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The pistachio has provided work for 200,000 people and needs 100,000 more

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Few economic success stories have grown as quickly and as strongly as that of what is, without a doubt, the fashionable dried fruit: the pistachio. This dried fruit has become the protagonist of an unprecedented nutritional phenomenon, becoming the star of the toppings and ally of the most diverse desserts that go viral on Instagram. However, thanks to that unexpected popularitythe cultivation of pistachios is generating thousands of jobs and revitalizing regions of the country that for years had seen their population slowly decline. The pistachio is unleashed. According to the report ‘Present and future of pistachio cultivation and its processing. From a business perspective’ prepared for Agróptimum, the pistachio industry has registered spectacular growth. Only in the last decade its expansion exceeds 3,000%, consolidating itself as one of the largest agricultural surprises of recent years in Spain. The rise of this crop not only responds to international demand, but also to the push of new local producers and cooperatives that, given their adaptation to climatic conditions and its high profitabilityhave discovered a product that allows them to maintain agricultural activity. An employment engine. According to the data in the report, currently the pistachio production chain is generating more than 200,000 jobs throughout the country, including both direct and indirect jobs. This figure includes positions ranging from cultivation and field care tasks to jobs in genetic research, data programming for precision agriculture, and distribution and export tasks. From the consulting firm Agróptimum, they estimate that this wave will continue to grow, and about 100,000 additional jobs will be created in the next five years, especially in those areas related to new plantations and in the process of modernization of the sector. Pistachio is not the only thing that takes root. The data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, show that 61% of the irrigated pistachio area registered in 2024 was newly planted, along with 70% of the dry land area that was also beginning its cultivation activity. Most of these new pistachio plantations are being developed in areas recognized for their risk of depopulation, such as Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y León, Extremadura or Andalusia. The arrival of the pistachio to these regions has meant an injection of employment that contributes to anchoring the young population in these territories and makes it possible to attract new neighbors with new business projects linked to the cultivation of this nut. Castilla-La Mancha as a pistachio superpower. The most striking growth of this type of crop has occurred in Castilla-La Mancha, where it is concentrated around the 80% of the national surface of cultivated land dedicated to pistachio, achieving a harvest of more than 5,600 tons in 2025. 75% of the national total of 7,500 tons. In this community, the planted area already exceeds 64,000 hectares in its different types of dryland and irrigated land, with a significant expansion year after year and a growing focus on organic production, which represents approximately 36% of all pistachios cultivated. An industry with global projection. According what was published by The EconomistSpain is consolidating itself as a European producer in the production of pistachio. At the moment, the Spanish pistachio market represents around 0.7% of world production, and Spain imports pistachios from the US and Iran. However, these harvests occur in a context in which the plantations are still young and their productivity is limited. He sector esteem that in a few years these plantations will reach cruising speed and the volume will be multiplied of a very good quality product that will have the EU countries as its main destinations. In Xataka | The best pistachio, the one from Madrid: this is how the capital of Spain wants to become the capital of nuts Image | Unsplash (Alexa Soh, Agroptium)

China’s plan to make its military ruthless if electronic warfare shuts down technology: use its brains

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In the training camps of the People’s Liberation Army, the sound of drones and electronic simulators coexists with something unexpected: the echo of an ancient tradition. Between radars, missiles and touch screens, some soldiers practice invisible operations with their fingers in the air, moving imaginary beads on an abacus that no longer exists. It is not a ritual or an eccentricity, but a new military experiment: learning in case one day the machines suffer a blackout. Calculate with your mind. China has rescued an ancient tradition to apply it to modern warfare: mental calculation with abacus. In a context of increasing dependence on artificial intelligence, the People’s Liberation Army has applied logic: train soldiers capable of becoming a kind of “human abacus”, ready to operate when digital systems fail. In fact, in a recent exerciseCaptain Xu Meiduo predicted the trajectory of three targets in seconds after a radar failure simulation, guiding artillery fire with precision. State television has turned his feat into an emblem of self-sufficiency, reminding us that the human mind remains a decisive weapon even in the age of algorithms. From the classroom to the battlefield. The program is inspired by an educational practice still common in Asia: the mental abacus, or AMC, an ancient technique that allows complex calculations by visualizing an imaginary abacus. Used in China for a long time more than eight centuriesthis discipline has shown benefits measurable cognitive– Improves concentration, memory and reasoning speed. What’s more, studies from Harvard and Stanford confirmed a few years ago the trained children with mental abacus surpass in calculation and understanding to those who learn traditional mathematics. Now, the Chinese army transfers that advantage to the military fieldconvinced that mental precision and resistance under pressure can make the difference in combat. Millennial and current. The abacus, created in China ago more than 800 years and used for centuries in trade and imperial administration, it never completely disappeared. Although calculators and computers relegated it to a cultural symbol, in schools in China, Japan or Singapore continues teaching as a method of cognitive development. His mental version, based on imaginary manipulation From accounts, it has been the subject of neurological studies that demonstrate structural changes in the brain. Hence, the Chinese army has seen this plasticity as perfect training for modern warfare, where mental quickness and calmness under stress are as valuable as marksmanship. Tradition and vulnerability. The goal of the program, it seems, it’s double: reinforce the cognitive readiness of soldiers and reduce vulnerability to electronic warfare. In a confrontation where radars, GPS and networks can be nullified, human calculation capacity becomes a strategic backup. If you like, Beijing also seeks to demonstrate that its military strength does not depend solely on of drones or hypersonic missilesbut also of soldiers capable of thinking and deciding for themselves. Facing total automationChina aims for balance: a technologically advanced, but sustained army by trained brains to calculate without machines, in the conviction that, even in the digital age, war remains a human act. Between humans and algorithms. In that sense, the contrast with the United States is revealing. While Washington boasts or promotes highly trained soldiers and trusts in the superiority of its command systems, the Pentagon warns that excessive technological dependence can be an Achilles heel. US officials have pointed out that, when communications are interrupted and artificial intelligence degrades, what decides a battle is human initiative. From that perspective, China seems to have taken note. Your bet on rescue the mind As a war tool it is not intended to replace technology, far from it, but rather to complement it. In a world where machines can fail, true superiority, according to Beijing, may once again lie in the most basic: the human brain. Image | Picryl In Xataka | China has asked Russia for an airborne battalion and training. That can only mean one thing: they are preparing a landing In Xataka | The US studied what would happen if it went to war with China: now it has begun a desperate race to duplicate missiles

We thought two-step authentication apps were secure. Researchers have shown how easy it is to hack them

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The two-step verification With authentication apps it is one of the safest methods to protect our accounts, or so we thought. They count in Ars Technica that a group of researchers from several American universities have discovered a new type of attack on Android that is capable of copying these codes in less than 30 seconds, which is precisely the time it takes to refresh. Pixnapping. It is the name of this new attack capable of stealing two-step authentication codes from apps such as Google Authenticator or Microsoft Authenticator. These apps show codes that are automatically refreshed every 30 seconds, so it is more secure than, for example, SMS verification, which usually gives a margin of 10 or 15 minutes to copy the code. With this technique, researchers have managed to crack the six-digit code in just 23 seconds, which leaves plenty of time to use the code and log in to the account they want to steal. How it works. Any app on Android can launch a pixnapping attack without needing to obtain special permissions. Once underway, the attack occurs in three steps: The malicious app uses Android APIs to communicate with the app it wants to spy on. These calls force the target app to display specific data (the authentication codes) and send this information to the Android rendering pipeline, which is responsible for displaying each app’s pixels on the screen. Pixnapping performs graphical operations on the pixels that have been received by the rendering pipeline. Identify the coordinates of each pixel of interest and check if the color is white or non-white. White pixels take less time to render than non-white pixels. By measuring time, pixnapping is able to reconstruct images from the render pipeline data. Speed ​​is key. Pixnapping can also obtain other types of information that is visible on the screen, such as account numbers or personal information, but the speed with which it runs makes it especially dangerous for these authentication apps. To achieve this, the researchers reduced the number of samples per pixel, so that they could decipher all six digits in 30 seconds. Which phones does it affect? As we said, pixnapping only affects the Android operating system, but it seems to extend to quite a few versions. The investigation verified that the attack could be carried out on devices with versions from Android 13 to Android 16. They have only reproduced it on Pixel phones and a Samsung Galaxy S25, but they believe that due to the mechanism of the attack, any Android will be affected. How to protect yourself. Waiting for now. Google has already released a patch does little to mitigate this attack, but they have found that there are ways to bypass it. In statements to The RegisterGoogle confirmed that they would release a second patch in December to put an end to it. The good news is that they say they have no evidence that there are apps taking advantage of this vulnerability. Image | Pixnapping In Xataka | One click and goodbye to our passwords. This is the vulnerability that affects the extensions of several managers

Apple hasn’t known what to do with them for two years

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When I reviewed the Vision Pro more than a year agoI wrote that they were “incredible potential in an imperfect product.” Today Apple presented the Vision Pro with the new M5 chip and the feeling is the same, only more uncomfortable. The imperfection persists. The potential is still there. But something has changed: Apple seems to have lost faith in its own vision. This “second generation” is not a great evolution (it only changes the chip, minor details of the panels and a new optional tape), it is a tacit confession. When Apple updates a product by changing only the processor, it is sending a signal: This device is in maintenance mode. It’s not something eternal, sometimes it’s just a phase. It’s what they did with the Mac mini before redesigning it or with the AirPods before the Pro, but also with products that they keep alive without really investing in them. At some point new versions and real updates will arrive, but this stage is becoming entrenched. It’s been 28 months since the original advertisementin June 2023. Tim Cook spoke of the “beginning of a new era of spatial computing,” with grandiloquence reserved for historic moments. But this new era seems to have stayed stuck in its first act: Presence in nine countries, none new since summer 2024. Catalog of contents that advances at glacial speed. Immutable price: $3,500 plus taxes (4,000 euros including taxes in Germany). The big problem with the Vision Pro for Apple is twofold: He can’t kill them because it would be publicly admitting that he was wrong. He also can’t push them because he clearly doesn’t know how. Apple has plans for more mixed or augmented reality productsbut they will not arrive in the short term. and the result is this strange limbo. A product that receives enough updates to seem alive, but not enough to thrive. A pantomime of normality that poorly hides the internal perplexity. Apple’s own website prioritizes today’s two other launches on its cover (MacBook Pro, iPad Pro) and even iPhone 17 Pro Max announced five weeks ago. The space of the new Vision Pro is in a corner. Apple website in the United States after today’s triple announcement. The Vision Pro, relegated in priority. Image: Apple. The change from M2 to M5 chip provides half an hour more battery life and an additional 20 Hz to the refresh rate. They are marginal improvements that any iPhone receives every year. For a product that Apple presented as revolutionary, it is an implicit recognition that the revolution has stalled. The real problems—weight, social isolation, lack of clear use cases, price—remain intact. Apple is bandaiding a wound that requires surgery. In Xataka | I’ve tried the $200 Chinese Vision Pro, a fraction of what Apple’s ones cost. I have been surprised Featured image | Apple

New Apple iPad Pro (2025), features, price and technical sheet

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The new iPad Pro comes with the M5 chipthe most powerful processor that Apple has presented so far and the same one that powers the new MacBook Pro. The company has been bringing its most ambitious tablet closer to the realm of laptops for some time, but this time the distance is reduced more than ever. It’s not just a question of raw powerbut to what extent this device begins to behave like a complete computer, with a fluidity and possibilities that a few years ago seemed out of reach. The M5 leap doesn’t change what the iPad is, but it redefines what it can be. For years, the iPad occupied a middle ground between the mobile phone and the computer, closer to the former than the latter. Its operating system inherited a good part of the logic of the iPhone, and that inheritance marked its identity for a long time. However, with each generation, Apple has pushed the iPad to a different place: more powerful, more versatile and with more professional tools. The 2024 redesign and the arrival of iPadOS 26 consolidate that change. Now, the tablet not only runs apps, but manages windows, files and simultaneous tasks with a naturalness that was previously exclusive to a Mac. Technical sheet of the new iPad Pro (2025) iPad Pro (2025) M5 screen 11 and 13 inches Ultra Retina XDR OLED 2,420 x 1,668 pixels ProMotion (between 10 and 120 Hz) True Tone Anti-fingerprint oleophobic cover anti-reflective film Optional nano-textured display glass on 1 and 2 TB models 1,000 nits maximum SDR brightness Maximum XDR brightness of 1,000 nits full screen and 1,600 nits peak (HDR only) 1 nit minimum brightness Contrast of 2,000,000:1 Compatible with Apple Pencil Pro Compatible with Apple Pencil (USB‑C) Apple Pencil floating pointer processor Apple Silicon M5 Models with 256 or 512 GB capacity: 9-core CPU (3 performance and 6 efficiency) 10 core GPU Neural Accelerators Hardware Accelerated Ray Tracing 16-core Neural Engine 153 GB/s memory bandwidth 12GB RAM Models with 1 or 2 TB capacity: 10-core CPU (4 performance and 6 efficiency) 10 core GPU Neural Accelerators Hardware Accelerated Ray Tracing 16-core Neural Engine 153 GB/s memory bandwidth 16GB RAM RAM 12 GB for models with 256 or 512 GB capacity 16 GB for models with 1 or 2 TB capacity storage 256GB 512GB 1TB 2TB rear camera 12MP f/1.8 aperture 5x digital zoom LiDAR front camera 12MP, f/2.0 TrueDepth Centered frame battery Up to 10 hours of internet browsing via Wi-Fi or video playback operating system iPadOS 26 connectivity Wi-Fi 7 Bluetooth 6 Optional 5G connectivity others USB-C 4/Thunderbolt Four studio-quality speakers Face ID 5G model only with eSIM DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT 11-inch iPad Pro Wi-Fi Models 444g Wi-Fi + Cellular Models 446g 13-inch iPad Pro Wi-Fi Models 579g Wi-Fi + Cellular Models 582g Colors Silver space black price From 1,099 euros A tablet that behaves like a laptop, but is still a tablet Apple promises that the new M5 chip multiplies the performance of the iPad Pro on virtually every front, from artificial intelligence to graphics. The figures are ambitious: 3.5 times more power in AI tasks than the previous model and up to 5.6 times compared to the M1. Beyond the numbers, the truth is that the M5 introduces a GPU with ray tracing third generation and a faster CPU, capable of moving video or 3D modeling projects with ease. Actual testing will tell how much that power translates into a tangible difference on a day-to-day basis. Apple has reinforced the connectivity of the iPad Pro with components already tested in other products. The C1X modem, the same one that debuted in the iPhone Air, offers a speed increase of up to 50% on mobile networks and more efficient consumption. Compatibility with 5G and eSIM is also maintained. Added to this is the new N1 chip, which adds WiFi 7, Bluetooth 6 and Thread. There is no revolution, but there is a tangible improvement in stability and performance, something especially useful for those who use the iPad as a mobile work or creation tool. The new iPad Pro maintains the same design language that debuted the previous generation, but takes thinness to the limit: the 11-inch model measures only 0.53 cm thick and the 13-inch model drops to 0.51 cm. The Ultra Retina XDR display repeats OLED technology in tandem, with up to 1,600 nits of maximum brightness in HDR and a very precise contrast. Apple also offers an option with nanotextured glass to reduce reflections without altering the color. Compatibility with external monitors at 120 Hz and fast charging – 50% in about 30 minutes – complete a package that prioritizes the visual experience and portability. You may remember that iPadOS 26 was released in September 2025 and is available in a wide range of models, from the iPad A16 from entry to the most powerful Pro. Apple thus expanded the scope of its most ambitious system to date, with an update that completely redefined the way of working on a tablet. The new window manager allows you to move, overlay and resize apps with a freedom that until recently was unthinkable on iPadOS, while the Files app adds more detailed views and the option to set default apps for different types of documents. On the iPad Pro, everything makes more sense. Its hardware allows you to take better advantage of tools such as the Preview app, background tasks or the functions of Apple Intelligencewhich add real-time translation and automatic actions in several system apps. These are steps that bring it even closer to the experience of a computer, although the real usefulness of these developments will depend on the adoption by developers and the regional expansion of AI functions. The combination of iPad Pro, Magic Keyboard and external screen well summarizes the direction that Apple has been looking for for years: a tablet that works like a laptop, without losing its tactile essence. With the new window system and … Read more

ZonaGemelos generates the darkest content on the Spanish internet. They had to cancel their own ‘Big Brother’ in nine hours

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Extreme content has always existed on the Internet, but until recently it was part of the exclusive redoubt of the network’s sewer: deep webforums in which you had to register to enter, P2P circuits closed to the general public. Social networks, however, are increasingly expanding their themes in more aggressive directions. The lack of moderation and the avalanche of content has created monsters like ‘The House of Twins’, a reality show inspired by ‘Big Brother‘ which was canceled nine hours after its premiere. But who are you? Daniel and Carlos Ramos are brothers and content creators under the label ZoneTwins. They have become known for debate videos that revolve around controversy, morbidity, arguments and sometimes live violence between the guests of their program. Their accounts have hundreds of thousands of followers (just over 300,000 on YouTube, almost 400,000 on TikTok) and their style is reminiscent of entertainment programs from the beginning of the century like ‘Crónicas Marcianas’, and also dating shows like ‘First Dates’ or challenge shows, but in a more extreme way. Among its regulars are Paco Porras or Simon Perezand also include betting and gambling content (in casinos like LocoWin, with high-risk bets). What is ‘The House of Twins’? A reality show for networks which premiered on October 12 on Kick (the twins are banned from Twitch) and YouTube and was canceled in the early hours of the next day, due to violent incidents and serious confrontations between the seven participants, especially between two women who are regulars in the ZonaGemelos debates: la Falete and Triana Marrash. The latter had its fifteen minutes of fame on a national scale thanks to ‘Tardear’ and an alleged disappearance that turned out to be a setup to gain followers. What happened? Three contest participants voluntarily left the program before its cancellation, given the direction the program was taking, with the participants becoming increasingly drunk. Among other things, constant fights could be seen, attempts to quilting with three people involved, inappropriate comments on sensitive topics such as the war in Ukraine and destruction of the house and furniture. The organizers, when announcing the closure, spoke of “a second edition with some basic rules of coexistence and a few hours to sleep.” Some figures. In its first hours, the program was followed by more than a million live viewers, which makes it clear that we are not exactly facing a niche product. The hashtag #LaCasaDeLosGemelos became a trending topic on X and YouTube ended up cutting the broadcast due to the questionable content. Of course, as happens in reality shows, it soon began to generate lots of derivative content from other creators commenting on what happened in the house. extreme youtube. The type programs reality streaming like The House of Twins raise moral and ethical questions that have been object of study: emotional manipulation, exploitation of participants, loss of privacy, psychological and social effects on those who participate and consume this type of entertainment… Producers usually edit and manipulate recorded material to provoke conflicts and extreme reactions that keep the public’s attention. This strategy generates economic benefits, but results in the emotional exploitation of the contestants, who may suffer anxiety and psychological deterioration. Other key moral dilemma revolves around the actual consent of the participants. In many productions, contestants sign contracts that allow them to be constantly filmed, without effective control over their image once broadcast: participants are recorded in moments of emotional and physical vulnerability, such as arguments or personal crises. And if these issues are considerable in realities traditional, its impact is multiplied on the internet, where algorithms amplify emotionally conflictive content to maximize public interaction. In Xataka | Now I regret what I uploaded about myself to the internet when I was a teenager

The problem is that they are almost non-existent.

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Spain has more than 52,000 public charging points for electric vehicles, but only 2,080 allow you to charge the car in less than 15 minutes. Although there are various obstacles why a buyer does not want to opt for an electric car, the lack of quality infrastructure is one of the main reasons why the electric vehicle has not yet been standardized in Spain. The problem in figures. According to the latest Anfac barometeronly 4% of the charging points available at the end of September reached 250 kW of power or more, the threshold necessary for ultra-fast charging. Castilla y León leads with 357 points of this type, followed by Andalusia (277) and Catalonia (268). The rest of the network is mainly made up of slow chargers: more than 36,000 points offer 22 kW or less, which implies waiting times of between 3 and 19 hours, depending on the model. Why is it critical? The lack of ultra-fast recharging especially slows down long trips, where the experience should be close to that of a traditional refueling. Current electric cars already incorporate systems prepared for powers greater than 100 kW, and this capacity will increase with the new models. However, the infrastructure is not accompanying the evolution in vehicle batteries. Spain is situated like this below the European average in high power deployment, a key factor for individuals and companies to decide on electric. Who drives the network. Two thirds of the ultra-fast stations (equal to or greater than 250 kW) come from projects of the car manufacturers themselves. Just like share From the CincoDías media, Anfac has been insisting for some time that electric mobility should not only be promoted by brands, but also by energy companies and the public sector. An underused park. There is also a notable operational problem, since 14,643 charging points are installed but out of servicewhich represents 22% of the total. These chargers remain inactive due to breakdowns, lack of maintenance or because the installation companies have not yet obtained permits to connect to the electrical grid. This situation has remained this way for two quarters, with no signs of a significant improvement. The delay in Spain. The penetration of the electrified vehicle reached 29.3% in the third quarter, an improvement of 3.9 points compared to the previous period, but still far from the 43.1% average in the European Union. The general director of Anfac, José López-Tafall, warns that “leading the bottom group in Europe cannot be enough” and that Spain must maintain the current rate of growth for years to recover the accumulated delay. The road ahead. Although the charging network grows in absolute numbers (this year more than 13,000 points have been added), the challenge is to guarantee quality as well as quantity. However, from the employers they insist that the data is “very positive”, and that “the important efforts that companies are making to install public charging are little by little giving results.” Cover image | Michael Fousert In Xataka | Spain is emerging as the destination of the next BYD factory, according to Reuters: the next chapter of its advance in Europe

the questions you have sent us (and their answers) about this flexible vacuum cleaner

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We will respond to your doubts about the Rowenta X-Force Flexa flexible portable vacuum cleaner perfect for leaving all corners very clean. We have been testing it for several days, and now we bring you a video with all the answers to the questions that you have been sending us about it at our Instagram profile. Rowenta X-Force Flex Q&A We begin our review of all the doubts about the vacuum cleaner by talking about the power it has This Rowenta. Its maximum power is 240 Air Watts, which is what will be activated when you use Boost mode. Come on, it’s not the normal power, but the one it gives you when you press the turbo. Another question has to do with their suction levels, because there are several. First you have an ECO mode which serves to consume less energy and emit less noise, and with which in our tests we have been able to vacuum most of our house without too many problems. Then you have Max modewhich gives you extra power for especially complicated surfaces, such as carpets. And finally you have the Boost mode, which is the most powerful, and is used for that dirt that remains more embedded and is more difficult to vacuum. The vacuum has a start and use trigger, and another red one that takes you directly to Boost mode to make it easier to use and more accessible. But you also have an automatic mode It uses normal mode, but when it detects more demanding soil, it increases the power. You have also asked us about the noise it makes when vacuuming. ECO mode is usually around 70 dB, which is very little annoying. The Max mode goes up about 10 or 15 dB and everything starts to sound like a conventional vacuum cleaner, and the Boost mode almost reaches 100 dB, but it is the one we are going to use the least. In the video, we also show you vacuum cleaner accessoriessuch as its flexible broom or its different brushes that adapt to your needs. You also have another accessory for crevices and another for the sofa, as well as a motorized brush for pets. We then go into depth about the flexible broom to show you how it works. Finally, we also answer questions about battery and autonomyhow much the charging module occupies and how long it takes to fully charge the battery. We ended up talking about filters, cleaning and replacing them. But the best thing is that you watch the full video to see all the answers we give to the questions you have sent us. This content is a collaboration and sponsorship between Xataka and the brand, but there is no agreement on the script or the selection of the topics. The editorial content is created entirely by Xataka.

It’s not about not resting, but rather the opposite.

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Quite a while ago we explained a universal concept about weight loss: there is no single premise that works the same for everyone. What there is are general guidelines that, to a greater or lesser extent, can help us reduce the scale. From then until now we have learned a lot about exercises to lose weight, the diets to followor the most basic: why the hell I can’t stop gaining kilos. A method that experts always recommend is, a priori, the easiest to do: walk. and now we know what is the best way to do it. The advertisement. We knew that walking is a recommended exercise to keep us healthy and even help us control weight and lose weight. Now, if you’ve been leaving home for half your life and trying to get to destination A team of researchers from the University of Milan led by Francesco Luciano carried out a series of experiments reaching the same conclusion: contrary to what is usually thought, if you want to burn calories by walking, it is more effective to make stops to rest You have to do it consistently from start to finish. The work is published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. The intrastory. As and as they have explainedbegan the study after observing that many estimates of the energy needed to walk were based on data from people exercising in a stable metabolic state, that is, when the heart rate is constant and the body’s energy production and consumption are balanced, such as the state of a car traveling at cruising speed. Thus, and to learn more about the energy needs for different walks, the researchers recruited 10 healthy volunteers who were monitored while they exercised on a stair climbing machine and a treadmill. The exercises covered three different speeds with sessions lasting from ten seconds to four minutes. The results. The idea, therefore, was to measure the oxygen and energy demands of short walks compared to longer walks. What did they find? Than walking or climbing stairs in periods of 10 to 30 seconds required 20 to 60% more oxygenan indicator of energy consumption, than covering the same distance in a continuous session, largely because walking is more efficient after several minutes in motion. For Lucianomakes perfect sense if we think that when we walk for shorter periods, we use more energy and consume more oxygen to cover the same distance, “it’s like having a car that consumes more fuel during the first few kilometers than later.” Energy records. They said in their work that for each exercise session they recorded how much oxygen each person consumed and calculated the metabolic demands for the different walks. They discovered that more energy was needed at the beginning of each walkto get going and warm up the body, than later in the exercise, when the body was already moving and working more efficiently. According to Lucianothe key is what we do at the beginning of that walk, “when we start walking, we may incur some fixed costs at the beginning of the session. By analogy, driving a car requires some fuel to start the engine or get the car out of the garage. We found that, when starting to walk from rest, a significant amount of oxygen is consumed just to start walking. We incur this cost regardless of whether we walk for 10 or 30 seconds, so, proportionally, it weighs more in the shorter sections than in the longer ones.” And more. Apparently, measurements of participants on the exercise machines also revealed that, in the early stages of a walk, people are less efficient at converting oxygen and energy in an effective movement, a situation that improves as they gain rhythm, when we have already “warmed up.” A work that highlights the health benefits of short walks and jumping up stairs, particularly for people who are largely sedentaryand that can also explain the improvements in physical condition that occur with so-called “exercise snacks.” The perfect hike. The study also closed the circle on what we could call the “perfect” walk in “caloric” terms. We already knew that the key to walking as an exercise was in consistency, and that about 150 minutes a weekor two and a half hours, are the minimum recommended average. Now we must add that the intensity that is always claimed does not refer so much to how long it takes us to get from A to B, but rather the opposite, walk in short periods and with stops of the same distance. Image | Diana Robinson, PickPick In Xataka | The truth about intermittent fasting to lose weight: deciding whether its benefits have a scientific basis or are pure hype In Xataka | We’ve been trying to figure out why we gain weight for decades. Science is becoming clearer

features, price and technical sheet

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Without events and practically a surprise, Apple has officially presented the new 14-inch MacBook Pro with M5 chipan update that promises significant improvements in both performance, autonomy and artificial intelligence, while maintaining the same starting price as its predecessor. The company has also announced the new iPad Pro and its new generation of Vision Pro mixed reality glasses. MacBook Pro M5, technical sheet MacBook Pro 14″ M5 Screen Liquid Retina XDR, 1,600 nits (HDR), 1,000 nits (SDR) Processor Apple M5 Memory From 16GB storage From 512 GB and up to 4 TB connectivity Thunderbolt 4 camera 12 MP with Center Stage technology autonomy Up to 24 hours PRICE From 1,829 euros Apple MacBook Pro M5 14″, 512GB, 16GB RAM The price could vary. We earn commission from these links New M5 chip: improvements in AI and graphics performance The protagonist of this new generation is the M5 chip, manufactured with 3 nanometer technology. Apple assures that it offers up to 3.5 times more performance in artificial intelligence tasks compared to the M4and up to 1.6 times more graphics power. The new processor incorporates a 10-core GPU with a neural accelerator in each of them, which according to the company significantly improves the processing of local AI models, the generation of images and the execution of language models. The CPU, also with 10 cores, promises 20% more multi-core performance compared to the M4, a detail that especially benefits tasks such as code compilation or simultaneous work with several professional applications. Faster storage and greater autonomy Another notable change is the incorporation of Fastest SSD storage technologywhich according to Apple can up to double the performance of the previous model in read and write operations. This translates into shorter times when importing RAW files or exporting large videos. The maximum storage configuration reaches 4TB. Regarding autonomy, Apple announces up to 24 hours of battery life. Apple compares it to the MacBook Pro with M1with an increment of four hours. There is also a notable increase compared to Intel-based models, which would gain up to 14 additional hours. Of course, perhaps the most notable difference in this aspect (and not exactly for the better) is that this new model does not include a power adapter, so if we want it, we must add 65 euros more to the bill for the 70 W one or 85 euros for the 96 W one. A familiar and unchanged design The MacBook Pro M5 maintains the design and screen specifications of its predecessor: 14.2-inch Liquid Retina In addition, the company offers a nanotextured glass option to reduce reflections, also present in previous generations. Connectivity doesn’t change either: three ports ThunderboltSD card reader, HDMI and MagSafe 3 connector for charging. The 12 MP webcam with Center Stage technology (which has made the leap to the iPhone 17), a six-speaker system and Wi-Fi 6E They complete a technical section without news. Price and availability The 14-inch MacBook Pro with M5 chip has a starting price of 1,829 euros in Spain (1,699 euros with discount for education). The equipment is available in space black and silver. The base configuration includes 16 GB of unified memory and 512 GB of storage. Reservations are open from today October 15th through Apple website and the Apple Store app. Customers are expected to start receiving it starting Wednesday, October 22. As for the rest of the models, Apple has confirmed that the M5 Pro and M5 Max they will come laterfollowing the staggered release pattern of previous generations. Apple MacBook Pro M5 14″, 512GB, 16GB RAM The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Images | Apple In Xataka | We believed that tracking an iPhone only helped its owner: it ended up revealing a network that smuggled thousands of cell phones

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