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Marijuana was for years one of the most potential industries in the United States. Now has entered Barrena

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HE Curves come For him cannabis sector In the United States. Curved and slippery curves that will make it difficult for companies focused on that market for two reasons, both equally challenging. One is the imminent expiration of debt they face and that some experts encrypt in 6,000 million dollars. The other is The legal framework in which they are forced to operate, a context that deprives them of some of the advantages and facilities that companies in other sectors do in trouble. There are those who already talk about bubble burst of cannabis in the US and fears that a bankruptcy waterfall now arrives. A sector in trouble. There are no quiet times for the American cannabis industry, forced to deal with a series of challenges, including financing, debt expiration and laws. Bloomberg explains in A broad analysis which is summarized in a single sentence: companies in the sector face the need to deal with a millmillionary debt without the ‘Legal oxygen ball that they would have if their activity were another. What does that mean? That because of the nature of his merchandise, cannabis, which It is still illegal In the eyes of the federal administration, companies in the sector face a particularly vulnerable situation when they have to deal with their creditors. Most businesses can resort to the bankruptcy court and shield themselves to renegotiate their debt; But like Remember From the firm Harris Beach Murtha, the companies dedicated to cannabis do not usually enjoy the protection of the US bankruptcy code. “To date, US courts have been reluctant to administer bankrupt confirm In Fox Rothschild. “Virtually all bankruptcy cases involving a restructuring or sale of cannabis -related entities Controlled Substances Lawthe CSA “. A figure: 6,000 million. This handicap, derived from the legal status of its merchandise at the federal level, is important right now because the sector faces the perspective of having to deal with a quite considerable debt in not much time. According to the calculations Shared with Bloomberg By Beau Whitney, chief economist of Whitney Economicsnext year will overcome a debt of up to 6,000 million dollars. And the figure includes only the largest companies in the sector, those that operate in several states. And two percentages: 42 and 27%. That default figure (6,000 million dollars) is bulky, but alone it does not say much. If it is so important, it is because it catches the sector at a complex moment in which at least part of the industry has not yet managed to market legal marijuana a stable business. Whitney handles A couple of data They help to understand it: if in 2022 more than 42% of distributors claimed to have obtained benefits, last year that percentage had been reduced to 27%. They are figures from the past, but as Bloomberg requires They talk to us of the future of the sector: part of those companies that have not yet been able to consolidate will probably end up broken. Others will have no choice but to sit with their creditors in a scenario that is not favorable. “The refinancing of this cycle will be carried out at much higher interest rates and companies will not have the cash flow to manage it,” confirms the economistwhich speaks of “a huge debt bubble.” What is the legal scenario? Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), an US organization dedicated to promoting legalization, explains it clearly: “Although the vast majority of states have reformed the laws on cannabis, the position of the federal government has remained practically unchanged since the early 70s. Except for rare circumstances, at the federal level marijuana and its products are illegal and They are subject to the application of the criminal law. “ Despite this federal framework, MPP remembers that “state governments record and regulate the production and sales of cannabis.” Right now There are states in which it allows the consumption of marijuana for medical but not recreational purposes, others that have legalized both uses and also certain territories in which it is totally illegal. In A plane in which the regulatory framework of each of the states at the beginning of this year, the American Nonsmoker´s Rights Foundation (ANRF) calculated that there are 39 in which smoking is allowed at least for medicinal purposes. Looking to the future. The result of this difference in criteria between the Federal Administration and the states themselves derives in a complex scenario, Recognize MPPin which a person “can fulfill a set of laws on marijuana and at the same time violate another.” Until now the federal government has not considered that state regulations shock with the Supreme clause which is pronounced in its favor in the Constitution, which is explained in part because the cultivation and sale falls on private companies. Last year the Department of Justice He moved file For marijuana to be classified as a less dangerous substance, which would have direct effects on companies in the sector, reducing their expenses and favoring that many are “profitable”according to the industry itself. With the change of government and the arrival of Donald Trump to the White House (and his New prosecutor, Pam Bondi) An unknown is now opened. And what are the figures? Apart from the legal framework, the 6,000 million debt about to defeat calculated by Whitney They tell us about something else: the weight and implementation that has reached the sector in the US. Pew Research Center data show that eight out of 10 Americans (79% of the population, to be exact) have at least one store where they can buy marijuana in their county. Moreover, the same study center calculates that 54% of Americans He lives in a state that allows the recreational use of marijuana and around 15,000 dispensaries are distributed throughout the US, especially common on the west and northwest and points like Michigan or Oklahoma. The Flowhub firm in fact indicates that the legal cannabis industry is directly related to 440,400 jobs full -time and that in … Read more

If the industry wants to survive, you must bet on the new IPS

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There is no one who understands fans: before State of play With which PlayStation started the 2025 ads, the most consistent rumor about what we would see was that we would have the first images of a hypothetical remake/remaster of ‘God of War’, a long -awaited project because it is impossible to access the classic games of The franchise on current platforms. Or maybe something of ‘Resident Evil 9’. In short, nobody talked about “I hope they announce that game that no one has heard and that will change my life.” The public wants franchises, sequelae, remakes. Fritanga It goes with the admission ticket. We like more or less, this industry is built on reformulation. It has all the meaning, given its characteristics, based on the evolution of technology: every year we live a generational change in hardware that allows us not only to enjoy new games, but to recover the old dresses with new clothes. The remakes and REBOOTS They are the order of the day: What is PlayStation 5 but a PlayStation 4 reboot with improvements? Why didn’t we live with the games? The death of the average series. We already talked about medium -sized budget games for ‘Space Marine 2’a game that completely perspires the spirit of those releases that have always been in the industry and were paralyzed around the generation of PS4 when the budgets began to shoot. From that moment, the games were divided into AAA (or at most, AA Strong) or in products developed from Independence. There are still a variety of budgets, of course, but a puncture in sales can defend a study without too much effort, so you have to choose to minimize risks and go to the always common denominator. The culture of the franchise. It is not only in video games where we are seeing it. In times when culture “consumes” and video games, movies and series are “content”, it is not strange that we reach such linguance scenarios as the 2024 box office, where The ten most successful films were sequelae or remakes. Something like that happens with video games: people do not want new ideas, because for eighty euros they prefer a title from which you know what to expect and have few surprises, yes, but a few guaranteed satisfactions. A state of play play. The first State of PlayStation Play for 2025 was, of course, full of sequelae, remakes and reboots: dlcs of ‘Stellar Blade’ and ‘Lies of p‘, remake from ‘Days Gone’, ‘Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater’, New ‘Onimusha’, ‘Monster Hunter’, ‘Five Days At Freeddy’ and ‘Borderlands’, among many others. And yes, we launched here You live to a new ‘shinobi’but we will agree that we cannot talk about being an overexploited franchise, in addition to a Brawler 2D is a completely niche product, and the ‘Shinobi’ brand is an excuse. You can’t say the same of a new ‘Sonic Racing’. The best, the unknown. As I say, it is perfectly understandable that PlayStation again announced this type of products, and even that the public is disappointed when a remake of a game of three generations is not announced. But what is indisputable to me is that the chicha of the event was in the games that presented new IPS: the Roguelite Very personal ‘Saros’, the explosive futuristic blockbuster’ Mindseye ‘, the insane mixture of’ doom ‘and’ cyberpunk 2077 ” metal eden ‘, the amazing design of giant grotesquerías in’ Tides of Annihilation ‘, the visual exquisiteness of’ Dreams of Another ‘, Cuquismo Stop Motion From ‘The Midnight Walk’, the still enigmatic apocalypse of ‘Hell is us’ … Everything for everyone. Of course, among these releases there will be good, bad and regular games, but without discussion, all the images that made me think “we will have to try it” belonged to new IPS. The daring, innovation and thrust were there, demonstrating that it is not that the living industry mired in a crisis of ideas, but that the vices of it themselves are those that put the sticks on the wheels so that they do not leave the grocerying games of Originality and innovation. There is the future we have to point to. Header | PlayStation In Xataka | ‘Rollerdrome’ is one of the best 2022 games. You can’t buy it anymore

There are three autonomous communities that take the palm

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In Spain the DGT watches traffic with fixed radars, section radars (Some of them In full installation process), Mobile radars and Pegasus. To these devices we can add the surveillance cameras or the work of the agents aboard vehicles, vans and even camouflaged motorcycles. Of all those devices, the most controversial generate are the Velolaser mobile radars (because their small size prevents guessing before going through them) and the situation of mobile radars. These, assures the DGT, are located where it is understood that they are more necessary for drivers to lift the accelerator’s foot and reduce the accidents. However, we also know that there are hundreds of empty boxes distributed throughout the territory and that are used to move radars. The box, whether or not it is in operation, is already enough to make the driver suspect and reduce the speed. Where are the radars that put the most fines With the data that the DGT is making public, Associated European motorists (AEA) Punctually update the list with the radars that impose the most fines over a year. As confirmed to ourselves, the data has a certain delay because traffic does not update them promptly at the end of each exercise. Therefore, those shown here are the radars that more fines imposed In 2023, the last year of which you have data. In spite of everything, we know that in total these 50 cinemometers added 3,355,287 complaints. The figure is 9.4% less than the year 2022 (3,704,675 sanctions) but the growth of some radar is observed that for the first time must have been working at full performance in the same place. This conclusion can take it out because the growth of some speed controllers has been 500% compared to the figure of 2022. In addition, we also know that almost one in four fines that are imposed in Spain arrive from these radars. In total, they made 1,245,053 sanctions, which represents 38 % of the total complaints. By autonomous communities (Basque Country and Cataloniawho have the transferred powers), the most punished region was Andalusia, with 436,273 complaints made. It was followed by the Community of Madrid (210,792 sanctions) and the Valencian Community (127,063 complaints). Autonomous Community Province VIA PK Complaints Madrid (community of) Madrid M-40 20.2 118149 Andalusia Malaga A-7 968.2 66869 NAVARRA (COMMUNITY OF) Navarre A-15 127.6 49677 Andalusia Malaga A-7 978.9 45522 Galicia Pontevedra A-55 9.2 45276 Balears (Illes) Balears (Illes) EI-600 9.6 44985 Valencian Community Valencia/València A-7 326.4 43269 Canary Islands Palmas (Las) GC-1 42.2 38240 ANDALUSIA Cádiz A-38 137.3 35915 ANDALUSIA Seville A-92 83.8 33849 ANDALUSIA Seville SE-30 10,1 33748 Madrid (community of) Madrid M-40 52.7 33612 ANDALUSIA Malaga A-45 128.7 33310 ANDALUSIA Huelva H-31 79.9 30537 ANDALUSIA Seville A-92 29.1 26414 Asturias (Principality of) Asturias A-66 35.2 26083 ANDALUSIA Malaga A-7 936.2 23273 Madrid (community of) Madrid A-4 12.4 21105 Castilla y León Burgos A-1 194.2 21048 Madrid (community of) Madrid A-4 13.3 20807 ANDALUSIA Seville A-4 495.6 20216 ANDALUSIA Malaga A-45 118 20100 Cantabria Cantabria A-67 195.6 19607 Castilla-La Mancha Basin A-3 156.5 19355 CANTABRIA Cantabria A-8 144.4 19128 CANTABRIA Cantabria A-67 185 18507 Galicia Lugo A-8 545.1 17618 Madrid (community of) Madrid A-2 15 17119 Castilla-La Mancha Toledo A-5 57.8 16130 Andalusia Seville A-92 0.8 15558 Estremadura Cáceres A-66 508 15403 Galicia Pontevedra A-55 11.7 15229 Valencian Community Valencia/València A-3 314.8 15128 Valencian Community Alicante/Alacant A-70 27.3 15030 Valencian Community Castellón/Castelló AP-7 356.7 14750 Canary Islands Santa Cruz de Tenerife TF-13 0.5 14309 Valencian Community Castellón/Castelló AP-7 374.7 13780 GALICIA Coruña (a) AG-55 11.7 13533 GALICIA Pontevedra A-52 282.5 13388 Castilla-La Mancha Ciudad Real A-4 230.8 13330 Andalusia Malaga A-356 36.5 13293 Castilla-La Mancha Ciudad Real A-4 177.5 13142 ANDALUSIA Malaga MA-20 10.4 12742 Andalusia Huelva H-30 8.5 12671 Valencian Community Castellón/Castelló N-340 1010.6 12563 Valencian Community Alicante/Alacant A-70 8.6 12543 Cantabria Cantabria A-67 191,6 12539 ANDALUSIA Seville A-66 795.5 12256 Castilla y León Lion A-6 347.9 12211 ESTREMADURA Badajoz A-66 685.9 12187 Photo | DGT In Xataka | The DGT will install 122 new radars in 2025. Locations and when they will begin to fine the 24 radars that are already active

This is how bracelets with stickers came to cheat half the world

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We are in 2009. Slovakia joins the euro zone, The name of Satoshi Nakamoto It begins to resonate in certain forums, the first Metro line from Andalusia is inaugurated in Seville, Spain gets gold in the Eurobasket and half -world dolls dress with miraculous bracelets called Power Balance. These bracelets, whose price was just 30 euros, promised to improve strength, balance and flexibility thanks to holograms that fixed our biocampus. They also turned out to be a millionaire scam. Power Balance’s story goes back to 2007, when the Josh and Troy Rodarmel brothers founded the company in California. Although the concept was not new, the two brothers developed a marketing campaign that worked perfectly, starting with Give your first 50,000 bracelets in the US Open of Surfing of 2007. Power Balance bracelet | Image: Wagner Bonifacio Leite In just a few months, these bracelets began arriving at personalities dolls such as Michael Jordan, Cristiano Ronaldo, Leonardo DiCaprio and even Shaquille O’Neal, which It appeared on video saying “I don’t give many testimonies, but this does work.” The Power Balance arrived throughout the world, Spain included. Until Infanta Elena had one. In 2010, the company reported some Sales worth $ 35 millionnothing wrong for a product without any scientific basis. Various studies They began to demonstrate that these products were useless, thus arriving the beginning of the end of the company. The key was, undoubtedly, the placebo effect, but that there was a hologram that balanced and isolated frequencies to improve our body was simply false. At the end of 2010The company had to admit that its products were not based on scientific evidence. In 2011, she was sentenced for fraud and forced to pay 57 million dollars. That led Power Balance to bankruptcy. Finally, the company was sold in 2012 to a Chinese company for eight million dollars. The original founders disregard them completely, but the product is still sold today (only without announcing effects of any kind). Cover image | Xataka In Xataka | The Bank of Spain alerts a malware capable of “capturing bank credentials.” His name: Trickmo

“We had an architecture study two days stopped”

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In recent days, thousands of Spanish companies have been affected by a measure adopted by Movistar, at the request of LaLiga, to combat illegal broadcasts of football matches. The Teleco has begun to block Cloudflare IP addressesa fundamental service that provides security and optimization to a large number of websites. The problem is that these IPS are shared by many totally legal and legitimate services, which causes the blockade to affect business indiscriminately They have nothing to do with illegal football streaming. Not only online stores “We do not give credit. It seems that it was not Spain. It’s crazy,” says Nelson Domínguez, CEO of Docastixa small mobile application development company. Docastix was directly affected over the weekend when one of its customers, in full product launch with an important advertising campaign, discovered that Movistar users could not access their online store. The company was investing in advertising, paying for each click that took potential customers to its website, but Those clicks translated into error pages for Movistar users. “The launch was a disaster,” explains Domínguez. “We have not been able to count that specific impact yet, but it has been high. The campaigns were lost, the clicks and potential purchases were lost. And then our work to put a solution.” Cloudflare panel with the online store data that Docastix speaks. It is appreciated how the 8 (day indicated in the graph) begins the fall and does not begin to trace until 11. The advertising campaign had begun on the 7th (the traffic peak). Ceded image. Movistar’s response to the problem has been confusing. When Domínguez contacted the operator, they asked for his ID and A relationship of all the websites I had tried to access without success. Then they assured that the problem was solved. “We lost four hours of work again,” he says. “Today, what they have done is to implement blockades every 15 minutes. That is not a solution: perhaps a customer can enter to buy, but when he is going to pay he has already stopped working.” Cloudflare sent a hard statement to Xataka in which he accused LaLiga of acting deliberately, knowing the consequences of his blockade: «Although LaLiga perfectly understood that blocking Shared IP addresses would affect the rights of millions of consumers to access hundreds of thousands of websites that do not violate the law, LaLiga continued with said blockade. This seems to reflect the erroneous belief that their commercial interests must prevail over the rights of millions of consumers to access an open internet ». LaLiga, meanwhile, responded to Xataka With another statement in which he attributed cloudflare the responsibility of using his legal clients as “digital shield”: «Given the statements of Cloudflare to Xataka, LaLig legal as a digital shield to protect criminal organizations and mafias ». “LaLiga has repeatedly required Cloudflare to stop this complicit activity with criminal organizations, which threaten intellectual property and incur multiple criminal activities such as the violation of intellectual property, all kinds of scams and pornography, without a favorable response.” “Thus, LaLiga is not positioned against free access to the Internet, but requests measures and carries out controlled actions against companies or organizations that profit from illegal and criminal acts using legal companies as a digital shield.” LaLiga sources add that it is key to understand the role of Cloudflare not only in the illegal retransmission process of parties, but also of the process that follow to house domains. They explain that they are companies that trust Cloudflare, and deserve to know, according to their version, that they are used as a digital shield while it is profitable, hosting and protecting illegal and mafia activities next to the legal companies that are now affected. They speak of intentional complicity. And the impact goes far beyond online stores. Manuel Márquez, Systems Technician Cloudatarecounts serious cases that illustrate the breadth of the problem: “I had an architecture study two days stopped. They are not only websites and stores, but critical business applications for the daily functioning of companies. “Among their business clients have been affected from law firm, which could not access Lexneteven photography studies that depend on cloud services to share files with their customers. And he also affects the solution of fifteen minutes: “The architecture study has already told us that he will report, because they have left them two days,” he says. “We saw that the IPS were blocking every fifteen minutes. Not only do they do it wrong, but they do it wrong and are trying to mask it.” The situation has forced many companies to take drastic measures. Docastix, with only seven employees, has had to dedicate vital resources to move clients out of cloudflare. “Of those seven not everyone can attack the problem by the subject of knowledge, and of which yes, I can only at that time,” Domínguez explains. “We are a very recent small company, there are clients who do not understand this at all and sound a bit of an excuse. It seems that you blame Movistar from a mistake of yours.” The risk of deactivating cloudflare without a previous plan The background technical problem is complex. Cloudflare acts as a security intermediary for a large part of the Internetprotecting companies against computer attacks. As he explains Jaume PonsSystems Engineer in an automotive multinational, “for a small company, something else is unasumable. In the end, if you expose your website directly they lie down if they propose it. You have to use mastodontic suppliers such as Cloudflare, which will provide that first barrier of cybersecurity input. “ The paradox is that some companies, desperate to maintain their operational services, They are choosing to deactivate the protection of Cloudflare, exposing themselves to security risks. “They are actions that no longer end that someone cannot access a service,” Pons warns, “but that companies that have been forced to deactivate protections have been much more exposed to attacks without an adequate plan.” Economic damage multiplies in unexpected ways. Companies not … Read more

The Board of Directors has officially rejected its offer

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“OpenAi is not on saleand the Board has unanimously rejected the last attempt of Mr. Musk to alter its competition, ”said Bret Taylor, president of the non -profit organization of the AI ​​company, said Friday, In a message posted in X. In this way, the offer of 97.4 billion dollars launched on February 10 by the CEO of Tesla has been officially discarded by its recipient. This is an important setback for the businessman’s plans and a victory for Sam Altman. Musk gave the impression of being very sure Musk’s purchase attempt seemed to affect the plan set by Altman to transform the startup commercial arm In a public benefit corporation (PBC)liberating it in addition to entity control Nonprofit To get more investments. Musk’s lawyers even said this week that their client would withdraw the offer if the Openai Board promised to “preserve the mission of the beneficial organization and stipulate that the sign of ‘is sold’ for sale ‘of its assets stopping its conversion.” “Openai is not on sale, and the Board has unanimously rejected the last attempt of Mr. Musk to alter its competition. Any possible reorganization of OpenAI will reinforce our non -profit organization and its mission to ensure that Agi benefits all humanity. ” Let us remember that Elon Musk sue Openai and Sam Altman with the argument that the company was moving away from its founding mission to develop AI to “benefit of humanity“And that he had made a” de facto fusion “with Microsoft. Well, it has not been necessary for OpenAi to have to change its plans to avoid the attempt to acquire Musk, but it has been the organization that has directly rejected it, although it is yet to be seen what collateral effect can have this. Although Musk’s present offer has lost validity, there is the possibility that it has influenced the compensation value that Openai must pay to your entity without profit to separate from it. We have explained it in detail in another article. Images | OpenAI In Xataka | Openai wants to square a circle with GPT-5: earn money and become the “new Google” offering something free

If it seemed to us that time was driving crazy, we now have a new phenomenon: “The ghost girl”

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We have spent months Waiting for the arrival of the girl. Countries, agencies and universities have dedicated hours and hours to try to find out how to prepare for what was coming and the truth is that there was not necessary to prepare too much: the girl is being very weak and moderate. Good show of this is that, despite being the great refrigerator of the world, January has been the warmest January of registration. Is it strange? It is not unheard of, of course; But it is not normal. In fact, the NOA “He has expressed his surprise Seeing a strong atmospheric component of the girl without the corresponding colder surface temperature than the average of the tropical Pacific. “ We could say that the phenomenon has been playing with us for weeks. It is as if it were, but without being completely. What will happen to the girl? As Martín León explains“The average of the dynamic IRI model and several models of the Multi-Model set of North America predict an earlier transition to enso-neutral in January-March of 2025”. A priori, the most likely scan is this, but “There is a 41% probability that Emerge Emerge Emerge in this season.” This means that, in aggregate terms, it is expected that “the girls of the girl persist in the short term, with a probable transition to enso-neutral during March-May of 2025 (66% probability).” And then? The international climate community is nervous because we must not forget that the 2023-2024 child was The fifth strongest Since we have records and the fact that the girl is so soft raises many doubts: is it that the Enso is moving towards a structure much warmer What is accustomed to us? It is not clear and is more than a fear than a prediction. But it is clear that what are good news (Few impacts due to a weak girl) It is becoming a source of uncertainty. No one knows if we will end the year in another the child, but the possibility is on the table. Image | NOAA In Xataka | The boy has not yet left and meteorologists are already preparing for the girl: thus influences our climate

Opinions, first contact and photos

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Cupra is not the end of Seat. Cupra gives Seat a future and the future is electric. THE FUTURE IS CUPRA We can set on March 23, 2022 as the day Seat confessed. He did it through his CEO, Wayne Griffiths. That day The statements were pronounced that are on these lines in an event before the press. We didn’t know it yet but it was the first stone of everything that would come later. Almost three years later, we have climbed into Cupra Tavascanthe great electric car of the brand. The one with whom they want to certify what is coupra and where the company walks. What they want to convey with those five letters that have ended up taking their own shape and an important role within the Volkswagen group itself. Tavascan Cupra Technical Card Cupra Tavascan Endurance Cupra Tavascan Vz Body type Five -seater SUV Five -seater SUV MEASURES 4,644 mm long, 1,861 mm wide, 1,597 high 4,644 mm long, 1,861 mm wide, 1,597 high Trunk 540 liters 540 liters Maximum power 210 kW (286 hp) 250 kW (340 hp) WLTP consumption 15.2 kWh/100 km 77 KWH Battery Useful WLTP autonomy from 542 to 568 km 16.5 kWh/100 km 77 KWH Battery Useful WLTP autonomy from 512 to 522 km Environmental Distinctive Zero emissions Zero emissions Driving aids Mandatory by the European Union Mandatory by the European Union Others 5 -inch screen for the instrument box and 15 inches for the plant. HEAD-UP Display with the possibility of including augmented reality. Compatible with Android Auto and Apple Carplay by wireless connection. Wireless load of 15 W. 5 -inch screen for the instrument box and 15 inches for the plant. HEAD-UP Display with the possibility of including augmented reality. Compatible with Android Auto and Apple Carplay by wireless connection. Wireless load of 15 W. Maximum power 210 kW 286 hp 250 kW 340 hp maximum speed 180 km/h 180 km/h Acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h 6.8 seconds 5.6 seconds Electric hybrid No No Plug -in hybrid No No Electric Yeah. With 77 kWh useful battery (82 kwh gross) Yeah. With 77 kWh useful battery (82 kwh gross) price and availability Already available from 52,010 euros without aid or discounts. From 38,900 euros with launch campaign discounts but without aid of the Moves Plan. Already available from 65,060 euros without aid or discounts. An aspirational car with the feet on the ground “We know how the electric car market is in Spain, we know that the Cupra Tavascan will not be a car with great volumes but it does help us to demonstrate what Cupra is and where we want to go. It is a car that serves us to project and leave Of course you can expect the brand in the future. “ With these words, those responsible for Cupra explained their illusion with the Cupra Tavascan. We talked about how interesting the car seemed to me, of the risky of the proposal and the originality of it, not so easy to find in the market right now. Cupra risk and cupra, for my liking, wins. It makes sense to have put all the meat on the grill with this electric car. Right now, the brand has the Ateca and León coupra as reminiscences of its past. On the way they have added the CUPRA BORN Like its first electric car, the Terramar Cupraas a SUV option for those who do not dare to make the leap to this technology, the Formentor Cupralike the great supervants, and now the cupra tavascan as the great car of its offer. The latter in an electric SUV of 4.64 meters with a Coupé fall and very aggressive appearance in its body, especially in the front. The car shares origin with Volkswagen ID.5 either Skoda Enyaq Coupé But the first impression seen from the outside is that the car has personality, like more or like less. Those same sensations are transmitted to the interior. The dashboard plays with the shapes and is Absolutely dominated by a central column that leaves from the bottom of the screen and in which the button has been arranged Warning. This arrangement creates a kind of triangle that builds the entire central structure under which the wireless load for the mobile phone and two USB-C shots is located. The design helps to separate the spaces of driver and co -driver, giving some sports air that is reaffirmed with copper moldings, the drilled upholstery of the doors with those same small triangles and a steering wheel that leaves two physical buttons to change to change the driving modes. Behind, cams manage energy recovery. It is here where, without a doubt, we have the worst inside. The steering wheel buttons are tactile that we have already seen in other Volkswagen models and that have a haptic response. However, they are not precise, we can unintentionally activate them by maneuvering with the steering wheel and force them to deviate their gaze when we want to select the specific functions. On the left, we have the tactile light selector (which is also not seen with the naked eye from the driver’s position) and the two physical controls for the control of the four windows (skip from one to another activating and deactivating a button that … Indeed, it is tactile). The touch buttons for the lights and controls of the windows come back Ahead, the 5.3 -inch screen remains that detracts from the rest of the cabin. As in Volkswagen’s models, it gives a worse impression because it is not sheltered (as in the Skoda Elroq) and that feeling of going “in the air” increases the difference in size with the huge 15 -inch panel that it has to the right. The head-up Display is good and reads correctly, as in the rest of the German group models. It is worth noting the good work with the central screen. Again, we lack physical buttons to control functions as simple … Read more

The Chinese are traveling in mass to Japan and not just for tourism. Many of them arrive so as not to return

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Japan is living a boom of “foreigners” arrivals As you never remember. That, as we have explained above, is not always easy, especially at the time of fight between tourism and the life of the premises. This year, in addition, it is special. We are lunar new year, and the volume of travelers has shot a flag above others: China. The funny thing is that many of these visitors are not returning to the nation. Japan: main destination. Nikkei had a few days ago that China’s travel agencies found him: Japan has established itself as the most popular international destination for Chinese tourists During the recent eight -day holiday period, registering twice the reservations compared to the previous year. This growing preference responds to multiple factors, including geographical proximity, cultural attraction and Relaxation of visa restrictions implemented by the Japanese government in 2024. The impact of this opening in the Japanese tourism sector is significant, with an increase in the arrival of Chinese visitors who, if the trend is maintained, could generate substantial growth in the economy of the sector. On the other sidewalk, the decision to facilitate the obtaining of visas has been subject to controversy within the Democratic Liberal Party (PLD)where some conservative sectors consider that the measure was hurried in a context of geopolitical tensions between both countries. What is the new approach to tourism. Japan announced a few weeks ago the implementation of a new visa of multiple tickets with a duration of 10 yearsaddressed to Chinese citizens with high income and significant assets. This measure is part of a set of reforms designed to attract wealthy tourists and stimulate consumption in the nation, in a context of Low internal demand and population aging. In addition to the extended visa, The maximum stay of stay for Chinese tourists traveling in groups will double for 30 dayswith the objective of foster visits to rural destinations and not only to big cities. Other flexibility include the elimination of the employment test requirement for travelers over 65 and the abolition of the rule that forced to use a three -year tourist visa within the first three months after its broadcast. All measures that seek to consolidate Japan as the favorite destination of Chinese tourists, who represented the highest proportion of the 33 million foreign visitors that the country received last year. Live in Japan. But as we said at the beginning, the arrivals of Chinese visitors to Japan are not only temporary. Beyond tourism, a key aspect of the growing link between China and Japan is The increase in the number of Chinese citizens seeking permanent residence in the archipelago. A recent Nikkei report stood out that, at a time of uncertainty about the economic future from China, A growing number of Chinese is choosing to settle in Japan. This phenomenon raises questions about its expectations in a country where the economy has been marked by decades of deflation and salary stagnation. Japan’s appeal as a migratory destination for Chinese not only lies in economic factors, but also in the perception of stability and quality of life. However, this migratory flow also points to Challenges for both Chinese residents and Japanese societywhich has historically maintained a restrictive immigration policy. Art as a gateway. A particularly striking phenomenon is growing amount of young Chinese who see in Japanese art universities a viable path to obtain residence permanent. The recent immigration reform has facilitated access to this status for graduates of these institutions, encouraging a flow of students looking for a future in Japan after finishing their studies. So much, Admission in these universities remains a highly competitive processeven for Japanese students themselves. Getting a place in these higher education centers not only requires academic excellence, but also Advanced artistic skillswhich makes this immigration route accessible only for a select minority. Osaka and China. It is possibly the best example of this exodus. In the last decade, the Chinese community in Osaka has experienced unprecedented growth, duplicating its size and reaching approximately 50,000 residents in 2024according to municipal data. At the moment, The Chinese represent the second largest foreign community in the cityjust behind the Koreans. This increase is driven by that new immigration wave of wealthy people who have acquired homes in the region since the pandemic. Neighborhoods like Nishinari and Naniwa have seen a rapid growth of predominantly Chinese communities, With some areas where up to 90% of residents are of Chinese origin. In these areas, it is common to find schools aimed at the Chinese diaspora, three -story homes with traditional decoration and the presence of businesses that serve the growing community. Connectivity with Kansai International Airport, which allows Shanghai to be reached in just two hours, has been another key factor for this residential choice. The Chinese resident. A study by Professor Toshio Mizuuchi (Osaka Metropolitan University) and the associated professor Lu Lijun (Fukuoka Prefectural University) between 2022 and 2023 analyzed 172 Chinese households in Osaka. The results revealed key trends over this community. In essence, the data reflected that, unlike previous generations of Chinese migrants in Japan, this new wave does not follow the traditional pattern of international students entering the Japanese labor market before settling. On the other hand, from the pandemic, accommodated families have begun to move directly from China without speaking Japanese. Thus, the increase in Chinese tourism and migration in Japan seems to reflect structural changes in the relationship between the two countries, changes marked by both economic opportunities and by the political and social challenges themselves. While Japan looking capitalize The rise of Chinese tourism, long -term migration could redefine work and cultural dynamics within Japanese society. Image | Pedro Szekely In Xataka | China has been claiming as its islands from Japan 130 years. So he has made a decision: surround them with buoys In Xataka | At 4,500 meters high there is a “sexual” fungus for which people die. In China they pay for fortunes for aphrodisiac

satellite images show what aim to be their next great aircraft carrier

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The satellite images of the Shipyard of Dalian, in the province of Liaoning, point to a key advance in China’s naval strategy: the possible construction of their fourth carrier. Known as Type 004, this ship would stand out for integrating an electromagnetic catapult system to launch airplanes and drones, in addition to having a greater displacement than the previous models. It is also speculated with the incorporation of nuclear propulsion, which would mark a significant leap in the operational capacity of the Chinese Navy. As The War Zone points outthe images obtained by Airbus and accessible on Google Earth correspond to last year, although they have recently earned attention. The satellite view suggests that the aircraft carriers continues at an early construction phase, with structures that seem to fit with the catapult system. In addition, models of a J-15 Flanker hunting and a naval helicopter from the Z-8 series have been identified. These types of elements are not accidental: they are usually used in the tests and the development of new aircraft carriers. A project that has been spinning for years Speculation about this aircraft carriers began almost a decade ago and gained strength in 2017, when a porch crane was installed in the Jiangnan shipyard. However, that project did not prosper and the rumors continued to emerge sporadically. It was not until March 2024 when the Admiral and political commissioner of the Chinese Navy, Yuan Huazhi, officially confirmed its existence. He assured that they did not face inconveniences and said that it would soon be announced if the aircraft carrier will have Nuclear propulsion. As we mentioned before, one of the greatest advantages of this aircraft carriers will be its catapult system, which would allow it to be at the level of the American R. Ford in this aspect. This offers key benefits, such as the ability to launch heavier planes. For the Chinese Navy, this means more flight autonomy thanks to a greater fuel load and more weapons capacity. If the nuclear propulsion is confirmed, the ship could operate without geographical restrictions, with a practically unlimited range. The models in Dalian’s shipyard You may ask what kind of aircraft will launch the TyPE 004. For now, there is no official confirmation, but analysts believe they will operate with KJ-600 aircraft, biturbohélice and comparable to the E-2 Hawkeye of the US Navy. These are aircraft of Early Warning and Airborne Controldesigned to provide surveillance, recognition and air space management. Equipped with a long -range radar, they can detect and track both aircraft and enemy vessels at large distances. Although there is no official confirmation, analysts suggest that Type 004 will operate with the furtive hunting J-35, optimized for missions in aircraft carriers and with advanced stealth technology. This would be supported by improved versions of J-15, a versatile hunting adapted to electromagnetic catapults. In addition, the incorporation of unmanned aircraft is expected, expanding their tactical capacities. With this combination, the Chinese Navy would reinforce its air domain in the open sea, integrating manned airplanes and drones in joint operations. Images | Google Earth screen capture In Xataka | China is already sailing its last amphibious beast. It has a huge cover for drones and points to three missions

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