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A group of friends decided to turn a colleague into an influencer without knowing it. It already has more than 100,000 followers

July 31, 2025 by usatoday24

Manu Rey is the clown of his group of friends: with a natural ability to make his colleagues laugh, but with no projection outside his intimate circle. Enough to become an influencer overnight? Many of his friends were convinced that yes, and demonstrated it. Influencer by surprise. The influencer Compostelana (this yes, with almost 100,000 followers too) Zoe García He had an illusion: his friend Manu Rey was famous on the Internet. He developed an exposure plan to his friend’s networks and the result has been around one hundred thousand followers on his Instagram account in record time. His friends, headed by Zoe, secretly exposed him, first as a joke and later as a relevant viral phenomenon of summer. In less than a month Manu has almost 100,000 followers On Instagram, to which they join More than 2500 on Tik Tok. 21 Instagram tricks – Tutorial with all secrets! Revelation. “He does not know that this account exists, but he deserves to follow him, because he is that person who deserves 100 % being famous,” said his friends. And the Internet seemed to coincide with them: after their infinite dip in swimming pools and dozenS, in just two weeks I had 30,000 followers, with videos that exceed four million views. His naturalness were undoubted They reveal what they have been doing. The importance of naturalness. The case of Manu Rey demonstrates some things about fame on the Internet. First, that the public appreciates above other characteristics the naturalness and “real being” in front of the camerawhich undoubtedly enters into contradiction with the Behavior of many celebrities. Spontaneity generates a feeling of authenticity that emotionally connects with the audience, especially with the youngest spectators. Collaborative fame. The idea of a person who becomes famous for the collaborative thrust of a group is something absolutely new and typical of the Internet era. Virality is not always a product of a single person: It can arise thanks to the active participation of communities that share, comment and recreate content. The Fans communities, Memes and digital subcultures drive these collaborative trends. @Manu__rey__ Day 19 uploading Manu videos until it finds out 😂 this can be Manu’s last video without being known and it is good that you can see how random it is and what it can do any day because if 😂 he does not know that he exists, but he deserves that you follow him because he is that person who deserves 100% that you do famous 🥹 ♬ Original sound – Manu Rey The fame of all. The fact that social platforms have a network structure (and hence their name), makes the content value increase according to more people share and reinvent it, that is, as collaborate in their creation. This turns fame into a distributed and collaborative phenomenon: those almost 100,000 followers are not only from Manu (which may be unable to maintain the Hype generated now that it has begun to create its own pieces), but A group responsibility. As wine it left. Sudden and not sought on the Internet is a phenomenon even prior to social networks, but has multiplied since, very simple, we can forward videos to thousands of contacts. In many cases, the collaborative activity we are talking about is essential, and so it happened with Multiple protagonists of completely accidental memes (David the child drugged in the dentist to Zöe Roth, the Machiavellian girl of the fire). But we can ride ourselves before the networks, when reaching fame by the force of a meme was an almost titanic task. Our favorites? He Star Wars Kid and Rebecca Black. And he is not a person, but of course, The flame of Ola K ase. Header | Manu Rey In Xataka | 25 memes that have marked the decade from 2010 to 2019

A student from Girona set up his Cybercrime Office at home. His mistake was to show off his robberies on the Internet

July 31, 2025 by usatoday24

A joint operation of Mossos d’Esquadra and National Police He has arrested a hacker in Roses (Girona) Responsible for several cyber attacks operating from a sophisticated technological network … in their own home. Why is it important. The detainee had managed to configure a technological network complex using anonymous applications that allowed him to hide his trail while attacked financial institutions, private companies and public bodies. The researchers discovered that the hacker, a young computer student with very advanced knowledge, stole personal databases of employees and clients, as well as confidential internal documents. Then he sold this information in forums of the Dark Web or published it without asking for anything in return. What has happened. The investigation started in May 2024, when the agents detected in a forum that someone presumed to have data from Spanish banks, a self -school and a public university. The same subject later claimed to have filtered the database of a Barcelona plumbing company. After an arduous discouragement of desanimization, the researchers located Roses’s address from where the attacks were launched. The subsequent investigations identified the inhabitants of the house, including the young computer student. In detail. During the record they seized: A laptop. A dozen mobile phones. Several hard drives. More than thirty SIM cards. Several bank cards in the name of different people. The detainee made available to the Court of Guard of Figueres for a crime of discovery and revelation of secrets. And now what. The investigation remains active to locate new victims and clarify all the scams that this person may have committed using stolen data to the affected entities. Outstanding image | Mossos d’Esquadra In Xataka | We visited the National CNI cryptological center: here is the epicenter of Spanish cybersecurity

The earthquake has revived the fear of a new Fukushima. This time, nuclear power plants are armed to teeth

July 31, 2025 by usatoday24

The red tsunami alert issued on the coast of Japan after a strong earthquake in Russia has served as a raw reminder of the 2011 disaster. Japanese televisions cut their usual programming to show an unequivocal order in capital letters: “Tsunami! Evacuate!“The message, shouted in unison by the presenters, resonated with those of 14 years ago. But this time, the nuclear power plants were much better prepared. Context. For millions of Japanese, The scene that was lived this Wednesday It was too familiar. The collective memory immediately returned to March 11, 2011, when an earthquake of magnitude 9 unleashed a tsunami that not only charged about 20,000 lives, but caused the worst nuclear accident of the 21st century in the Fukushima central. Yesterday, the workers of the own Fukushima plant They suspended their tasks and evacuated the nuclear power plant towards higher land, knowing that nuclear safety has suffered a radical transformation. The global nuclear industry not only learned Fukushima’s lessons: it made them concrete, steel and new protocols on an unprecedented scale. The turning point. To understand the magnitude of the changes, we must remember what exactly failed in Fukushima-Daiichi. The disaster It was not caused directly by the earthquakebut for the tsunami that followed. Waves of up to 15 meters far exceeded the containment wall of the plant, flooding the emergency diesel generators and cutting all the plant power of the plant. Without capacity to refrigerate reactors, Three of the nuclei merged. The lesson was brutal: the security margins, designed for probable events, were insufficient before an extreme event. Fukushima was a global attention call that unleashed a regulatory and technical revolution. The paradigm shift is summarized in moving from a probabilist approach (designing for what is expected) to a total resilience (being ready for the unexpected). Not only in Japan. Immediately after the accident, regulators around the world launched A thorough review of its facilities, creating international frames to ensure that the lessons learned will be applied everywhere. China and the United States They promoted strategies so that all nuclear power plants can support an indefinite loss of energy. In Europe, all plants passed Stress tests against earthquakes, floods and total loss of security systems, forcing each country to implement a national action plan in case of finding defects. Gravelines, the largest nuclear power plant in France, reinforced his dike and added new gates Mobile Concrete and steel. Japanese centrals have been working like none, investing billions of dollars. They sealed all possible water input routes with stagnant doors, installed high capacity Achique pumps and built higher walls. Onagawa, the central closest to the 2011 epicenter, survived thanks to its 14 -meter wall. After Fukushima’s accident, the Tohoku Electric Power energy company did not walk with little girls and built A new 2 meter high dikealmost like a 10 -story building. Hamooka raised his breakwater 22 meters above sea leveland relocated the emergency diesel generators in a hill at 25 meters high. Tokai-2 raised A slope 1.7 kilometers longprepared to resist a wave of 17.1 meters. The reactors of the future. These lessons have also moved to the new designs of third and fourth generation reactors, including compact modular reactors (SMR), which incorporate them as standard. The AP1000 and its Chinese CAP-1000 derivative They can keep safe for 72 hours without any human intervention or external energy thanks to passive cooling systems that work by gravity and convection. The European EPR-2 includes double containment, a filtered vent system and A “Core-Catcher” Designed to contain the molten nucleus in the hypothetical case of an accident. And the Nuscale or the BWRX-300 of Gen-Hitachi can be installed as underground reactors, which makes them intrinsically immune to tsunamis and other surface disasters. A safer world. Wednesday’s Tsunami alert is a reminder that we are still at the mercy of nature. But also an opportunity to verify that, in the 14 years that have passed since Fukushima, the defenses of nuclear power plants have become a real fortress. The 2011 disaster was not in vain. Image | IAEA In Xataka | People did not take the drills seriously, so Japan found something much more effective: video game drills

Your pension tells a very different story

July 31, 2025 by usatoday24

In Spain, those who have worked as self -employed are that, upon reaching retirement, The amount of your pension It is significantly lower than that of its equals employees. This situation, a priori, seems entirely unfair, since, for setting a more or less close example, an autonomous electrician who works alone, will charge a salary similar to a salaried electrician for his work, and both pay a social security price that will then determine the amount of his Retirement pension. However, the main difference between the two is that, in the case of the wage earner, a part of that price is assumed by the company that hires it, while the autonomous does not do so in the same way. That difference is what causes the self -employed to retire a pension much smaller than employees. Difference of pensions between employees and autonomous. The difference between retirement pensions of salaried workers and self -employed remains considerable in 2025. According to the official data Of the Ministry of Inclusion and Social Security, the average pension of the self -employed is 1,008.8 euros per month, while the employees of the general regime receive 1,665.5 euros per month on average. A relevant aspect is that this difference is even greater depending on gender. Autonomous men receive an average pension of 1,150.10 euros after retirement, while women receive 863.97 euros. This inequality is also due to the quoted years and the sections chosen during working life according to the data collected by Social Security. On average, this is a monthly difference of 657.72 euros in the retirement pension and more than 9,200 euros a year between both groups. The monthly quota: key to inequality. The pension gap between salaried and self -employed workers remains stable in the historical data, and has an obvious reason: most self -employed opt for the minimum contribution base to maximize their monthly fee. As can be seen in the lower picture, in the case of wage earners, both company and worker assume a certain percentage of the price for the employee, starting from a contribution base, being the company who assumes most of that cost and enters it in the Social Security on account of its employee. GUY Company Worker Total Common contingencies 23.60% 4.70% 28.30% Intergenerational Equity Mechanism (MEI) 0.67% 0.13% 0.80% Unemployment (indefinite contract) 5.50% 1.55% 7.05% Unemployment (temporary contract) 6.70% 1.60% 8.30% Fogasa 0.20% 0% 0.20% Professional training 0.60% 0.10% 0.70% However, the calculation of the self -employed contribution base is not made based on the salary he receives as in employees, but based on their net benefit and, depending on that amount, is welcomed by the adequate fee section. That section defines its minimum contribution base, although the autonomous can choose to quote for a larger base. Broadly speaking, so that a salaried salaried salaried salary is 1,600 euros, its contribution base must be about 2,000 euros. On the other hand, the autonomous electrician who works only from our example that receives the same net salary of 1,600 euros, will have a monthly fee of about 300 euros, but Your contribution base It will be about 960.78 euros. That implies that both charge similar wages, but the autonomous quotes for a much lower contribution base. Quotation sections and its minimum and maximum bases. THE PROBLEM: Most quote the minimum base. According to the Ministry statistics, of the 3,436,929 freelancers that exist in Spain, 2,858,865 are quoted for the minimum base for their net income or by 1.5 of the minimum base. Only 72,935 would be quoting for a base near what an salaried worker would have, which would be something close to 3 times or more than the minimum base. Returning to the example of our autonomous electrician with a net profit of 1,600 euros, it would be limited to a maximum price of 1,700 euros, which would mean an increase in its monthly fee to about 534 euros. The self -employed do not pay more quotation. In a first glance it may seem that an autonomous has a greater economic pressure than a wage earner. However, both contributions are close to 30% of the contribution base (it is an approximate percentage since it varies depending on the type of contract, sector, etc.). The main difference is that, as can be seen in the quotation box above, in the case of the wage earner the company assumes a higher percentage than the wage earner (although all part of the Gross Employee salary), while the autonomous is a company and employee in turn, which is perceived a greater impact on the relationship between net benefit and contribution base. How to save that gap. Since the totality of the quota of the contribution falls on the autonomous, to excessively elevate the monthly fee (and therefore its contribution base) to collect a retirement pension near a wage earner it is a great considerable economic effort. So it is best to increase the price base progressively as it is approaching The retirement ageto quote for the largest possible base in recent years to raise the amount of the pension. The amount of the final pension is calculated on the contribution basis of the last 25 years quoted (300 months) and, if the base has always been low, the resulting benefit is insufficient compared to employees, which are quoted according to their real salary. Therefore, in more than 60% of the Spanish provinces, the Medium Retirement Pension Of the self -employed barely exceeds 1,008 euros per month and in no community the autonomous retirement pension is equal to the minimum interprofessional salary in 2025. 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This Sony sound bar is ideal for riding your own home cinema

July 31, 2025 by usatoday24

When watching television, a sound bar can significantly improve the experience. If you have been looking for a time for your living room and wanted a compact model, this Sony HT-S2000 It is a good purchase option and more that is now on offer. In Amazon, you can take it almost with a 40% discount, for 306.31 euros. Sony HT-S2000 TV sound bar * Some price may have changed from the last review A super compact sound bar and now very lowered Signed by Sony, this sound bar is 3.1 channels and its compact size makes it ideal even for small rooms. It stands out for bringing the subwoofer integrated, with which to enjoy deep serious and is compatible with technologies Dolby Atmos and DTS: x. Offers one 350 W power and 3D dimensional sound. In addition, it has a technology that limits distortion, so that you enjoy a quality sound. If you have one TV Sony Bravia, in addition, you can control it from the Smart TV menu itself. Finally, it can be noted that configuring it is very simple. You can connect it by Bluetooth And also through cable HDMI and following the steps that appear in the Home Entertainment Connect app. Other devices that can help you to ride your own home cinema 30000 lumens projector (official Netflix & Dolby Audio) * Some price may have changed from the last review Amazon Fire TV Cube (last generation) * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Sony In Xataka | Best Bluetooth speakers. Which to buy and 10 recommended models In Xataka | Best televisions in quality price. Which to buy and seven recommended 4K 4K

Copy an idea of Elon Musk

July 31, 2025 by usatoday24

Tiktok is a platform that, well used, can be really entertaining and until we learn something. The problem is that for each piece of useful, original and developed content there are many others With half truths, disinformation, Myths sold as realities, Urban legends and statements based on “Source: Comic Sans”. This content may not have bad intentions and be published from ignorance and ignorance, but that does not mean that it can lead to misunderstandings. The Tiktok solution? Be inspired by X. Foot notes. That would be the literal translation of Footnotesthe new function that Tiktok has launched in the United States. It is a data verification system through collective collaboration, or what is the same, the equivalent in Tiktok a X -community notesbefore Twitter. 23 Twitter tricks – This social network is completely dominated! This will see the notes at the foot of Tiktok | Image: Tiktok And what is it? Suppose we find a video of a user who states that the earth is flat because one day he went to the beach, He looked forward and couldn’t see the curvature. With this new function, anyone could explain why this argument does not have any meaning and link to any scientific publication, wikipedia or article as a source. In the case of something more controversial or than more interpretation, users could explain the subject, give more context, etc. Tiktok will use what is known as “Bridging-Based Ranking“, that is, a system that rewards consensus. The note that will be display There is not much discussionbut in more gray issues (politics, events …) there may be a variety of opinions and there is no absolute truth. The idea of Footnotes is, in some way, add context and information respecting the diversity of opinions when proceeding. Users must sign up for a program to add notes. By adding them, they will have to say the reason why a note deserves, add a comment and put a link to a “reliable source” | Image: Tiktok Who watches the watchman. With one estimate Of 34 million videos uploaded to day, Tiktok is aware that moderating so much content already such a scale is complex. If we add to that the notes of the community, the thing goes more. Thus, Tiktok says that “we will use a combination of automated and human moderation to help detect and eliminate footnotes that breach the standards.” Users can also report the notes they consider harmful. At the moment, only in the United States. According to Erica Ruzic, director of integrity and authenticity of Tiktok products “we have chosen the US market because it is large enough to have a content ecosystem that can support this type of test.” There is no intention to launch them in the global market, at least for the moment, although from Tiktok they will evaluate the test and analyze whether it is worth launching it in other markets. It is, at least, curious that Tiktok has chosen the United States for this test. Tiktok should have left the US market at the beginning of the year having refused to sell their local operations, but Donald Trump has been granted extensions Waiting for a solution. At the moment, everything indicates that Bytedance is working on a version of Tiktok by and for the United States, but nothing is known about it. Disinformation in Tiktok. The Chinese platform has been several times in the eye of the hurricane. One of the most striking and recent cases was the alleged Russian interference in the Romanian electionscase that is being investigated by the European Union and that forced to cancel and repeat the elections. Although the platform has mechanisms and commitments to curb misinformation, the reality is complex. The efforts, however, must go in that direction. According to the last European Parliament Youth Survey From the European Union, 42% of young people between 16 and 30 use Tiktok, Instagram and YouTube to access news about politics or social. If we add that, according to the Reuters Digital Institute News Report of 2024 (PDF), 27% of Tiktok users have trouble identifying deceptive content, we get a dangerous cocktail. Cover image | Collabstr in Unspash

A car rental company has fined a customer with 100 euros for smoking behind the wheel. The only problem is that he never did

July 31, 2025 by usatoday24

Should you smoke inside the car? The debate is a pédiagudo and has gained strength in Spain in recent weeks after the balloon was dropped that smoking could be prohibited from the wheel in our country. The reasons wielded range from the health of the rest of the passengers (especially if the driver travels with children) to the possible distractions that a cigarette can cause. But where Smoking is prohibited It is in rental cars or in shared car services. That is what a driver has discovered to whom a company the carsharing platform Thousandsvery widespread in Berlin, has punished with 100 euros of sanction because it ensures that it briefly smoked up to four times. However, the driver alleges that this is not possible. He says not only that he has not smoked in the car, he emphasizes that he is not even a smoker. A black box for smokers The story is brought by our German companions of Gamestar Tech. They explain that, as in Spain, neither in their carsharing vehicles is allowed to smoke. To control it, cars have a small smoke detector that launches a sound warning when it records that someone inside the vehicle is smoking. According to the company, this notice rang up to four times on a three -kilometer journey that lasted 10 minutes. The driver does recognize that the detector rang but defends himself by ensuring that he is not a smoker and that, of course, he did not smoked inside the car. In your article, Gamestar Tech It shows the activity peaks registered by the smoke detector in which the four, supposed, smoke snacks that the driver expelled. The sanction on the part of the company is 100 euros but the driver says he has no intention of paying it. To try to get rid of the fine, the sanctioned contacted thousands, the carsharing company, but these were limited to showing the report with the four peaks of activity. As in the case of defective AI When reviewing the damage to a rental car, we are facing the evidence that the driver and the company are in unequal positions because one has alleged activity records and the driver has no way to prove that it is A “non -smoker”. Although the case of this driver is the last one, it is not much less unique. In social networks You can read similar complaints of other drivers who have had problems with the service of Miles, ensuring that the detector began to whistle without having reasons for it. In all testimonies a sanction is mentioned by the company of 100 euros. Some even point out that they have charged this amount up to three occasions. In the case of thousands, the detector is designed by Bosch and it is common to find them in rental vehicles. In the Consumer Information Association Austrian highlights the case of a driver who lived a similar situation. This time with a rental car and an economic punishment that reached 300 euros. The Bosch system boasts to be able to discern if a person has smoked or simply has a smell of tobacco impregnated in clothes. Therefore, I should be able to discriminate if really The driver has given or not a draft to cigarette. In addition, they claim to use artificial intelligence to send a signal to the center that manages fleets when the detector has been activated to give notice and, thus, to be able to manage the car cleaning more quickly. Photo | Thousands Mobility and Hans Isaacson In Xataka | Smoking ends on the terraces and beaches: socially makes sense, scientifically not so much

For months Ukraine turned a strategic city into impregnable. Until Russia added a lethal partner to his drones

July 31, 2025 by usatoday24

The Summer offensive From Russia in eastern Ukraine, launched in May, has been advancing on the battlefield On multiple frontsexploring and attacking with small and fast units as the fighting intensifies day by day. With his advance, Russia has changed The rhythm of warcapturing more and more square kilometers. However, for many months, one of the bloodiest battles has taken place in a single enclave. Prolonged defense. For months, the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk became one of the most fierce epicenters of the war, where kyiv’s forces managed to stop a numerically superior enemy thanks to intensive use of armed drones and staggered defenses that worn thousands of Russian soldiers. This bastion, located on important reserves of coquizable coal and that worked as a key point of the supply lines to the east, has been subject to a constant siege since last year, first through frontal attacks and then through Fence attempts. Fiber as a disruptive. Although the Ukrainian resistance managed to stop these advances, Russia has gone adapting their tactics with greater deployment of drones, finally including the models than We have been talking In recent months: those Drones with optical fiber Impossible to block with electronic warfare systems, capable of achieving objectives up to 25 kilometers after the front line. Human and logistics cost. The price of this slow offensive has been devastating for Moscow: tens of thousands of casualties accumulate around Pokrovsk, with soldiers sent in Precarious conditionssome recruited in criminal colonies with just a week of training, other wounded or poorly equipped. Many were released in almost suicidal wavesadvancing on foot or motorcycles to avoid drone detection, in groups of just half a dozen, replaced again and again after each failure. Russian prisoners They reported that the greatest fear in the battlefield were not tanks or artillery, but Small Ukrainian quadricopters that bombarded from the air without rest, generating psychological terror and nightmares between the troops. kyiv, meanwhile, He suffered the pressure Of a hostile environment, with supply routes subjected to the fire of drones and artillery, which forced to cover roads with protection networks and to face increasing difficulties to supply food and food to the few civilians who remain in the city. Russian adaptation. Underlined a report Reuters that Ukrainian resistance, organized with the experience of units such as called “Da Vinci Wolves” And under the command of General Mykhaylo Drapatyi, he managed to maintain the line during more than a yearapplying counterattacks and hindering enemy logistics. However, Russian numerical superiority, key road control and the introduction of new technologies began to Tilt the balance. The calls “Kill Zone drones” They cover kilometers on each side of the front, making reinforcements and supplies on both sides. Russian advances, although limited in territory, accelerated in The spring of 2025with the greatest Ukrainian territorial losses of the year concentrated in this sector. Pokrovsk’s partial fall, although symbolically minimized by Zelenski, could release Russian military resources and open the door to greater progress in Donbás, approaching Putin to one of its fundamental objectives. Strategic implications. Background, Pokrovsk represents the paradigm of the wear war that today defines the conflict: minimum territorial advances achieved to a exorbitant human costwith drone technology as a decisive factor on the battlefield. For Ukraine, its resistance has been a crucial brake that prevented Russia from consolidating control, Especially Donetskbut the price has been the almost total destruction of the city and the loss of its logistics function. For Russia, the eventual conquest of Pokrovsk would serve to reinforce its control over the eastalthough he has succeeded by sacrificing thousands of soldiers, many of them poorly trained and equipped. If you want, the battle illustrates the transformation of modern combat, where the troops are trapped in a new war era defined by drone swarms, electronic war and mass attacks that make each meter live in a victory … with very little to celebrate. Image | US Air Force In Xataka | The 1500 RAM truck is an American national emblem. For some reason, it is being important in the war in Ukraine In Xataka | We already know what Russia’s trick is to multiply its drones: it is called “cooling units” and comes direct from China

Look for 4,000 volunteers with these requirements

July 31, 2025 by usatoday24

There was a time when payment cards occupied space in the wallet and could be forgotten at home. Today, most already lives on our mobile. In public transport, that transition is still slower. But if you use the transport fertilizer of the Community of Madrid, there is an important novelty: very soon you can take it on the mobile. No physical cards. At least, in theory. Because it will not be for everyone, or in any way. A pilot test for 4,000 users. The implementation of the digital transport fertilizer starts with a controlled test. The Community of Madrid has invited 4,000 people to participate in the first official pilota phase designed to validate the operation of the app, analyze the behavior of readers on the network and collect data on the real use of the system. Not everyone can access this option immediately. Participation requires prior registration, and those selected will receive custom instructions to download the app, digitize their physical card and start traveling with the mobile. This first phase will have an estimated duration of 12 weeks. How the app works and what do you need to use it. The operation is simple: you digitize your physical card through the new mitarjetatransporte app, and from there you can bring your mobile device to the access or validator lathe where you start your trip, as if it were a physical card. But not any mobile is worth. To join this test you need a device with Android 9.0 or superior, technology NFC and the application Google Wallet installed. The virtual card is not managed from the original app, but is saved directly in Wallet. And if you have an iPhone, for now, you will stay out: this first version is only compatible with Android. The cards that can be digitized. The MY transport card is only compatible with the Personal Public Transport Card (Personal TTP) and, more specifically, with monthly type fertilizers. They are out of this test: The children’s card The blue card Annual fertilizers Non -personal or other users Digitization is designed for individual and exclusive use. Register is not automatic: thus you can participate in the test. Sinning to this pilot test requires a previous step. It is not enough to have the app or compatible mobile: you have to fill out a Official form available on this link and wait confirmation. In that form some key data are requested, such as the model of your mobile, the Android version and the email you use on Google Wallet. Once the application is sent, you will receive a proof. If everything goes well and you are selected, you will get an email from testappcrtm@madrid.org With the download link and the steps to start. You have a two -week margin to complete the process. You digitize your card, but physics stop working. When you activate the virtual card, physics is deactivated. It is not a copy or a duplicate version: the system transfers your payment to the mobile and leaves the original card useless. It is a complete change, although reversible if later you decide to return to the physical format. This measure seeks to avoid fraud and ensure that each payment can only be used from a single support. Therefore, if you are thinking of trying the app, it is convenient to be clear that there is no immediate back: you have to request it if you want to return to the physical card. What tickets and fertilizers can you use from the mobile. During the test, the virtual card allows you to keep the titles already loaded in the physical TTP and acquire new ones from the mobile. The following are available: Personal titles: monthly transport fertilizer Non -personal titles: 10 trips, airport supplement, tourist ticket Annual titles and those associated with non -compatible cards, such as children or blue are out of this version. The system also does not allow the use of simple tickets from the app. What if something fails? Thus the problems are reported. It can happen: this is a test and the consortium needs to know what fails. For that they have enabled a form within the app itself, where you can report errors in the discharge, validation, recharge or general operation. You can also write directly to testappcrtm@madrid.org. It is not necessary for the failure to be serious: even a small detail helps improve the system. If everything goes well, you can also leave comments or suggestions. And if any validator does not work, remember: you can consult and show the balance of your card from the app. That serves as proof in case they ask you to justify that you carry the active fertilizer. Other important limitations that you must take into account. Before throwing you, some limitations should be clear. The virtual card does not replace everything. For example, you will not be able to use it to access free parkings linked to public transport, since the system is not yet enabled at those points. In addition, participation demands commitment: if you do not make real use during the pilot’s weeks, they could cancel you. It is not enough to download the app and leave it there. And an important detail: the link to download the app will only be active for two weeks. If not complete the process within that period, you will have to start over (if you allow it). After the pilot, the digital card will remain active. The use of the digital card does not end with the test. Once the pilot ends – previso with a duration of about 12 weeks – users can continue to use their digitized TTP without returning to the physical card. The objective of the consortium is to progressively extend this option to the set of users. But, for now, there is no confirmed date for its general implementation. This phase will be used to evaluate the system and prepare the ground for its complete deployment. … Read more

Japan has been teaching tsunamis evacuation routes for years for years in the most Japanese way possible: with video games

July 31, 2025 by usatoday24

The memory is fragile, especially under the panic of a tsunami alert. But the Japanese have shown that they are prepared to evacuate the coastal areas. It is no accident. Japan has been exploring innovative methods for years to train its citizens. Context. He Magnitude earthquake 8.7 near the Kamchatka Peninsula He has put on the entire east coast of Japan, forcing almost two million people to evacuate their homes. Although the waves did not exceed the meter and a half, the sirens reminded the Japanese an uncomfortable truth: when the water approaches, every second and each decision tells. And that is precisely the problem of drills: people do not always pay their attention. Given this challenge, several Japanese universities have been developing and perfecting a solution that unites the most vital need in case of Tsunami with one of the largest passions in the country: video games. The 2011 memory. To understand why Japan has been trying to “gamify” the evacuations, you just have to look back, to the 2011 earthquake. That disaster, which left more than 22,000 dead and missing, revealed the critical failures in the evacuation plans. More than 60% of the evacuees used their car, convinced that they would reach a safe place faster. The result was a predictable chaos: monumental traffic jams that caught thousands of people in flood areas. The reality is stubborn. Although the authorities usually recommend evacuating on foot, recent surveys showed that about 50% of the Japanese would come back into the car against a Tsunami alert. This creates an incredibly dangerous scenario, where pedestrians and vehicles compete in a race desperate for survival. It is in this context where digital drills make more sense. They can recreate the chaos of a mixed evacuation of cars and pedestrians to levels to which a physical simulation does not arrive, managing to train citizens for the real dangers they will face. Virtual reality and unreal Engine. The Nippon Institute of Technology developed a simulator with an aseptic name: application of evacuation training against Tsunamis. Based on real evacuation techniques, it is not an action video game, but a virtual reality application based on the Unreal Engine 4 graphic engine that puts the user in real Japan locations with a high risk of Tsunami. The simulator asks you: “What should you notice in this situation?” and the user must touch on the screen the element that considers a risk or an opportunity. It can be a traffic light, a tall building designated as a refuge, a pedestrian about to crossly cross or a car that skips a stop. To motivate users to practice daily, the app incorporates gamification elements, such as a stamps system for completing training with constancy. Do you really work? To validate their effectiveness, the researchers conducted an experiment with 25 citizens of Nishio. First, the participants carried out a virtual evacuation in an immersive simulator, equipped with a virtual reality helmet (HTC Vive Pro Eye) for foot evacuations and a car wheel. Their behavior was measured and asked what they considered important during an evacuation. The results, published in the magazine GeosciencesThey were revealing. After using the app, the participants were much faster and more effective when identifying immediate hazards in their surroundings, such as pedestrians or other vehicles. However, they still had difficulty detecting important but distant elements, such as a hospital or a high building that served as a refuge. Their attention focused on what they had right ahead, especially the elderly, who took longer to respond and had lower success rates.

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