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Scientists have put kombucha to the test against stress. and has lost

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For many people, kombucha is a super drink. They consider it the ideal option for replace soft drinksbecause it is better than water and does not cause health problems, but it does bring many benefits. Some experts have warned that we must be careful, since many commercial kombuchas have a large amount of added sugar, so the benefits can be overshadowed by the risks. However, it’s not just about the risks related to sugar. According to a team of Australian scientistswe could be relating kombucha to more benefits than it really has. Having the bioactive compounds is not enough. These scientists carried out two studies in the same group of healthy adults. On the one hand, they analyzed blood and urine samples in search of metabolites associated with the positive effects of kombucha. On the other hand, they analyzed how the consumption of this drink affects a controlled stress test in the laboratory. Although most of the benefits conferred on kombucha are digestive, there has been a lot of talk lately about how it can help reduce stress through the gut-brain axis. That is why this second test was carried out. In the first, as expected, they found very interesting metabolites. This indicates that kombucha contains bioactive ingredients, which have effects on metabolism. However, in the second test they did not find the benefits they expected. Not all kombuchas are the same. Kombucha is a drink obtained by fermenting tea with sugar, thanks to the bacteria and fungi present in a culture called scoby. As a result, some beneficial tea polyphenols are mixed with organic compounds and metabolites resulting from fermentation. Beyond that, it is important to clarify that not all kombuchas are the same. The final result depends on factors such as the storage method, the tea used, the fermentation process or added sugars. There is also a big difference if technologies such as filtering or pasteurization are used. That’s why, in an article for The Conversationthe authors of the Australian study point out that one cannot compare some studies with others without taking into account that possibly very different kombuchas were used. Homemade Kombucha The studies. To avoid the problem of different kombuchas, all participants in the Australian study drank the same kombucha. It was a drink based on organic black and green tea fermented for 4 weeks. Half of the participants drank 330 ml of this drink, once a day for 8 weeks. The other half did the same, but with a placebo with a similar flavor. Before, during and after the process, blood, saliva and urine samples were taken and they were subjected to a stress test that consisted of alternately putting their hand in cold water and doing mathematical calculations under a stopwatch. Basically, it is a way of mixing physical and mental stress. The results. Blood and urine samples showed that those who drank kombucha had higher levels of beneficial metabolites. The compounds in this fermented drink had acted on their metabolism in an apparently advantageous way. The problem is that, as they concluded with the second experiment, not everything that has bioactive ingredients generates visible benefits. There is nothing more to see than the Saliva levels of cortisolthe famous stress hormone, did not improve with kombucha consumption. They increased with the stress test, but did not decrease with the kombucha, but rather with the passage of time. There were also no beneficial effects on other stress markers such as sweating, heart rate or self-observed stress. Yes, there was habituation. As time passed and the stress test was repeated, cortisol levels and the rest of the markers improved. This, according to the authors of the study, is due to a habituation phenomenon, but most likely not to the kombucha, since there were no differences with the placebo. Studies will have to be improved. These Australian scientists consider that, in the future, it would be interesting to carry out studies with more participants, for a longer time. If possible, also with people with high basal stress. It would be the best way to thoroughly study whether there are real effects of kombucha on stress. At the moment, with what they have observed, it seems that we have overestimated this drink. In the end, if you need a raise in your salary or for your landlord to lower your rent, it seems that kombucha is not going to solve anything for you. Image | Magnificent In Xataka | Neuroscientists believe they have found the trick to solving the most complicated problems: taking a nap

pay the same to women

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Japan faces a unprecedented challenge. On the one hand, the labor shortage has forced companies to rethink their labor policies if they want to take advantage of the economic boom period what the future poses to them. On the other hand, its low birth rate collides head-on with the problem of labor shortage, since they would have to do without (at least temporarily) the female half of their workforce. Quite a dilemma. The complicated demographic situation has forced Japanese companies to consider a measure unprecedented in the last two decades: equalizing salaries between men and women. Two birds with one stone. While diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies have been reversed or limited in the US, Japan has chosen to take the opposite path and equalize salaries between men and women to attract female talent and encourage their professional careers. In addition to the practical point of view of attracting a skilled workforce that is in short supply, this change also responds to other economic reasons. Japan is hoarding a good part of the investments with environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria that are leaving the US after Trump’s arrival at the White House. For both reasons, Japanese financial firms such as the insurer Nippon Life Insurance or the bank MUFG have eliminated administrative professional categories Mostly occupied by womenin which between 39% and 50% of a male salary was earned. Two decades of wage discrimination. For the past twenty years, Japanese women have been paid less than men for doing the same job. According to data from the Ministry of HealthLabor and Social Welfare of 2026, on average women earned only 75.8% of men’s salaries in 2024. In prefectures like Tochigi, the gap is even greater, with women barely seeing the 70% of male salary. To put it in context, the wage gap between men and women in OECD countries was located around 11%, while data from 2023 suggest that in Japan this gap had grown from 21.3% to 22%. This discrimination has deep roots in the Japanese labor system. Traditionally, companies offered men lifelong jobs with promotions and pay increases tied to their seniority. Women, upon becoming mothers, were pushed into temporary or part-time jobs, with lower incomes and few opportunities for advancement. This phenomenon, known as the “L-curve,” reflects the sharp drop in participation and women’s salaries after motherhood, making it difficult for them to return to positions of responsibility in companies. Without labor. Japan suffers from a severe labor shortage. a study of the Recruit Works Institute, estimates a shortage of 11 million workers in 2040. The aging of the population and the decrease in the birth rate have reduced the available workforce, and forecasts suggest that the labor supply will decrease from 65.87 million workers in 2022 to 57.67 million in 2040, making it essential harness female potential to maintain productivity and economic growth. This has forced Japanese companies to reconsider your labor policies to attract more women, offering them the same salary as men to encourage their return to the labor market after motherhood, and resume their professional careers, also offering equality in promotions and rewards for seniority. More than salary: family conciliation. Women have a very marked role in Japanese culture with respect to child care. The official studies They point out that equalizing salaries is not enough to attract and retain female workers. Japanese companies have begun to offer work conciliation measuresas reduced hours and teleworking optionsso that women can take care of their children without giving up your professional career. In cities like Tokyo, shorter work days have been implemented and the four day work week for its employees, with the aim of encouraging births and facilitating family conciliation. Salary equalization can favor the adoption of these measures in other regions of the country, allowing more women to access stable jobs without sacrificing their family life. A version of this article was published in April 2025. In Xataka | Construction has been left without generational change: they have discovered that no one is a bricklayer by vocation Image | Unsplash (EMANUELE Ricciardi)

“The Blue Origin team made t-shirts with the phrase ‘It was worth it'”

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NASA has awarded Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ company and SpaceX’s great rivalfrom Elon Musk, a contract to participate in the construction of a lunar base. Days later, the New Glennthe reusable rocket with which the company wants to achieve its ambitions, exploded before his big test. For anyone, it would be a monumental disaster, but Blue Origin employees took the opportunity to create t-shirts with a message. “It was worth it.” The accident. It was on May 29 when the New Glenn exploded and was engulfed by a gigantic fireball during a test known as a ‘hotfire’. This is a test in which the engines are turned on not with the aim of taking off, but to check whether the systems are working optimally. During it, the rocket remains anchored to the platform, but as detailed the team, “an anomaly” occurred that led to the explosion. “The rockets are complicated”, commented an Elon Musk who has suffered several of these anomalies with his people and Bezos himself also played down the matter even though he acknowledged that it had been a setback. I rent. Within the framework of the Vivatech 2026 fair, the businessman gave a talk in which he commented on various topics, such as the controversies with Prometheus, his AI company, but where he focused on the space ambitions of his other company. And the first thing that was commented on was, precisely, the explosion. “We were very lucky,” he says, because the equipment was safe and only material damage occurred, but also because it is a procedure that must be gone through. The billionaire has shared that, the day after the incident and sporadically, the ‘Blue Team’ that was in charge of the rocket and that test made t-shirts with the message “It was worth it” printed on it. It makes sense. This seems like a contradiction, since it involves months and months of work wasted, not to mention money, but it makes sense and the explanation is extremely simple: when a rocket ‘dies’ during a ground test, no one gets hurt and it is much better than a rocket that ‘dies’ during a mission or with a crew. Aside from that, when a rocket fails in that scenario, the error itself gives back a huge amount of data that engineers can use to improve. As long as this disaster occurs in the testing phase without critical load or people, it is simply an economic loss that is absorbed into the program costs. What that test returns in the form of data on pressures, temperatures, vibrations and telemetry is almost more valuable. Fail fast. In fact, SpaceX itself has converted This is a work philosophy, “fail fast, learn even faster”, starting with some deliberately imperfect prototypes that are improved with each test. This way engineers see where there is a bottleneck and start working on it to come up with another prototype and see if that bottleneck has been resolved… and where the next one is. That is why, in some explosions, there are happy engineers hugging each other. It is still a ‘successful failure’. This has a cost, of course, estimated at 90-100 million dollars per vehicle which, in the end, greatly increases the total costs of the projects. HE esteem that, for example, SpaceX invested $2 billion in 2023 alone. Next steps. Bezos has settled the issue of the explosion by stating that they have recreated everything, they have collected everything they needed to collect and he has made a promise: to fly before the end of the year. We’ll see if they succeed, since this new space race is full of objectives and dates that are not met. Let them tell Artemis II (although it ended up going well). In Xataka | NASA has decided that Artemis III will no longer go to the Moon. Although it may not seem like it, it is a step forward

power for local AI and an increasingly clear obsession with weighing less

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There are many good laptops on the market, perhaps too many for a brand to differentiate itself with a list of specifications alone. That is why each manufacturer ends up defending a personality: some rely on the ecosystem, others on design, others on power and others on price. LG, with the gram, has tried to occupy a very recognizable place: that of large laptops that weigh surprisingly little. He LG gram Pro 2026 It was born within that same logic, but with added pressure: now it also has to talk about AI locally. With the LG gram Pro 16Z90Uthe idea is understood quite quickly. The company talks about a 16-inch device weighing 1,199 g, compared to the 1,239 g of the previous model of the same inches, the 16Z90TS, according to the official Spanish file. The difference is not huge on its own, but it helps to understand the movement: LG is trying to maintain a wide screen, a Pro proposal and more declared autonomy without abandoning the gram’s historical obsession with mobility. LG Gram Pro (2026) technical sheet LG Gram Pro 2026 16Z90U LG Gram Pro 2026 Dimensions and weight 357.0 x 255.2 x 16.4mm 1,800 grams 357.0 x 255.2 x 16.4mm 1,800 grams screen 16 inch OLED WQXGA+ (2880 x 1800) 500 nits Contrast 1,000,000:1 16:10 aspect ratio 16 inch OLED WQXGA+ (2880 x 1800) 500 nits Contrast 1,000,000:1 16:10 aspect ratio processor Intel Core Ultra X7 358H16 cores: 4 high performance + 8 efficiency + 4 low consumptionUp to 4.8 GHz18MB Intel Smart CacheNPU up to 50 TOPS Intel Core Ultra X7 358H16 cores: 4 high performance + 8 efficiency + 4 low consumptionUp to 4.8 GHz18MB Intel Smart CacheNPU up to 50 TOPS graphics Intel Arc graphics B390 Graphics Intel Arc graphics B390 Graphics memory 32 GB LPDDR5X (Dual channel, 8,533 MHz) 32 GB LPDDR5X (Dual channel, 8,533 MHz) ports 2 x USB-A 3.2 Gen 2×12 x USB-C USB 4 Gen 3×2 with fast charging, DisplayPort and Thunderbolt 41 x HDMI 2.11 x 3.5mm headphone and microphone jack 2 x USB-A 3.2 Gen 2×12 x USB-C USB 4 Gen 3×2 with fast charging, DisplayPort and Thunderbolt 41 x HDMI 2.11 x 3.5mm headphone and microphone jack wireless connectivity Wi-Fi 7Intel Wireless-BE211 2×2Bluetooth 6.0 Wi-Fi 7Intel Wireless-BE211 2×2Bluetooth 6.0 wired network 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet via RJ45 adapterRJ45 adapter not included 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet via RJ45 adapterRJ45 adapter not included storage 512GB M.2 (NVMe Gen.5) 1TB M.2 (NVMe Gen.5) battery Up to 27 hours, 4 cells and 77 Wh of Lithium-Polymer Up to 27 hours, 4 cells and 77 Wh of Lithium-Polymer sound HD Audio with Dolby AtmosBuilt-in 3W x 2 stereo speakersSmart AMP up to 5W HD Audio with Dolby AtmosBuilt-in 3W x 2 stereo speakersSmart AMP up to 5W webcam and microphone 2 MP FHD IR camera at 30 FPSDouble microphonefacial recognition 2 MP FHD IR camera at 30 FPSDouble microphonefacial recognition price PVPR 2,649.00 euros PVPR 2,849.00 euros The battle is also on the scale The obvious question is how to achieve that fit without making the laptop smaller. That’s where it comes in Aerominumthe new magnesium alloy that LG has introduced in this year’s gram Pro line. The company presents it as a way to reduce weight, reinforce the resistance of the chassis and achieve a more premium metallic finish. They claim that this improvement comes with up to 135% more scratch resistance. Comparison within one’s own family helps put the data in context. The LG gram 16U55 and 16U55Ualso 16 inches, weigh 1,800 g. They are cheaper models and do not belong to the Pro line, so they do not play exactly on the same level. Even so, the contrast serves to see something important: the most aggressive commitment to slimming the laptop is not distributed equally throughout the range. In 2026, the showcase of that strategy is clearly in the Pro surname. The LG gram Pro 16Z90U mounts an Intel Core Ultra X7 358H with an NPU of up to 50 TOPSaccompanied by 32 GB of LPDDR5X memory and Intel Arc B390 graphics. What is relevant is not only that it complies with the fashion of Copilot+ PCbut LG tries to bring certain tasks to the computer itself with the help of gram chat On-Device, its own layer designed to search and summarize documents offline. On paper, that execution on the computer itself can help with privacy, latency, and availability, although the actual scope depends on each feature and how it is implemented. The fine print matters too. LG introduces gram chat On-Device does not support continuous conversations or Internet searches. That is, we are not facing a universal assistant that solves everything from the laptop, but rather a specific layer of local AI for limited scenarios. That precision is important because in 2026 almost all manufacturers talk about AI, but not all of them explain in the same way what it can really do. LG gram Link also enters the scene, an application designed to connect the computer with iOS and Android mobile phones, as well as integration with LG devices with compatible webOS. The idea is not new in the industry, but it does help to understand where LG wants to go: that the gram Pro is not just a light machine with a good screen, but a device capable of better integrating with the rest of the devices we use daily. The rest of the file accompanies that reading of a premium laptop. LG talks about a 16:10 OLED screen of 2,880 x 1,800 pixels, with a variable frequency from 30 to 120 Hz and 100% DCI-P3 coverage, a combination designed to work with more space and better image quality. It also mentions a dual-fan system with 21% more airflow compared to the previous year’s LG gram model used by the company in its internal tests. LG Gram Pro 2026 price and availability The LG gram Pro 2026 arrives accompanied by a broader renewal of the family, with new LG … Read more

Isar is the European aerospace company that has the money, the partners and even the rockets. The only thing missing is to launch them

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With its Spectrum rocket, the Isar Aerospace company apparently has everything to succeed. Money, public and private support, several available launch sites… However, it basically lacks being able to launch said rocket. He achieved it in March 2025, but it exploded just a minute later. He has tried again up to 4 times in 2026, but in any case the countdown has been paused due to some technical setback. The last of these attempts was this week, on Monday, June 15. The launch window will remain open until the 21st, but so far it has not been announced if there will be another attempt soon. The company has stated that every mistake is a lesson and that it is learning a lot from them, but the point is that it needs to take flight completely so that all those investors see a return benefit. Time passes and it is important to detect what technical problems are making takeoff so difficult. Five attempts. The explosion of 2025 It was due to the opening of a ventilation valve in mid-flight, which later caused the loss of attitude control of the rocket. Later, on January 21, it was a failure in a pressurization valve that prevented the launch. Then, on March 25, a dangerous increase in the temperature of liquid propane fuel was detected. To top it off, an unauthorized vessel entered the danger zone around the launch site. Logically, that was bad luck, but the problems continued. For example, in the April 9 attempt a possible leak was also located in a pressurized tank. Finally, this last attempt, that of June 15, it was not completed due to a failure in the fluid system. The problems have been of various kinds and it is important to solve them in time. ESA investment. Isar Aerospace is supported by ESAwhich has invested 205 million euros in it through the European Launcher Challenge program. In fact, in this last attempt the Spectrum rocket was loaded with 5 cubesats and an experiment from the European agency itself. Other investors. The company also has received 270 million euros of private investmentcoming from investors such as Island Green Capital, Molten Ventures, HV Capital or Lakestar. With all this, it is expected to reach a production level of more than 30 launchers a year. But of course, for that you have to take off with the first one. More launch locations. Currently, Isar Aerospace launches its rockets from the Andøya spaceport in northern Norway. However, it plans to build a new facility in Canada and has already signed a letter of intent with Maritime Launch Services to incorporate the Nova Scotia spaceport as a second operational site. He has even reached agreements to use the ramp of the old Diamant rocketin it French Guiana Spaceport. The fishermen do not support it. The German company has a lot of support, although it lacks that of the Norwegian fishermenthat they complain of the launch attempts that disrupt their work in Andøya. In fact, this place is also used as a military testing ground, so many complaints have also been issued about it. The money is already there, now the technology is missing. In short, this company has the money and, yes, the technology too, but it clearly fails. There is something that must be solved, because the fishermen’s problem is solved by changing the launch site, but the problem of not taking flight can end up with the loss of investors. Isar Aerospace engineers have a lot of work ahead of them. Image | Isar Aerospace In Xataka | An unknown company from Barcelona has become indispensable for ESA: its software controls the Ariane 6 rocket

In two days on Netflix, the film that last year caused people to riot in cinemas around the world

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When in a movie theater a baby zombie rides a chicken and the entire room, all teenagers, bursts into screams, throwing popcorn and TikTok is flooded with videos corroborating the chaos in the roomssomething has happened that has gone under the radar of industry forecasts. ‘A Minecraft movie‘ was not exactly the critics’ favorite of 2025, but it undoubtedly had one of the best box offices of the year. This weekend you can see why it happened in Netflix. In just two weeks, the film surpassed $550 million in worldwide receipts. It ended up close to a billion. A true phenomenon that revitalized the industry’s interest in video games, already highlighted by the success of ‘Super Mario Bros. The Movie’ in 2023 with its more than $1.36 billion at the box office. With Sonic, Mario and ‘Mortal Kombat’ having several sequels and a second part of ‘A Minecraft Movie’ scheduled for 2027, it remains to be seen if we are facing a momentary impact or a true trend. The movie does a good job in transforming the almost abstract original game into a story with minimal coherence: Steve (Jack Black) is a doorknob salesman with the dream of working in a mine and discovers a portal that transports him to the Overworld, the cubic world of Minecraft, where he is captured by Malgosha, a pig sorceress who seeks to dominate that world. Some time later he will join four strangers from the real world (including Jason Momoa) to find his way back home. The film’s impact not only translates into box office success, but also into a revitalization of the brand: by April 2025, ‘Minecraft’ had sold more than 350 million copies worldwide, consolidating its position as the most popular video game of all time. Following the film’s release, console and mobile sales of the original game grew by 35% and daily active users on console increased by 41%. A true phenomenon that demonstrates, once again, that while adults point to the moon with a solemn gesture, young people do, essentially, whatever they want. In Xataka | The latest from the director of ‘Longlegs’, streaming tomorrow: almost no one has seen it, but it is the most disturbing of the year

Mercedes believed that the new electric motor in its AMG GT was “barely feasible.” Now it aims to be the future of all electric vehicles

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A few days ago, Mercedes finally announced the start of serial production of your axial flux motor at the historic Berlin-Marienfelde plant. This has serious implications for the future of electric cars, as the technology that powers this engine promises to redefine what a high-performance electric vehicle can do. That is why under these lines we are going to tell you all the details. What exactly happened. On June 9, Mercedes confirmed the start of serial production of this new engine in Berlin-Marienfelde, the historic factory founded in 1902 that has now been converted into the center par excellence for the brand’s high-performance electric motors. The first production model to debut is the new Mercedes-AMG GT 4 Door Coupea car that has also been left in the background in the conversations of recent weeks due to Ferrari and its first electric, Luce. However, this new vehicle will be the very first host of Mercedes’ new axial flow engine, which enters large-scale industrial manufacturing in a 30,000 square meter plant, three pavilions and seven production lines. Why is this engine different?. The vast majority of current electric cars use radial flux motors. In these, the magnetic field goes from the center outward, like the spokes of a bicycle wheel. In an axial flux motor, this field runs parallel to the axis of rotation, which allows the internal components (rotor, stator, etc.) to be coupled in flat layers facing each other, something like a sandwich. This arrangement makes the engine much more compact and lighter for the power it is capable of generating. Where does this technology come from?. The story begins in 2009, when engineers from the University of Oxford They founded the British company YASA with the aim of developing axial flux electric motors. Before arriving at Mercedes, YASA already supplied its engines to manufacturers such as Ferrari, Koenigsegg and Lamborghini. In 2021, Mercedes acquired the company seeing the potential these engines could have in their future AMG models. From there, the challenge was to transfer this technology from the laboratory to the mass production chain, something that, according to the company itself“for a long time it was considered barely feasible due to its complexity.” Figures. In its development phase, YASA presented an engine weighing just 13.1 kilos capable of generating 550 kW, which is equivalent to 738 HP, with a power density of about 42 kW per kilogram. It is no small feat, since if we compare these figures to those of the best radial engines, it practically doubles them. In more recent iterations, that same concept, weighing only 12.7 kilos, reached 750 kW of peak power, close to 1,000 HP. What comes out of those production lines. The AMG GT 4 Door Coupé mounts three axial flux motors grouped in modules called High Performance Electric Drive Units, which integrate motor and reducer in the same housing. One is on the front axle, less than 9 centimeters wide, and two on the rear axle, just 8 centimeters wide. Despite these dimensions, in its most powerful version (the AMG GT 63) the set adds 1,169 HP and 2,000 Nm of torque, with acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h in 2.1 seconds and a maximum speed of 300 km/h with the specific high-performance package. The challenge of manufacturing it. Making this engine in series has required processes that did not exist before. And just as account Mercedes in its official publication, of the 98 stages that make up manufacturing, 65 are used for the first time within the Mercedes group and 35 are completely unprecedented worldwide, generating more than 30 patent applications. According to the brand, one of the most technically demanding steps is what the factory calls “the wedding”, the moment in which the stator is placed between the two magnetic rotors. The magnetic forces are equivalent to about 900 kilos, and the margin of error allowed is less than a tenth of a millimeter. To do this, a control algorithm sends adjustments in the last 0.5 seconds of the process to ensure alignment. Mbeyond the AMG GT. The axial flux engine has not arrived in Berlin just to power an electric supercar. From Autoblog they point out that, given its compact and modular design, the technology is easy to adapt to different platforms. The usual industry logic also applies here, as when production volumes increase, costs fall. So there is hope that these types of engines will end up reaching more accessible models in the future. We will have to wait to find out if it really ends up being like this. For now, ArenaEV point to the CLA as a possible future candidate. It should be noted that Mercedes is not the only one working on axial flux engines, but it is the first to bring them to mass production in a series vehicle. Manufacturers such as Ferrari, BMW, Koenigsegg or Alpine are already investigating this technology. After all, electric cars are heavy by nature, so a lighter and more compact engine helps offset that burden without sacrificing performance. Tim Woolmer, CEO and founder of YASA, affirms that this technology “will change the game in the high-performance automotive sector.” We’ll see if it ends up being that way. Cover image | Mercedes-Benz In Xataka | Michael Leiters, CEO of Porsche: “We rushed with the Taycan, a 911 will never be an electric car”

The Spanish telecom market was quiet. Until Bertín Osborne arrived

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Spain already has your most patriotic telephone operator. It is called Española de Telefonía, its logo fuses the WiFi symbol with the horns of a bull and the colors of the flag, its slogan is “Things done well, things right” and its creator is none other than Bertín Osborne. And this is just the beginning. “Proudly Spanish and with the best coverage.” With this phrase (and with many Spanish flags) he welcomes us the Spanish Telephony websitethe new virtual operator that operates under the coverage of Movistar and boasts of being 100% Spanish. The most traditional teleco In case it was not clear, in the Who we are section, Española de Telefonía reminds us that they are “a Spanish company that pays its taxes in Spain, creates local employment and contributes to the development of our national economy. Every euro invested in our services remains in Spain.” They also presume that Your call center is located in Spain and is attended by “qualified Spanish staff” who “understand and share our values.” Of course, 24-hour attention is handled by an AI that we hope is also Spanish. They also promise a “clean and tidy installation” by their own technicians. On his Instagram account, Bertín Osborne has been promoting this new project and assures that it is founded by five businessmen “Antonio, Paco, Ernesto, Fran and Bertín, came together to offer a premium telephony service, for people who love their country, that is, Spain.” Mobile and fiber rates for patriots As it could not be otherwise, the rates all have the names of illustrious figures of our country such as Colón, Bécquer, Murillo and of course the Spain rate, which is its strongest bet. One detail to keep in mind is that the Colón and Bécquer rates say that the data is unlimited, but there is a limit of 120GB. SPAIN COLON BECQUER MURILLO calls Unlimited national Unlimited national and EU Unlimited national and EU Unlimited national and EU data 15GB Up to 120GB Up to 120GB Unlimited extras – – Antivirus, VPN and priority personal attention Antivirus, VPN, priority personal attention, advanced line management, call and SMS redirection included monthly price 7.50 euros 12.99 euros 19.99 euros 24.99 euros There are three fiber rates, they are named after Spanish cities and start at 29.95 euros per month. They all include a fixed IP and offer the option of installing a VPN for 5 euros per month. This is how the offer looks like: MADRID SANTANDER SEVILLE speed 300Mbps 600Mbps 1Gbps monthly price 29.95 euros 39.95 euros 49.95 euros Española de Telefonía also offers several combined fiber+mobile rates, for the most patriotic patriots. They are these: MADRID + Columbus SANTANDER + colón SEVILLE + Columbus Fiber 300 Mbps Mobile phone with unlimited calls and 120GB of data Fiber 600 Mbps Mobile phone with unlimited calls and 120GB of data 1Gbps Fiber Mobile phone with unlimited calls and 120GB of data monthly price 39.95 euros 49.95 euros 59.95 euros Beyond the packaging, if the question is whether Española de Telefonía offers something competitive, the answer is: no. Its most competitive mobile rate gives us unlimited calls and 15GB for 7.5 euros, but for example O2 has a rate with 50GB for 7 euros, and There are more operators that match and even exceed their proposal. As for fiber, Movistar itself offers the 300Mbps fiber for 19.9010 euros less than them. What Española de Telefonía does have, and that no other MVNO can easily replicate, is a logo with bull horns, an exacerbated love for Spain and above all for Bertín Osborne. If that is a sufficient purchase argument for you, you know where to call. Spanish people who understand your values ​​will assist you. Image | Spanish Telephony In Xataka | Angie Corine has made a name for herself in the Spanish rap scene with an unexpected commercial turn: she is right-wing

The biggest problem for Spanish olive trees is neither costs nor climate change: it is ‘ghost oil’

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Something smells bad in the olive oil market. We knew it for a long timebut it is now with the collapse of prices at source (almost 46%) that everyone has become nervous. The figures do not add up and the bill will not be paid by the large olive oil groups, but by the small producers. For this reason, on June 15, a COAG representative stood in front of the microphones and reported that 81% of olive oil Tunisian was entering Spain undercover. But how do you put 65,500 tons of oil under the radar? It has not been easy to determine, the truth is. But if the organization is right, the oil ship has more than one leak compromising its future. But it doesn’t have it. Always according to the COAGa good part of that oil comes from Portugal. But the ‘Portuguese way’ does not add up: with the data from the 2024-2025 campaign, Portugal produces between 160,000 and 195,000 tons of its own and imported only 3,406 of Tunisian oil. Those 3,406 tons cannot explain the 131,877 that it re-exports to Spain. Some part yes, but not all of it. And then? The problem seems different. It looks like ours, in fact. Because what COAG does seem to be right about is that a good part of the oil that entered the country did so under a special regime: that of active development. It is a formula of the Customs Code of the European Union that allows the importation of non-EU merchandise without tariffs or VAT as long as it is transformed and exported again. What the producers point out is that a good part of the oil that arrives in Spain to be “perfected” ends up being sold in the country without appearing in the statistics (marked, in fact, as community). The consumer does not notice it substantially in the price, but it is noticeable at the source. And a lot. But there is more. A few years ago, honey became a problem. Nobody really knew what they were eating in Europe. The key to this was to mix it up. Above all, because with completely insufficient regulation, it was enough to put “mix” so that there was nothing more to ask. This was attempted to be resolved with Directive (EU) 2024/1438 (the “Breakfast Guidelines“) which has not come into force in Spain until June 14, 2026. Among many other things, Brussels demands that the package states where what is inside comes from. Easy, clean, effective and… …non-existent for oil. The big problem, as almost always, is traceability. Not that we have problems, but that there is almost no real interest in doing it. As we have said many times, the Spanish agricultural market is a giant with feet of clay and now is the time to think if we want it to be something else. In Xataka | Something strange is happening with the price of olive oil and farmers have just denounced it: there are up to 2.8 billion at stake

A researcher has created a formula to know if you have too many clothes in your closet. This is what it says about yours

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Who hasn’t ever looked at their closet and thought that maybe they have too many clothes? When we are choosing an outfit for an event we don’t think about it, but when it comes to changing our wardrobe when moving from one season to another, we probably do. The truth is that it is difficult to quantify how much is too much clothing. There are no absolute figures in this regard, but there are some approximations. The European Union itself has made calculations of the number of times we should wear each type of garment to compensate for the carbon footprint what it means to manufacture it. With this, the designer and researcher at Torrens University in Australia Alicja Kuźmycz has devised a simple mathematical formula that helps us make the calculations in a much more personalized way, taking into account our real volume of garments. Mathematics answers. According to the European Union (EU)to offset our carbon footprint we should use each of our shirts and blouses 40 times and our T-shirts 45 times. As for pants, dresses, skirts and jumpsuits, the figure rises to 70 uses. Cardigans, sweaters and sweatshirts must exceed 85 uses and with coats and jackets it would be necessary to reach 100. It is something that seems achievable, but the more garments we have, the more complicated it is. To get an idea of ​​the time it would take to meet the European Union’s objectives, we can do a simple calculation: multiply the objective by the volume of garments and divide the result by the frequency. For example, in a study carried out by Kuźmyczparticipants owned an average of 23 dresses or similar items of clothing. The target in this case, if you look at the EU figures is 70. Suppose we wear a dress one day a week. That’s 52 uses in the year, because the year has 52 weeks. Now we do the calculation. We multiply 23, which is the volume, by 70, which is the goal, and divide the result by 52, which is the frequency. The result is 30.91 years. We talk about years because we divide uses by uses per year. The uses are gone and we have years left. It would take us 31 years to offset the carbon of making the 23 dresses. life changes. 60 years ago, a person used to have on average 40 items of clothing. Today surveys indicate that we usually have around 199, of which between 25% and 50% are abandoned in the back of the closet. Therefore, the carbon footprint is never offset. The origin of carbon. The machines used to make a garment, especially if it is on an industrial level, emit a lot of carbon dioxide. At the same time, resources are spent and materials are used, the production of which has also required the emission of these gases. This ranges from the oil used to obtain some plastic fibers to the emissions from raising sheep for wool. Obviously, the emissions are not the same and wool is a better option, but it all adds up. On the other hand, the transportation for these garments to reach our closets also involves specific carbon emissions. All of this is what the European Union took into account when making its calculations. Donating is not enough. As Kuźmycz explained in an article for The Conversation, donate clothes we no longer wear to charities is not always the best option. He points out that many times these institutions are overwhelmed and end up using a very small fraction of the clothing they receive. The rest ends up in landfills or is moved to other countries, so the problem does not disappear. It just moves. Each case is different. Since not all clothes are the same nor does everyone get them in the same way or use them in the same way, Kuźmycz wants to develop an interactive calculator that will help each of us have the ideal wardrobe in environmental terms. We could know how many clothes we need of each type so as not to overdo it and accumulate. With this in mind, we could indulge ourselves as we see fit, but at least we will have the necessary information about the consequences that this entails and, perhaps, it will help us find a balance. Image | Burgess Milner Xataka | Converse sneakers were once the symbol of the millennial generation: now they have been in free fall for years

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