obviously, we are not faced with weight to think that the apocalypse is just around the corner. But knowing The close we are from the end of the worldwe can take all this as an invitation to take advantage of the moment. Image | Godfrey Kneller In Xataka | When Newton reached the fundamental laws of physics there was already a sign that said “Leonardo was here”

break with Castilla and become autonomy

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Thousands of people, 13,000, according to Police calculationsthey left yesterday to the streets of León to demand a better future for their province. So far not surprising. The funny thing is that at least a significant part of the attendees imagines that future in a different administrative scenario: in a lion separated from Castilla, which has ceased to be province to become the 18th autonomy of Spain and no longer looks at Valladolid as its de facto regional capital. That there is one Autonomist drive In the province it is not a novelty. Years ago that their defenders cry because the region courts its administrative ties with Castilla. Yesterday’s march served however for something else: show to what extent that feeling has become strong and lets hear in the province. It was about showing muscle. And he did. A figure: 13,000. That is the number of people who mobilized yesterday in León to demand a better future for the province: 13,000. At least According to the accounts Police officers, because there are those who speak of several tens of thousands And the organizers of the march point to many more, around 50,000. It is good for one or another figure, the undeniable thing is that thousands of lions took the streets of their capital between flags, banners and songs to wrap a march called by The main unions and backed by 60 groups to defend the future of the region. Your motto: “More solutions and less stories.” Click on the image to go to Tweet. What did they claim? “Definitive Solutions” For León at the economic and sociodemographic level. But not just that. Like the march held just a five years, The 16-F of 2020yesterday’s demonstration served to show the discontent of the Leon with the situation in their province; But also for something else: to make clear to what extent the idea has gained strength that the future of León must go through conquering greater administrative autonomy against Castile. León News covered the act and He recounts that during the manifestation, shouts of “Autonomy of the country” were heard and banners were shown in favor of autonomy. Also flags that cried out for “autonomy 18” or “Lexit”label that (in a wink to Brexit) has made fortune thanks to the combination of “León” and “Exit”. The idea of ​​autonomy was so present during the march that today They are not few The media regional ones that dedicate its headlines. Why is it important? Because yesterday’s march acts in a certain way of thermometer, one that helps to understand the discomfort in the province with its current situation and the interest raised by the lexit as an exit. Both when it comes to figures (between 13,000 and 50,000 attendees in a city of 122,200 neighbors) as social support. Although over the last months it has been clear that Not all Come with good eyes with Castilla, yesterday’s day shows, at least, that León believes that he must fight for “The future that deserves”. “More solutions, less stories”. In the head From the demonstration at his exit from San Marcos lucia a banner that prayed “León + Solutions – Tales”, a message focused on the struggle for better infrastructure, reindustrialization, employment and public services. And it is undeniable that the message fell. The appointment attended representatives of most parties with weight in the province, The mayor of Leónthe president of the Diputación and members of social groups. Click on the image to go to Tweet. Beyond the streets. Yesterday was not the first sample to what extent the Lexit has penetrated in the region. TO late 2019 Several parties joined their votes to claim the autonomy of the Leonese region and become the 18 Spanish community. The idea: separate from Castilla with Salamanca and Zamora. After the pandemic the drivers of that measure organized An act To remember that they did not give up and last year, in a new step in that same direction, PSOE and UPL added their votes to claim autonomy in the Diputación de León. Not everyone thinks the same, of course. In 2024 the PP already marked distances with the autonomist motion and advocated looking for a “Useful Leonism”. “The community has been failed”. Proof of how living the claim is that the mayor of León, the socialist José Antonio Diez, recently presented a legal report to guarantee the Lexit. “We are clear about the mandate and will of the Leon, who have opted for their own community, and the Constitution supports us through the article,” José Antonio Diez claimsof the PSOE, who defends that “the current community has been failed.” “We never wanted to be part of Castilla.” One question: Why? Because the province of León lidia with worrying data at the demographic and economic level. Four years ago I added 451,700 inhabitants, 13% less than in the mid -90s and 2024 data They suggest that it would be below 448,000. In a scenario marked by the urban exodus and the bleeding of the Mining municipalitiesLeón has also become one of the territories that More population loses from all over the country. And his business balance is not especially good either. The latest data released over 2024 show that it lost 144 contributing businesses In just one year, which is equivalent to the more or less 50% of closures In autonomy. Interesting yes, new no. The discomfort of the Leon is not new. A five years ago, the 18F of 2020, already encouraged Another mass march During which shouts of “autonomy, Leonese country” could already be heard, in tune with those who launched yesterday. “The Leonese go out to demonstrate, basically to change the territorial framework that impoverishes us,” He explained yesterday A UPL attorney. If something showed the day is that it is not the only one who thinks so. Image | CCOO CASTILLA Y LEÓN In Xataka | Castilla-La Mancha is about to shrink 2,000 hectares in favor of Aragon. All for a … Read more

Hubble investigates whether a star has “pretended” his own death

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The Hubble has given us a new image. It is an image with history behind, even if it is not a story that can be appreciated at first glance. A story of false appearances. Image of the week. The last “week of the week”Of Hubble Space Telescope shows the UGC 5460 galaxya galaxy in which a few years ago we detected what we believed were two supernovae. However, one of the outbreak could have been the result of a very different phenomenon: a blue luminous variable. SN 2011ht and SN 2015as. A few years ago, the UGC 5460 galaxy He witnessed two great events to those that astronomers called SN 2011ht and SN 2015as. Their names refer to the fact that they were classified as Supernovas (SN) and the year in which they were discovered (2011 and 2015) SN 2015as was listed as a Core collapse supernovaa type II supernova that occurs when the nucleus of a massive star (stars more massive than our sun) is left without “fuel” for fusion. This means that the nucleus ends up implicating because of its own severity, after which there is a kind of rebound effect. The result: a “cataclysmic explosion”, as explained by Hubble. That is what happened with SN 2015as And it could also be what happened with SN 2011ht. But astronomers have another open hypothesis to explain this last outbreak. Appearances can fool. A hypothesis with its own name: blue luminous variable (LBV), a “impostor” star capable of making astronomers fall into the mistake of confusing it with a supernova. The blue luminous variables are stars that occasionally generate eruptions of such magnitude that can be confused with supernovae. However, these outbreaks do not occur at the end of the life of these stars. Rather they seem to represent points and apart in the life of This type of stars. LBVs are huge and unstable stars. They are also relatively Uncomowhich implies that what we know about them is not much. While we know that the eruptions of the LBV do not represent the final explosion in the life of these star objects, astronomers They believe that they are an indication that the star is in the last stages of her life. A kind of final track, more than a lethal collapse. Observing UGC 5460 to search for clues. That is why SN 2011ht is a unique opportunity for the instruments of the veteran Hubble to direction their attention to UGC 5460. The image, in which four wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum are combined will allow astronomers to learn more details about supernovae such as SN 2015as and, perhaps, help us solve the unknown about the nature of the outbreak observed four years before. And we may be able to unmask (for now alleged) “impostor.” In Xataka | NASA is developing a Hubble super telescope capable of observing exoplanets. And only two rockets can launch it Image | Este/Hubble & Nasa, W. Jacobson-Galán, A. Filippenko, J. Mauerhan

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