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That implies more regulation in the European Union

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Everything seems to indicate that another goal application will face greater control by the European Union (EU). This is because WhatsApp already brings together the conditions to be designated a very large online platform (Vlop), A status that Facebook and Instagram have since April 2023. What are the Vlop? The Digital Services Law, that entered into force about two years agoclassify search platforms or engines with more than 45 million monthly users in the EU as Vlop. Consequently, important platforms for European users such as Amazon Store, Booking, Tiktok or YouTube are included in this category, but not WhatsApp. Why is WhatsApp now a Vlop and was not at first? While the finishing messaging service had more than 2,000 million users globally And more than 100 million users in the EUit did not enter the Vlop category. Now, A function introduced at the end of 2023 He has made things change. We are talking about the channels, which are comparable to a social network. The number of users of WhatsApp channels has been growing steadily since its launch in the EU and is currently estimated at 46.8 million. We know this because all the platforms that operate in the community block are obliged to make public this information at least twice a year, and goal has complied with the current legislation by publishing A document recently. The growth of the channels, those that we find in the News of the application and that we use to follow the media or public figures, has not gone unnoticed in Brussels. “WhatsApp has published user numbers above the threshold for designation as a very large online platform under the Digital Services Law,” said Thomas Regnier, spokesman for the commission, In a statement to Bloomberg. Vlop platforms have to face more responsibilities. The commission itself indicates that the platforms that have been designated as Vlop must comply with “the strictest standards of the DSA”. These obligations include the realization of risk assessments on the dissemination of illegal or harmful content and the implementation of strategies to mitigate these risks. In addition, they must be audited by an independent auditor at least once a year and act according to the recommendations you receive. To guarantee adequate supervision, the platforms must share their data with the commission and the national authorities, which will allow to evaluate whether they comply with the standard. They must also give access to researchers so that they can study the platform data. Waiting for formal designation. Meta now meets Vlop’s criteria, but its formal designation has not yet occurred. Once the commission of this step, the company led by Mark Zuckerberg will have four months to meet the new obligations that emerge from the DSA. If an infraction is confirmed to this strict European regulatory framework, fines can reach up to 6% of the firm’s annual billing. The regulatory ambition of the EU has been criticized both by US technological giants and the new White House administration. Tim Cook already complained with Trump Before his election, to which the then candidate replied that he would not allow abuse against US companies. Amazon, meanwhile, has rejected his designation as Vlop. In parallel, We are witnessing an unusual turn in the regulatory policy of the block. Images | Christian Lue | Goal | European Commission In Xataka | The battle between LaLiga and Cloudflare is charging many victims. Now those victims are joining strength

The box office did not treat it well, but this stimulating apocalyptic fable now reaches prime video and it is worth recovering it

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There are those who tire postapocalyptic films with arbitrary rules that must be met to survive. Do not make noise. Don’t look. Don’t talk. Do not move. And in ‘You never release‘, that now premiere prime videothe rule is clear from the first moment: do not stop grabbing your classmates, do not stay alone, or get on the way. However, this proposal starts from that point to go in a very dike direction A manido start, yes, but effective and reserves a good amount of surprises. Everything fits that in command of this party we have Alexandre Aja, the Frenchman who terrified us at the beginning of his career with the extraordinary remake of ‘Las Colinas has eyes’, and that he has then developed a career full of ups and downs, yes, but With pieces of pure horror as estimated as ‘high voltage’, ‘Piraña 3D’, ‘Hell underwater’ or ‘oxygen’. On this occasion, Aja presents us with two twin children who live sections in a cabin in the depth of the forest with his mother (Halle Berry), which tells them about a dangerous spirit that lives abroad. To survive they must always be together, even tied by strings. It is a measure that will begin to question according to children are growing and suspect that the world does not work as they have told them. Mental illnesses, traumas and overprotection are some of the ingredients of this tense story not exactly apocalyptic (although moods are very there). Full of macabre details that certify the good visual taste of AJA, ‘You never let go’, unfortunately, it was received very timidly at the box officeand raised only 21.8 million dollars compared to the already lean 20 that had a budget. It is time to recover it and give it a new opportunity. In Xataka | ‘Oxygen’: a science fiction thriller of Netflix and Alexandre Aja (‘High voltage’) in which surprises and claustrophobia abound

How to change all our passwords according to three cybersecurity experts

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Passwords have become an essential part of everyone’s digital life. In combination with other verification methods, They are the entrance door to almost all the digital services we use. We need them to make online banking efforts, but also to log in to email accounts, social networks, streaming platforms or online stores. Like house keys, passwords must be well protected to avoid dislikes. But sometimes it is not enough to save them well: there are times when they should change them or reinforce security with additional methods. The question is when. In Xataka we have asked three cybersecurity experts to clear doubts and know what decisions we should make. The problem of security gaps Francisco ValenciaCEO of the Computer Security Company Secure & Itopened the conversation with a blunt phrase: “The user has to think that passwords Sooner or later they will expose themselves” What the expert tells us is relevant, because we usually navigate this increasingly digital and interconnected world without being completely aware of the threats that surround us. Valencia explains that the exposure of our passwords, or what is the same, that they have been committed or revealed, can occur in two ways: that they rob us directly or subtract them from the services where we have registered them. When we register in some online service, this should protect our authentication data, however, as the specialist points out, it is often not so. To illustrate it, the interviewee remembers Yahoo’s case. In 2013, with Marissa Mayer in front, the company starred in a colossal security failure, considered by many as one of the largest in history, which exposed the data of 500 million accounts. The platform “It seemed reasonably safebut the passwords were stolen and informed the users years later, ”he says. “The user has to think that the passwords sooner or later will be exposed.” Alejandro BotterCyber ​​Security Evangelist of Check Pointreveals that “it is increasingly common for a data gap to present.” The expert indicates that these types of scenarios where there is some type of data exfiltration can occur in any field, from a hotel to a bank, although the latter should, in theory, have more robust security measures. While the leaks of our passwords by those who are trusted are a reality, Botter warns that the most traditional security threats, those in which we deliver our passwords involuntarily, are still very present. “We might access a site that was not correct And let’s leave our password, or that the device will be infected, ”he explains. It also emphasizes that awareness is essential to understand that cybercounts not only pursue important objectives, but any white can be. “Many people say: ‘Where will my email be? I don’t think it’s my turn. ‘” In this regard, he mentions that tools such as “Have I Been Pwned? “The reality of information leaks account very palpably. Asked about whether we should trust the page created more than a decade ago by the Australian security consultant Troy huntBotter highlights the positive aspect of the platform, but says that “there is debate about it”, and that we do only email We are providing information that “it is achieved in different ways on the Internet and that is not so complex to achieve.” What are we wrong with our passwords? Adrián Arrow, cybersecurity technician INCIBE- Certhe tells us that “for years, passwords have been the main method of access to our accounts, but also represent one of the greatest security risks.” The specialist of this Spanish Institute adds that “the reality is that most users reuse keys, choose weak combinations or fall into phishing attacks.” Valencia supports this perspective with a practical example: “When we make an audit and, for example, we find a password of a person’s tennis club, it turns out that looking for password password We see it in another pile of sites because that same user has put the password on all sides. And that makes criticism even greater. ” The CEO of Secure & It emphasizes that one of the most critical problems of password reuse is that, generally, they end up leaking by the weakest link. Since the user has used the same set of characters in other services, many times together with the same email address, he ends up exposing all his accounts in a way that would not have occurred in case of using different passwords. “The reality is that most users reuse keys, choose weak combinations or fall into phishing attacks.” “Passwords cannot be the same in all sites. People many times have two passwords, the easy and difficult, and It turns out that it puts the difficult at the bank And something else and the easy thing in everything else. The password cannot be the same, it has to always be different, it has to be random, it has to be difficult to remember, etc. ” This, he explains, will force us to use a password management tool The interviewee adds some quite useful examples: “Knowing the exhibition, if they steal a password, they will exclusively attack the service where I put it. The Facebook password steals me, it will only affect Facebook, but not anything else. Until now the gravity is that if the Facebook password is stolen, it turns out that it is also for my bank and therefore the exhibition is much worse. ” Users usually ask if using a password manager is a good idea. Arrow, from Incibe, explains that “password managers are one of the safer and practical tools PARA store and manage our access credentials ”, and highlights some of its advantages. It lists that they not only serve to store passwords, but are also useful for generating them. “While no technology is infallible, a well -designed manager offers much more security than scoring paper passwords or trying to remember them all. Currently, there is no manual alternative that is so safe and practical. There are cloud and local versions (without connection), but … Read more

Madrid only produces 4.8% of the energy it consumes, but has found a place to solve it: the subsoil

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In 1980, a group of geologists set out to investigate the depths of Madrid and I did not speak of the Movebut discover if under its soil there was oil. The black gold fever had reached the Castilian plateau. However, what seemed like a dream of energy self -sufficiency ended up opening the door to unexpected energy. Today, that story continues to be written, but with a turn that nobody anticipated. The search. One of the first and most serious drilling attempts was the one made by Shell in 1980 in the well known as “El Pradillo-1” where no hydrocarbons were found. At that time the Spanish capital dreamed of becoming an oil city attentive to the prevalence of fossil fuel above other alternatives at that time not yet sufficiently exploited. More than 3,500 meters deep, engineers did not find oil but very valuable data about the subsoil temperature, which gave rise to the exploration of geothermal energy. Thus, They found a geothermal aquifer with temperatures between 70ºC and 90ºC at depths that range between 1,500 and 2,150 meters. Over the years, More perforations were performed In nearby areas, such as three songs, San Sebastián de los Reyes and Geomadrid-1, where multicapa aquifers found with temperatures to produce geothermal energy. Although exploitation has not yet been developed on a large scale, investigations continue, and this renewable resource is expected to be used in the future as an alternative energy source in Madrid. Among the pros of this discovery, intrinsic characteristics of this type of clean energy that are based on the use of heat stored in groundwater stand out to generate electricity and for homes. But why isn’t it exploited? Despite the discovery of a significant geothermal potential in the Madrid subsoil, the exploitation of this energy source has not yet developed on a large scale Due to several factors Among those that include, in the first place, the high cost of initial investigations and perforations, the infrastructure necessary to take advantage of the heat of the subsoil efficiently, such as the construction of geothermal plants and water reinjection systems. Energy comes from other communities. Madrid only produces 4.8% of the energy it consumes. This fact only represents the urgency that the Autonomous Community should have to resolve the scarce of alternatives to meet its domestic demand. At present, the ranquin between the communities that more depends on the energy of other areas. If the Madrid region will diversify its energy mix through the use of geothermal energy, not only would it increase its self -sufficiency, but also contribute to a more balanced energy model between the different autonomous communities with economic redundancies throughout the country. In addition, it would lead to rethinking The installation of data centersamong other alternatives, and would reduce Energy generation concentration In certain areas of the country, the pressure on energy transport and distribution infrastructures, which would benefit the entire national energy system by reducing the carbon footprint. The forecasts. With the progress of drilling technologies and improvements in thermal use systems, such as geothermal heat pumps, Madrid could already be able to begin to take advantage of their geothermal resources more efficiently. This is what the Basque Country has done with Geothermal rings at the university. Another possible alternative is to take an example to Iceland, which has turned geothermal energy at the base of its energy model, representing 66% of the total primary energy consumption of the country. Image | Unspash and Unspash Xataka | Huelva has been the forgotten industrial pole of Spain for decades. We are realizing the consequences

Justice has something to say

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One of the clear advantages that Teleworking has contributed has been the possibility of reconciling the Family life with work. The last example of teleworking conciliation, however, has had to impose it on the Social Court No. 1 of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, which has issued a sentence that allows a woman to telework five days a week for take care of your son with disabilities. Teleworking since 2022. Justice has recognized a mother’s right to telework five days a week to take care of her child, who suffers from a disability of more than 80% and needs constant attention. This judicial decision feels a relevant precedent in the Conciliation of working and family life. The resolution highlights the importance of protecting the well -being of the child, especially when it comes to a child with special needs. The sentence emphasizes that the company He did not present arguments Solids to deny teleworking, since the employee had already worked remotely during the pandemic without problems. Team disconnection. To deny the teleworking option to her employee, Unelco Endesa argued that giving that option “would disconnect the employee of the team’s work” and that the Endesa Teleworking Agreement He did not contemplate this possibility, indicating that he should request help to take care of his son during the required days of face -to -face. However, the court did not accept these arguments, considering that “there is no business obstacle” since the functions of the employee were merely administrative and could perform them perfectly at a distance, as he had already done In the past. Occasional teleworking. Since 2022, the employee had already been teleworking for a few days a week in a context of Hybrid Day Model with three days of remote work and two of face -to -face work. Given the special care requirements of her child, the plaintiff requested to be able to do it every day to serve the child while waiting for the availability of a place in a day center. Before the company’s refusal, the employee decided to take the case to the courts. From the union CCOO, have not hesitated to qualify it as “such an insensitive and dehumanized response,” especially because they refused to deal with the case in the Equality Commission. The union applauds the sentence and points out that “feels a new legal precedent and opens the way for Other working people in the same situation. “ Greater coverage to conciliation. Labor conciliation made an important leap forward with the arrival of the Royal Decree-Law 5/2023, of June 28in which new rights are consolidated for people with minors or dependent persons in charge. Therefore, the employee enforced the right collected in the Article 34.8 of the Workers’ Statute which establishes that “working people have the right to request the adaptations of the duration and distribution of the workday, in the management of the work time and in the form of benefit, including the provision of their distance work, to make effective their right to reconcile family and work life.

The thermal expansion has been a headache for centuries. Now we are learning how to dodge it

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Heat tends to make the materials expand and gain volume, a volume that is then reduced when the temperature drops. This is a problem for architects and engineers since this effect is very noticeable in metals such as steel. What if we could avoid this problem? A new alloy. A group of scientists has created a new alloy that barely shows thermal expansion along a wide temperature fork. The key to development has been in invar, an alloy with similar properties that has previously been deciphered. 100 years of mystery. Invar is an alloy composed of iron, nickel and other elements with an extremely low thermal expansion coefficient, that is, an alloy that is barely dilated to an increase in temperatures. In a fork that covers more than 400 k (that is, more than 400º Celsius), invaria only expands 0.0001% of its length for each degree Celsius (or for each Kelvin). This alloy was created at the end of the 19th century by Charles Édouard Guillaume, who I would receive the Nobel Prize in Physics In 1920 “for its discovery of anomalies in the steel and nickel alloys.” We have needed a century since the award concession to begin to understand the underlying science in this low thermal expansion. Thermal expansion. The phenomenon of thermal expansion is an old acquaintance. As those responsible for the new work explain, this phenomenon is the result of the same movement of atoms (remember that the temperature is nothing other than that). When the atoms get hot, they move more and that makes more space need, then the material expands. This phenomenon, they continue to point out, is inevitable, but understanding it in detail opens the door to create new materials that somehow balance this effect. To study it, the team resorted to computer simulations that allowed analyzing the behavior of magnetic materials on tiny scales. “This allowed us to better understand the reason why invaria is hardly expanding,” said Segii Khmelevskyi, co -author of the new study. The effect is due to changes in the state of the electrons that occur as the temperature increases. These changes counteract “almost exactly” the thermal expansion of the material, adds Khmelevskyi. From theory to practice. Knowing the theory opens the way to the creation of new alloys capable of overcoming thermal expansion. It is precisely what the study responsible for the study did, put their findings into practice. And the result is what they have called Pyrocloro magnet. The new alloy combines more than two compounds: zirconium, niobium, iron and cobalt. “It is a material with an extremely under thermal coefficient above a range of unprecedented temperatures,” says Yili Cao, development co -author. “The effect is because certain electrons change its status as the temperature increases. The magnetic order of the material decreases, which makes the material contract, ”explains CAO. This effect is precisely analogous to the one seen in invar. The secret is irregularity. The team explains that the marked of the effect is also to the fact that the Pyroclloric magnet does not have a perfect network structure, that is, with the atoms arranged forming a regular and repeated pattern, but more heterogeneous. Some areas contain more or less cobalt which makes the material expand and contract in an almost identical proportion. Development details were published In an article In the magazine National Science Review. In Xataka | Cheaper, durable and ecological: a new material with the help of ruthenium wants to change the rules of green hydrogen Image | Your Wien

A superstructure of more than one billion light years

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Almost a third of all the galaxies that we can observe in the universe are grouped into five structures of an unimaginable scale. Astronomers have just discovered the greatest of all. With more than one billion light years in diameter, Quipu is the largest supplies ever discovered. A super -as -called Quipu. Quipu is A galactic supercumulus of 1.3 billion light years (more than 400 megapatscs) with an estimated mass of 2 × 10¹⁷ solar masses, about 200 four times more massive than the sun. The pantagruélica structure has been baptized as quipu in honor of the strings and knots system of the Incas. The Inca wove wool threads making knots in different ways to count or transcribe messages, such as those that scientists begin to decipher in the filaments and ramifications of these cosmic superstructures. The cosmic network of matter. Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is part of the local group along with its neighbor Andromeda, the triangle galaxy and numerous satellite galaxies. The local group, in turn, is part of a large collection of clusters called the Galactic Super Cumulus of Virgo. At the same time, Virgo’s supercumulus is within a gigantic filamentous structure called Laniakea. Laniakea contains approximately 100,000 galaxies and extends over 520 million light years. Thus, as the scale increases, the matter of the universe is weaving a cosmic network that astronomers are trying to capture on a map. Five superstructures. An international astronomer team located in Germany, South Africa and Spain has made The first study at a global scale of the biggest structures of the universe. Using galaxies clusters observed in X -rays By the Classix Cluster Survey, the researchers identified five especially prominent superstructures. In addition to Quipu, they found Shaley, Serpens-Corona Borealis, Hercules and Sculptor-Pasus. These five superstructures group approximately 30% of the galaxies and 25% of the matter of the universe, occupying 13% of the total volume. Its small lateral ramifications visually evoke the knots of a quipu, which somehow encode crucial information on the formation and evolution of the cosmos. Quipu’s influence. Immense concentrations of mass such as Quipu are fundamental to understand how the network of matter is weaved in the cosmos and why there are discrepancies between the Hubble constant, which measures the expansion of the universe, and the speed at which the galaxies are separated. Quipu’s enormous mass exerts a significant impact. Its severity is so great that it can be inducing peculiar movements in the galaxies, as well as distortions in the microwave background radiation, a very weak electromagnetic echo from the Big Bang. Image | Max Planck Institute In Xataka | The Incas did not need writing to forge an empire. And we are closer to solving the key object in your organization

In full eruption of Etna, Italian emergency services have encountered an obstacle: tourists

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ETNA is more than one of the volcanoes more active and high from Europe. It is also a tourist claim. One that seems to work especially well when, as these days, it offers a fascinating show that mixes A lava river, snow, ashessteam and smoke columns. The power of his eruption has attracted hundreds of visitors And curious, leaving a flood of people who already supposes a headache for the authorities. The reason, simple: they have reached Block the tracks They need to operate rescue services. It is nature … and it is Tourist. The Etna volcano, under the spotlights. The Italians have been pending Etna for more than a week, the volcano located on the east coast of Sicily and one of The most active from Europe. His activity intensified days ago, with A fracture of the Crater of Bocca Nuova, and has left a succession of Explosions and lava flows They have spread through the mountain, forming an extensive lava river. Volcanic activity also affects communities. Yesterday the Catania airport, south of Italy, He informed that its air traffic was still altered. Click on the image to go to Tweet. A coveted show. The eruption of the Etna volcano can be overwhelming, but also leaves a Fascinating show in which snow and lava are combined. And as such it has not taken the interest of hikers who have approached the mountain to enjoy the landscape. It He reported yesterday ANSA, the main Italian news agency, which already presents Etna directly as the “new focus of encompassing” For a long time Italy. A tide of hikers. The agency speaks that about a thousand hikers have come to contemplate how it manages the lava from the crater of Bocca Nuova and media like Euronews either The Guardian They go further by pointing out the presence of “Miles” of curious who have approached Mount Sicilian to see the show in situ. Your presence can also be found in networks, with Videos and images of people approaching or even skiing near the lava river. The Italian Marco Bassot shared For example on Instagram a video in which it can apparently be seen sliding with a snowboard table next to the message “The craziest race of my whole life.” Civil Protection has already asked hikers to extreme caution and comply with the standards and remember that a minimum distance in front of the lava of Between 300 and 500 m. @accuweather WHERE LLAND MEETS SNOW 🌋❄️ SKIERS AND HUKERS WERE SPOTTED GETTING A CLOSE-UP View of Lavator and ROCKS SPURTING OUT FROM MOUT ETNA ONTO THE SNOW. #lava #Volcano #Fireandice #Mountetna #itly #mtetna #cool #Skiing #winter #Snow #News #accuweather ♬ Original Sound – Accuweather “Extremely dangerous”. The Regional Manager of Civil Protection, except cook “Of cars. Sunday warned On Facebook: “As night falls, the situation becomes extremely dangerous, with growing risks of falls and sinking in snow.” “I have seen many photos and videos of people who approach dangerously to the front, even skiing,” Recognize Carlo Caputomayor of neighboring BelPasso, to The Guardian. “Although it is visually shocking, it exposes them to serious risks, since it washes it, when it comes into contact with the snow, it can vaporize it instantly and, with the energy released, it can violently launch fragments or rocks.” A touch of attention. Visitors and curious are not the only ones who risk. ANSA He pointed out yesterday that the presence of hundreds of people attracted to the rash show was “blocking” the streets, which is an added risk. The reason? Kitchen points That people park their vehicles along narrow roads and prevent passing through Vetor, “making it impossible to pass rescue vehicles.” He has already warned local authorities. The Italian agency Precise that on Sunday Civil Protection came to mobilize even four units of Belassso, Ragalna, Nicolosi and Adrano to support the population and prevent tourists and hikers from arriving from sicily or other nearby points complicated traffic in the area, with the risk that It supposes. Click on the image to go to Tweet. “Combine” enjoy safely. Kitchen Recognize That many of the curious who come to the mountain are well equipped and in the company of guides or volcanologists, but warns of the risk of cars saturation and the block of the same streets through which emergency vehicles circulate. The key, he insists, is to “combine” the enjoyment of the volcano with security. “Yesterday afternoon there was a constant influx of one thousand people from Provincial Highway 92 and the Milia road, wild parking at the edges of narrow streets, traffic lock in Vetor piano and impossibility of passing emergency vehicles,” He insisted kitchen in Your message. Images | President of the Sicilian Region Dipartimento delLa Protezione Civile 1 and 2 (The photo of the eruption is extracted from a 2021 report) In Xataka | Venice invented an entry rate to stop mass tourism. It has come out so well that it will double the price

Without MOVES in sight, the electric car threatens to disappoint in Spain

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The electric car needs important financial aid to take off. Perhaps not in the future but if something has taught us the short trajectory of technology is that where it has triumphed it has done so with a sustained plan of purchase aids. In China, government subsidies They have accumulated one after another. First because popularize technology It has allowed them to create an industry that threatens to win a relevant role in the automotive, a market where they had gone unnoticed. And secondly, because Chinese economy itself needs to be dynamic And vehicle sales is a good tool for this, especially now that they need to place what threatens to be an overproduction. Norway, where the electric car represents almost 100% of saleshas also reached this situation with A sustained aid plan. Constant and also pointing to a tax reduction, the customer has ended up embraceing technology. Germany (even China) is a good example of what happens when You eliminate aid: Sales stop. It happened to the German country last year. In its first full year since the government was forced to withdraw aids to purchase, Electric sales collapsed 27.4%. Although there are still no concrete data, the perception is that Spain walks along the same path. Essential aid In the middle of last January, the refusal to approve the already famous Government’s Bus Decree made the Transport aids, To pensions And, among other things, The Moves III Plan. With a huge delay when delivering aid to purchase (so much that some brands advanced the amount delivered by the Government), the MOVES III PLAN It was still a value when placing an electric car compared to other technologies. With him, the buyer could be discounted up to 7,000 euros of the purchase, 70% of the charger installation In the house and up to 3,000 euros in the income statement. We talk about aid that could therefore overcome the 10,000 euros For those who, yes, It was mandatory to arm himself with patience. The latter led the government itself to promise that it would reform the Moves III Plan with the aim of expediting all the processes and came to slide that the aid would be delivered at the time of purchase. However, none of this ended up getting ahead. In fact, Two weeks before finishing 2024 And, with him, the Moves III Plan falls, nothing was known about the future of aid. In those last days ended up an extension which was active until the middle of January. Since then, the interest in getting an electric car has stopped, according to manufacturers. Paco Pérez Botello, president of Volkswagen Group Spain Distribution, says that “orders have stopped dry” since the Moves III Plan ends. “We will begin to notice it in March enrollments if there are no aid again,” he clarified in words collected by Five days. The atmosphere among the Germans is the same as reigns in other brands. During the presentation of Hyundai insertresponsible for the company confirmed that the visits to their dealers to be interested in the model had shot themselves as a result of starting the television ads campaign but that, just a few days later, It had collapsed When the aid had been removed. Although it has been slid that the aid will reach those who had requested the electric car In the first days of January And that the new aid program will also contemplate the sales of February, it has logic that the customer delay their purchase due to the lack of guarantees. Reactivate aid can be essential for the performance in Spain of the aforementioned companies that have recently put the insert and the Skoda Elorq But also for him Ford Capri or the Renault 5cars that also just land in the market. “We can reach a 10% electric market share in 2025, but it will depend on the incentives that there are,” said Pérez Botello. The perverse part of aid is the same as that of a Price war between companies. The client, aware that the aid can be approved before or after, delays the purchase waiting for a better price that, in this case, does not seem to finish arriving. In any case, we will see to what extent the rope is tense and when we will see a new program of aid that clients and manufacturers wait with open arms. Photo | Xataka In Xataka | Catalonia is determined to lead the conversion and sale of the electric car. His great objective is called Madrid

This is being destroyed one of the crown jewels of Spanish gastronomy

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Until the middle of the twentieth century, the most consumed banana variety in the world was The Gros Michel. There was a huge international market around this variety and the future seemed prosperous to all: farmers, merchants and consumers. In the 50s everything changed. The Panama disease He began to devastate Gros Michel plantations and, although the producers engaged in a race against the fungus, took less than a decade to end them around the world. Today, it is almost impossible to find on a commercial level. Well, that is just what is happening to the bomb rice. The fall of the ‘King of rice gastronomy’. And as with the Gross Michel, the cause of this debacle is perfectly located: the pyricularosis fungus. This plague has a wide pathogenic variety; But, in general terms, Inhibits rice tissues growth And the performance has sink. It also makes it very fast. The problem is that, little by little, it is becoming resistant to the available fungicides and the pump rice is much more sensitive than other varieties. The trigger. It is not innocent that, when he described the problem of resistances to fungicides, he added the word “available.” The trigger for this situation has been that European regulations The maximum waste limits have dropped of the only useful pesticide – Triciclazole – until it is unusable. In fact, Brussels Does not let cultivated rice import With that pesticide. And what happened? Well, what as Vicente Lladró explained in summerthe fungus “Campa at ease in the fields and reduces productions to non -profitable minimums.” That has led to the harvest to historical minimums, has triggered prices (up to 8 or 10 euros per kilo) and has raised fixed costs. In summary, the situation is diverting producers to other varieties that better tolerate the effects of the disease. We have Arrived at the point that “In many cases there is already a lack of quality grain to prepare future plantings.” Is the problem so big? Compared to 7-8,000 kilos of conventional round rice that produces one hectare in the Albufera Parkthe previous campaign the pump gave a yield of 1,000. As much as prices rise, profitability seems impossible. A dead end. Because the background problem is that the pump rice is something that is only grown in Spain and if the variety becomes unfeasible, it will become a museum piece. In fact, many producers They are already going to the Albufera variety What happens to be the most similar to the pump within which the disease resists better. But despite the protests of the farmers, the regulation is still alive (and it is not clear that it will be changed). This shows us another of the big problems that the Spanish field will go through in the coming years. Because we are seeing How inumerable “new” diseases arrive at the Peninsula And that also includes those that affect the plants we grow. And what do we do? Preparing for this, while the sanitary requirements of the food chain increase, is one of the great challenges of our century. Even more in an environment like the European, in which One of the main tools (the genetic edition) It is also blocked. However, in the next decades we play a good part of our agricultural heritage in something as apparently simple as learning to keep it in the new world towards which we head. Image | Salome Bielsa | Enrique Dans In Xataka | The Taliban of the Paella have been strong for years. More and more evidence takes them the opposite

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