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This is the Dolce Vita Orient Express, the Italian train of up to 21,400 euros the room for two nights

May 3, 2025 by usatoday24

Thinking about a vacation in a luxury medium is to think, automatically, on a cruise. These huge ships They have become synonymous with high transport standingwith proposals as exclusive as the experiences of the Four Seasons yates. However, another transport wants to make way to elbow in this segment: The trains. Seeking to emulate the sophistication of the Orient Express, Italy has just opened a train not suitable for all pockets: the Dolce Vita Orient Express. Retro-Chic. At the beginning of April, a strategic collaboration formed by several Italian companies announced the debut of the first national manufacturing luxury train. Baptized as La Dolce Vita Orient Express (because yes, the iconic Belgian company is behind), it is a vehicle that wants to mark a milestone in luxury tourism in the country, showing its cultural heritage and what they can do regarding gastronomy and sophistication. In a cradle country of some of the most important developers and brands such as Maserati, Ferrari either Lamborghini (And the Alfa Romeo of beauties like the Montreal), that mixture between mechanics and luxury was not something that was questioned. And the idea regarding interior design is to combine the styles of the middle of the last century with more contemporary elements. Luxury. Designed by Emiliano Salci and Britt Moran, they recognize that the idea is to invite passengers to a trip on a train with a “sumptuous decoration.” The two designers comment that they have designed all the details not with the idea that it is an example of the ostentatious luxury, but to give the impression that it has always existed. The interiors are imposing, with details such as the very spacious dining room, rooms with sofas and, above all, the rooms. Seating Rooms. They are the ones who monopolize attention and there are two types. On the one hand, the Deluxe cabins that have wood everywhere, a sofa that becomes a bed of 140 x 190 centimeters, coffee table, stool, private bathroom and an area of 7 m². Deluxe And his bathroom On the other hand, the suite cabins. With 11 m² and more windows, a table with two seats and a bed of 140 x 190 cm. It also has a bathroom, mirrors everywhere, as well as design lamps and accessories such as bronze finishes. Suite And his bathroom To eat, beyond the room service, there is a dining room in which chef Heinz Beck, with three Michelin stars, has designed the menu based on the country’s gastronomic tradition. Get to the seat. The intention of this new Express Orient is to emulate the experience of the Belgian original that connected Paris with Istanbul and already turned into his day into synonym for glamor and exclusivity. For the Dolce Vita Orient Express, eight itineraries have prepared with durations of one or two nights, depending on the route, and covering trips between Sicily and Rome, the ‘Trufa route’ or that of the vineyards, that of the beaches of Sicily, Venice and Tuscan or Venice and Portofino. The prices? The one of the vineyards of one night, from 3,060 euros per passenger. Venice and Tuscan of two nights from 5,440 euros per passenger and Sicily to Rome from 8,880 euros per passenger, but that if two people go. If only one goes, the Deluxe room comes out for 16,872 euros and the suite for 21,432 euros. In addition, you can reserve extra experiences such as visits to Taormina and Mararatea for another 800 euros. Revival of the train. Something interesting is that this train is not unique in Europe. He Britannic Exploreralso with Michelin star menu and Art Deco cabins to explore the United Kingdom, it is an example. Another is the Simplon Orient Expresswhich was the train that, until the arrival of La Dolce Vita, kept alive the spirit of the original orient express. And in Spain we have Alternatives as luxurious as transcantabric. These proposals are still very exclusive to attract luxury tourism national and international. Or for anyone who wants to give a whim Caprichazo Images | Orient Express In Xataka | The luxury cruise that became an excrement prison: the unpleasant history of Carnival Triumph

With a drone that hunts lightning

May 3, 2025 by usatoday24

The story, perhaps apocryphal, tells that in 1752 Benjamin Franklin made Your famous experiment of the kite with the help of his son William. The experiment consisted of “hunting” a ray through flying gadget and driving it to the ground through the rope, moistened for this purpose. More than 270 years later, they are no longer comets that we send to catch these atmospheric electric discharges. A drone to hunt rays. A Japanese researchers team has created A rayproof drone, an important feature since its function is precisely attracting these electrical discharges towards it. A system expressly designed to unleash and guide the rays in a storm thanks to a guided air vehicle from land. A flying lightning rod. The main use of this device would be to act as a steering wheel lightning. The mechanism can be coupled to any commercial drone and deploy in contexts in which the discharges associated with a storm could represent a risk. According to Explain the team Responsible for the development, only in Japan the costs associated with the impact of the rays range between 100,000 and 200,000 million yen (between 610 and 1,220 million euros) per year. And it is that the rays not only imply a risk for people (and animals), also to buildings and infrastructure. Faraday cage. Surviving a ray is not easy, so perhaps the most important piece in this drone is a Faraday cage. These types of devices They are based on the fact that the resulting electromagnetic field inside a equilibrium driver is null. This means that no burden is able to cross and enter this cage. Thanks to this, the drone is protected from lightning, a download that is not something almost everyday is less impressive: A “typical” ray Download about 30,000 amps with 300 million volts. Putting the ingenuity to the test. The team was testing its mechanism between December 2024 and January this year. In one of the tests, they detected thanks to a field mill an increase in the force of the electric field in a cloud, occasion they took to display the device at a height of 300 meters. The drone carried a cable that linked it with the earth through a switch at the ground level. When activating the switch, the equipment observed an important current circulating through the cable, accompanied by a “significant” increase in the force of the electric field. The team confirmed the passage of more than 2,000 volts between the cable and the earth, just before the burst of the ray. The experiment had been a success. A single use. The drone survived the impact, the cage that protected him, no. According to detailed the team responsible for developmentthe protective device was partially melted by the impact of lightning, but the drone inside the cage was able to continue its flight without major problem. Capturing energy. The team responsible for this flying lightning rod even speaks of the possibility of taking advantage of the energy of the rays captured by the artifact. For now we continue to be able to channel and control the enormous energy that these natural events emanate in a single moment. Maybe we will be able to completely tame this force of nature. If we succeed, having a versatile device that allows us to go to the right point will surely be very useful. In Xataka | The most disconcerting ray was detected in Oklahoma, 100 times more powerful than normal and in the direction of the stars Image | Takenbytablo / NTT

activates 10 new reactors and reinforces its nuclear domain

May 3, 2025 by usatoday24

The tariff war between the United States and China has not caused the Asian giant to make hasty decisions. On the contrary, the Nation of Xi Jinping continues to work on plans in the very long term, as is the case of the silent boom of oil. In this race towards energy self -sufficiency, the nuclear sector is another of the points where the Asian country is advancing leaps. Short. China has approved the construction of 10 new nuclear reactors, in an investment that exceeds 200 billion yuan (about 26 billion euros), According to The Paper. In this way, China celebrates its fourth consecutive year giving green light to large -scale nuclear initiatives. Renewed impulse. This ambition by the Asian giant in the nuclear ecosystem will be in charge of three state companies: China General Nuclear Power Corp. (CGN), China National Nuclear Corp. (CNNC) and State Power Investment Corp. According to China Dailythe authorities have hardened the control measures to ensure that each new reactor complies with the security standards of the International Atomic Energy Agency (OIEA). State investment. The Chinese strategy is deeply linked to the optimization of construction and operation costs, thanks to the intervention of a state apparatus that facilitates loans with low interest rates, which has proven to be key to the viability of nuclear projects, such as has pointed out The Paper. Face to the future. The forecasts collected by Bloomberg They point out that China’s operational nuclear capacity will reach 110 million kilowatts by 2030, surpassing any other country. If you maintain this rhythm, by 2040 its nuclear park could touch the 200 gigawatts, which would be equivalent to about 10 % of all national energy production. The expansion. The nuclear advance of the Asian country is a strategic play, since in a global context towards cleaner sources, China seeks to position itself as an exporter of nuclear technology, including the own design reactor Hualong One. If this trend was consolidated, the country would be outlined as a geopolitical reference in the new energy order, combining industrial capacity, state financing and energy diplomacy to challenge Western hegemony. Image | Shubert Science and Pexels Xataka | China had never been an important actor in global oil production. That is starting to change

NASA will cancel the SLS rocket and look for a cheaper alternative to colonize the moon and Mars

May 3, 2025 by usatoday24

It was seen comingbut the impact is not less. The Trump administration has presented its budget proposal for fiscal year 2026. And in regards to NASA, it is a true earthquake. Goodbye to SLS. The huge and very expensive lunar rocket SLS of the NASA, whose development has led the Boeing spatial division for 14 years, will be removed after the Artemis III mission, scheduled for 2027. There will be no block 1B version, and therefore the ML-2 mobile launch tower (whose budget had been sentenced) will be presumably without using. Justification is economical. The own Budget document Openly criticizes the SLS, noting that it has a cost of 4,000 million dollars per launch and has exceeded its budget by 140%. Demolish figures that not only They have sentenced the heir to the legacy Apollo and space transforders, but to all NASA’s lunar architecture. Goodbye to Orion and Lunar Gateway. Designed to launch aboard the SLS, the Lockheed Martin’s space capsule now has the same expiration date: it will be removed after taking astronauts to the lunar orbit in the Artemis II and Artemis III missions. NASA will choose a more modern and affordable architecture for Artemis IV onwards. But the cuts do not stop here. The Lunar Gateway Space Station, a key international project in the now truncated plans of the Artemis program, is also canceled. This leaves NASA’s international partners in a very delicate position that participated in the station: the European Space Agency (ESA), Japan (Jaxa), Canada (CSA) and United Arab Emirates. ESA, which supplies the European Ship Module Orion and develops The I-Hab and Esprit modules of Lunar Gatewaysee how your investment and astronaut places (including a seat to travel for the first time to the lunar surface) are in the air. As Daniel Marín points out in Eurekathe “ugly” to the partners is considerable. Especially to Europe. The bet: commercial ships and Mars. According to a NASA statement, the objective of these cuts is “to accelerate human exploration to the moon and Mars with a tax portfolio.” In other words, the blank checks for usual partners of the space agency are over. The White House wants to “return to the moon before China and put an American on Mars.” The budget allocates more than 7,000 million dollars to lunar exploration, but focused on “next generation commercial systems, more profitable” to replace the SLS/ORion architecture. Starship/HLS of Spacex and New Glenn/Blue Moon of Blue Origin have, as is logical, many ballots. The budget also introduces an investment of 1,000 million dollars to start a program focused on Mars. Although the details are scarce, it is taken for granted that will also pivot the SLS to the Spacex Starship, following Elon Musk’s vision. However, it is a very long -term bet, with little chances of seeing fruits before the current presidential mandate ends. Less science, less flights to ISS. The budget is especially devastating for NASA’s Space Science Division, which suffers a cut of 2,265 million dollars. The Mars Sample Return mission is explicitly canceled to recover the Martian soil samples from Rover Perseverance, arguing that the same objective will be achieved with future manned missions. Emblematic projects such as the new Nancy Grace Roman (which is almost finished), the historic Hubble space telescope and even, According to Eric Berger of Ars TechnicaNASA’s participation in the Rosalind Franklin European mission. The International Space Station, although it will remain operational until 2030, is not fought. NASA will reduce the size of the American crew and on-board research (-508 million budget), decreasing “significantly” loading and crew flights, gradually leaving the low terrestrial orbit in the hands of commercial stations (and China). A cycle change. While the proposal has yet to go through Congress, the Republican majority makes it difficult to take great modifications, although programs such as SLS/ORION have important support within the giant lobby as Boeing. The big question is whether this bet will work to win the space race against China. The abrupt cancellation of the SLS could leave a vacuum that China would take the opportunity to establish a sustained lunar presence before commercial alternatives are ready. And it is that getting to the Moon is not easy for private companies, as the failed launches of the NASA Clps program have demonstrated. Needless to say how risky it is to bet on an accelerated arrival to Mars. Image | POT In Xataka | China is getting closer to overcoming NASA in its Martian mission. And just invited other countries to join

Returning home is not the same for a woman as a man. We know where each one looks

May 3, 2025 by usatoday24

The eyes are the mirror of the soul. Or at least this is stated by the old Adagio. That is why when a time ago a group of scientists from the Brigham Young University (Byu) He wanted to find out how people feel when he walks back home at night, and especially to what extent he influences that feeling that they are men or women, he noticed precisely in that: his eyes. What caught their attention. With the help of heat maps, the researchers found out what areas of the road the women look at and which men focus on. The results are eloquent. Where do you look? For your study the researchers of Brigham Young They did a relatively simple test: they interviewed almost 600 students (56% were women and 44% men) who showed 16 images taken at the UTAH Valley University, Wesminster, Utah University and Byu itself. Then they were asked to imagine walking alone for each of those areas and mark the areas that attract their attention the most. To facilitate their work, the researchers used a heat map tool of QUALTRICS and different types of photos. Some of the images showed daytime environments, with natural light. Others had taken out at night. The selection also included several scenarios with more or less ‘oppressive’ environments. What did you discover? That the answers varied depending on whether the interviewee was a woman or a man. The former focused significantly on the periphery of the image, where they could arise “Possible security risks”. The men look forward, basically at focal points or their destination. They attended to the points of light, the trails, garbage cubes … their visual pattern was clearly different and rather reflected “a scan of the perimeter”, pending the edges of the road, dark areas or shrubs. But … what did they see? To better understand the differences between men and women, the most useful is to observe the heat maps that the Byu team incorporated into Your studypublished in 2024 in Violence and Gender and that we reproduce in this article. The material is interesting because not all photos without equal. There are images with little light in “high entrapment” environments. Others taken by day, with light, and in spaces where the options to escape are limited. And others of “low entrapment” both in night and daytime stages. Among them there are notable differences, but usually the graphics show that women pay more attention to the edges of the photos than men, whose look focuses on what they have in front of them, the point they are going to. What does it mean? The study has its own biases. As Remember Lee Chambersof Male Allies UK, the investigation was carried out in the US, is based on the responses provided by the interviewees and it is not unreasonable that the result is conditioned by cultural reasons. “I can say as a man that there is an element of social conditioning to look forward, since it transmits trust and not fear,” he explains. However, the study is revealing. Technicalities and details apart, For byu What he shows us is basically that walking home at night “is not the same” for men and women. “The study provides clear visual evidence of the constant exploration of the environment that women do when they walk in the dark, a security consideration that, according to the study, is exclusive to their experience,” concludes the university. Why is it important? In words De Robbie Chaney, a public health professor at the Byu and one of the authors of the research, maps only visual “what people think, feel or do when they move through these spaces.” “Before starting the study we expected to see differences, but not in such a contrasted way.” Hence, for Ayssa Baer, another of the study authors, the work offers “a starting point to generate awareness.” “I hope that, having concrete data, we can initiate conversations that lead to significant actions,” The researcher abounds. His study may be theoretical and move in the academic sphere, but the authors advocate to serve those responsible for designing university environments to take into account “the different experiences, perceptions and security” of men and women. Images | Byu and Florian Marette (Unspash) In Xataka | I work simulating that I am a woman on a false dating website. Men believe I am real and pay for talking to me

The Bugatti Veyron broke with everything thanks to a brutal engine. One that was born with some scribbles painted at 320 km/h

May 3, 2025 by usatoday24

Year 2005. Spain sings unleashed “El Nano” De Melendi. No doubt luked by Fernando Alonso, The Renault Mégane was the best selling car That year. It entered into force Euro 4 That, we did not know yet, but it would be the border that now marks what diesel cars can receive the DGT’s sticker. But while Renault lives a golden era chaining two pilot titles in Formula 1, in Europe they are to other things. Those things represents them well Volkswagen, who will present 20 years ago a unique car that marked a before and after in the history of the car: the Bugatti Veyron. A car that was born before, drawn on a 320 km/h paper. Because the origin of Bugatti Veyron must be looked for in a Japanese Shinkansen. Almost a decade before. Paper and Boli at 320 km/h Year 1997. Ferdinand Piëchgrandson of Ferdinand Porsche, directs the Volkswagen Group. His career supports him. He has played a fundamental role in the victories of Porsche in Le Mans, in the six -cylinder boxer engine for the Porsche 911 and in the Quattro de Audi traction. Piëch travels in the wagon of a shinkansen, The Japanese bullet train that reaches 320 km/h. At that time, Japanese high -speed railway lines seem to arrive from the future. Next to him is Karl-Heinz Neumann, head of motor development of the Volkswagen Group, which shows a completely crazy idea to which he has been trying to shape in his head. To explain the ideas on paper, an engine with 18 cylinders. What would happen if you take three VR6 motors from Volkswagen and put it online? Piëch is clear, would transform an engine that is already one of the jewels of the market and the group into a masterpiece. A engine of more than 600 hp. Enough to get its great ambition to put on the street a car that exceeds 400 km/h. The problem is that it would be a development and a product so expensive that there is no way to fit it in one of the group’s brands. That is why the company is behind a new brand to turn its flag. Its impossible engine must arrive from the hand of a brand that represents the most extreme luxury. Rolls-Royce It is the chosen one. But at the auction for acquiring the company, BMW advances to its buyatiots. In an exploitation license game, Volkswagen reaches an agreement with Vickers but it is a wrong decision because this group has the right of exploitation but the company is owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC, the Motor Manufacturer for Aircraft. It is with them with whom BMW reaches an agreement. Aware that they cannot do anything, Volkswagen ends up selling the rights of the spirit of ecstasy, The mythical figure that Rolls-Royce cars look on the front. They count on Motorpasion that fate seems to have changed because on a visit to Mallorca, Piëch’s son asks his father to buy him a reply of a Bugatti Type 57 SC Atlantic. The mandamás is clear, it is time to buy Bugatti, a brand that had fallen in bankruptcy after a first attempt to return his former French aura. With the purchase in 1998, Giorgetto Giugiaro is incorporated, who had directed the design of the Bugatti EB112 in command of Italdesign. In a few months, Bugatti already presents prototypes with the famous W18 devised by Piëch. But it is in September of the year 2000 when the first sketch of the Veyron is finally seen. We talked about the Bugatti EB 16.4 Veyron that left aside the W18 to unite two V8 and thus give life to the very well known W16. The engine, unlike the version with 18 cylinders that was atmospheric, uses four turbocompressors. A few months later, Bugatti confirms a decision that seemed out of science fiction: he would manufacture the car in a limited roll. The figures were unthinkable for the time. The W16 8.0 engine generated 1,001 hp of power, reached 401 km/h peak speed and delivered a 1.250 nm motor torque. To understand the challenge facing Volkswagen in his idea of breaking the barrier of the 400 km/h, the McLaren F1 It had stayed at 386 km/h of peak speed but that record was in force since 1994. We would have to wait until 2005 to see on the street the first Bugatti Veyron that broke, as anticipated, the US speed record Sale in S7 Twin Turbo that record 399 km/h only one year earlier. In the end, A few km/h went above. Ferdinand Piëch managed to fulfill the dream of breaking two barriers. Bugatti Veyron was the first car in Overcome 1,000 hp and the 400 km/h standing speed. It was the beast that the group needed, a car at the height of a brand like Bugatti, hyperluvian, unique and extremely fast. Photos | Bugatti In Xataka | Bugatti Veyron was a jewel that cost 1.7 million dollars: Volkswagen lost 6.7 million with each one that sold

The bottle has been reigning for years as the great wine format. Now competitors have come out: the tap and cardboard

May 3, 2025 by usatoday24

When you step on a restaurant there are certain images you assume as normal. “Normal” is for example that if you ask for a cane the waiter goes to the tap in the bar and throws it with greater or lesser art. And “normal” is that if you want is a wine (Let’s put a river) That same waiter takes out a bottle and serves 150 ml in a glass. However in a time when the cane It is falling cape Things also change in viticulture. Although the bottle remains the queen is increasingly “normal” that this wine is served with a tap, cardboard or kite. And it makes sense. Of bottles and boxes. That we carry years decades associating good wine and category restaurants to good bottles does not mean that the bottle, as such, is the only way to keep it. Not even serving the client. Hoteliers have other options, such as Bag-in-Box either Keykegsthat basically rethink the way of packing and handling the broths. Instead of doing it in the lifelong bottles that close with a cork use cardboard boxes provided with a valve and with a polyethylene bag inside. Or a system of metal bariletes and taps similar to the one used for decades to serve beer reeds. Click on the image to go to Tweet. Image question. The system is not new. As explained already in 2016 Fernando Marinas, from Finca La Estacada, The Grific Wine (Wine on Tap) exists for a long time and stainless steel barrels and Disposable PET type Nor are they a novelty for companies in the sector. In the US, its use can be in fact traced to the 80s. The novelty is how they are expanding through the bars and shops in Spain and (the really curious) how that formula tries to shake the stigma that often associates cardboard packaging to poor quality wine. A tap wine, please! Although the bottle is still the undisputed queen of the sector and it will be difficult for the cards to replace them in homes, in the hospitality it is increasingly easy to meet tap wine. In a context marked by A remarkable increase In bulk wine imports, hoteliers have decided to give a chance to the Bag-in-Box and the taps. It can be checked with a rapid review of the Spanish press, but also the foreigner. In recent years, coinciding with his popularity during confinement have dedicated articles The Guardian either The Telegraph. Recently The country published Also a report in which he cited as a half example dozen premises spread over Spain in which they serve as if they were beer. And the list is only that: a small sample. There are companies Betting on bottling in keg And bars that when they are asked for a wine already give the option to serve it in different formats (glass, half jug or jug) directly from the tap. “A new language in the world of wine”, summed up a year ago Iago Pazos, of Abastos 2.0, in The voice of Galicia. “It doesn’t mean they are worth less”. The pending tap wine does not have so much to do with the product itself, logistics, transport or distribution to hoteliers as with their image. To expand, the wine packaged in Bag-in-Box and served just like the reeds must shake the prejudices that for years associate the format to the low quality broths. “They are careful wines. That they are in a box does not mean that they are worth less. On the contrary: they reach places where they were not before,” claims in The country Maite Sánchez, from the Arrayán winery. So that this idea can producers have a complex and nothing simple task: break with decades of hegemony of the bottle and its success among the clientele. He recognizes it The Galician host Juan Fernández, owner of a place with 10 taps. “We take the wines already served, in a glass or jar and there are people who look at it suspicion. Then they try it, they find that the wine is the same or better than the bottling and they already accept it. We have a work of promotion and didactics.” But … why? The million dollar question. One thing is that the wine can be transported in cardboard and served with taps, just like beer; But … Why resort to that format if the bars lead a lifetime working with bottles? For format promoters the answer is easy: the plus they provide. “Everything is advantages”, Fernández emphasizes About his wine. “It has no contact with oxygen or light and therefore the wine does not evolve and retains all its properties. And there are no risks, such as damaging the cork.” Marine too stands out Format strengths, both for warehouses, which save the expenses of the bottling, and for hoteliers or consumers, who end up being favored by that same cut. “Stainless steel does not generate product flavor migration such as other materials, which ensures that the product will maintain its organoleptic properties throughout the distribution chain,” duck. In the case of Keykeg Marinas points the same qualities, although “unlike the steel barrel does not last so much in stock.” The footprint outside the wineries and bars. In his analysis he also recalls the “ecological savings” that allows the format. “Each 20 -liter barrel equals 26.6 bottles, corks and less labels,” List Before listing other “practical advantages”, such as ease when inventoring and transporting barrels, the speed of the service or the generation of less waste in the premises itself. Of course, it clarifies that not all wines are equally suitable for the format. The most appropriate in their opinion are young people with a few months in barrel. There are producers who They claim In addition, the wine carbon footprint in bags and cardboard format is (much) less than the traditional packaging, with its bottle and cork. How much? According to Oliver Leaby The Bib Wine Company, about … Read more

The best uses for the port beyond loading your mobile

May 3, 2025 by usatoday24

Let’s tell you everything What you can do with the USB-C connector of your Android mobile. This is the slot that is used to put the mobile to load, although there are also many other things that you will be able to do with it, and that is what we are going to tell you. We are going to tell you at different points everything you will be able to do with this connector. We will explain it to you in a very summarized way, so that you understand that characteristic, and thus be able to think what you can do Better data transfer To be able to send data from another device to your mobile online, messages to oneself in messaging apps, or through the cloud or bluetooth is fine. But wired connection is still faster When moving the data from or to your Android. Although the transmission speed may depend on the USB-C version that integrates each manufacturer, and when you connect two devices with each other the speed is the maximum of the slowest of the two, it will almost always be faster than transfer data wirelessly. Entertainment that does not occupy memory As this is a standardized connector and almost everyone uses it, you will also be able to connect external storage units that also use USB-C. For example, there are some pendrive and hard drives that use it, and there are also SD or microSD card adapters. This will allow you to carry large files in these units, and connect them to the mobile to consume them. Think, for example, in entertainment, such as Books, music or videos. You can take them in these units without spending internal storage or cloud space. Manual backups Beyond the backups made in the cloud, you can Save important files manually In these storage units that we have mentioned before. Because there may be some that you want to keep in another physical place, and this is a good method. For example, imagine that you have stored photos or videos that occupy a lot, but you do not want to lose or pay more space in the cloud. Well, you can keep them manually in these units to keep them but save the space they occupy. Load other devices Another thing you will be able to do is Use your Android as an external batterysomething especially useful in the event that you have a model with a especially large battery. You can connect another device to it, and load that other mobile or tablet. Of course, don’t forget that this will make your battery run faster. Use controls to play without latency If you usually use your mobile or Android tablet to play top -level games, it is possible that in some cases you prefer to use a command. It may not matter in some games, but there are others in which It may be important to use a wiring control Use a USB-C connector. As in data transfers, when you use a wiring control You will have much less latencywhich means that since you press a button until the order of the button reaches the mobile will pass less milliseconds. In some competitive games this can prevent great disadvantages. Connect a mouse or keyboard to your Android If you have an adapter to be able to connect the USB of type a that mice use at the USB-C port of your Android, you will be able to connect a mouse to use it On your mobile or tablet. Maybe in contexts such as when you have connected a monitor, you can serve to move a little better by the interface. In addition to a mouse, you can also connect a keyboard, just like what we have told you before connecting a control control. Use your mobile as a camera … or vice versa You can use your camera Android as webcam in Windowsand thus take advantage of the quality of which your phone equips so you don’t need to buy any external. For this you will need a cable that connects the mobile to the computer, and A specific application Help you take advantage of it. You can also connect an external or webcam camera to your Android using an OTG adapter (ON-THE-GO). This is much less common, and does not always work well, since it depends on the capabilities of each phone, and the applications you have installed to take advantage of this. In Xataka Basics | Where is my download folder: how to find it on Android, iPhone or iPad, Windows and Mac

With housing for clouds, Spain had never won so much with rentals

May 3, 2025 by usatoday24

If we talk about housing, Spain has always been a country of owners. Twenty years ago the percentage of households that resided in a house in its name It was 80%compared to just 9.5% rented (at market price). Things have changed since then. While families residing in their own homes remain a large majority, lease He has gained strength. That demand increase, added to tourist rental boomha Turned prices In recent years, especially in big citiessuch as Madrid or Barcelona. That reality has had an effect Beyond the market, in the rent of Spanish households: profits related to real estate has reached a record level. What does that mean? That those who pay income do so more expensive than everbut those who charge them have seen how their profits grew so much that, together, the country’s households had never entered so much through that way. The (Great) Footprint of the Rentals. The increase of rentals and The increase of tourist housing has not only tension the real estate market, deriving in protests such as those summoned to early April in dozens of cities in Spain or the famous “Key Revolution” held in October 2024. Its effect has also been clear elsewhere: the pockets of the landlords. Those who charge income, either for the rent of a home, a place or a garage, has seen how that source of income for their own domestic economy He shot In just a few years until reaching records. In fact, household revenues for that reason are in its highest level Since at least 1995. A percentage: more than 90%. The data is interesting for several reasons. First, because we usually think of large investment funds when talking about rent, the reality is that more than 90% of the properties that are leases as habitual housing and market price are in the hands of individuals. Natural persons. No societies or vulture funds. In fact, societies are owners of 8%. He reveals it The Bank of Spain in a recent report with data from 2021. The second reason is that in Spain they receive income from the rental of properties More than three million of people. A figure: 31.5 billion. If we can have an exact idea of how much it ascends and what this huge flow of income related to the rental of properties, from houses to premises or garages, is thanks to the Tax Agency and its collection reports. In latestpublished recently and whose content has analyzed eldiario.es, it is revealed that last year the profits by leased real estate amounted to 31.5 billion euros. That is the fact of what homes perceive. To him would be added what they perceive through companies. It is the largest data of the historical series published by the Tax Agency, which dates back to 1995 and that except for some exceptions (for example between 2019 and 2020, coinciding with the pandemic) has maintained an ascending curve. As a reference, in 2023 the gross income of households related to the lease of real estate remained slightly below 29,600 million. If we look at 2008, he added 16,123, which has almost doubled since then. Gross household income (millions of euros) 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2024 Furniture capital 18,156 11,948 14,749 22,710 15,842 14,801 30,767 Leased properties 5,980 8,087 12,027 16,485 17,881 22,680 31.504 Patrimonial gains 2,452 11,619 24,808 10.507 13,320 18.122 28.818 Total capital income 26,588 31,654 51,584 49,701 47,043 55,602 91.089 Does the report relieve anything else? Yes, that this increase has consolidated the rental of real estate as the main capital income in Spanish households. What does that mean? For fiscal purposes, capital income is the income achieved thanks to assets such as investments, properties sold or rents, among others. In 2024 the latter (rentals) added 31,504 million euros, while the furniture capital remained at 30,767 and the heritage earnings in 28,818. That the first has climbed so much is not just due to the market or the rental boom. The Treasury himself has narrowed the siege to the tourist rental, which has made homes that were rented without declaring have emerged in the eyes of the Treasury. Why is it important? Because it was not always the case. In 2008, Spanish households entered 16,123 million through the lease of real estate while Furniture capital (Bank accounts, bonds, titles, etc.) generated about 22.7 billion. Coinciding with the increase in income via rent, Eldiario precise Another curious circumstance: rentals, furniture capital and heritage gains (surplus value of homes or shares) represent just over 10% of the total homes of households. It did not happen since 2008. The main homes of households remain those associated with work, which last year exceeds 753.4 billion euros. The income of the companies and other concepts complete the general photo exceeding 57.3 billion. What tells us about the sector? That the income of the homemade grows up is interesting in themselves, but it is still another symptom of the situation of the real estate market. Its increase coincides with the increase in rentals (of more than 90% in the last decade, according to The data of the idealist portal), The boom of the tourist floors and an increasing In record time. At the same time and given the difficulties in saving, achieving financing and becoming a owner, the rental option is gaining weight as a vital option. The INE estimates that in 2021 15.9% of households They resided in rent. In 2011 that percentage was two lower points (13.5%). Interestingly, a very similar figure, 15.5% of households, had second residence, which places them in the group of potential families that become homemade. Images | Nicolas Vigier (Flickr) and Joan Ggk (Flickr) In Xataka | Idealist has calculated the “effort rate” of the Spaniards to pay the rent. The panorama is not encouraging

Each shield of their cars and charges it as an extra

May 3, 2025 by usatoday24

Luxury car manufacturers They mark differences With general manufacturers by Your extreme care For the detail and exclusivity. In the case of Ferrari, one of the most valued elements is The shield that adorns the fins front of their cars, a symbol that goes far beyond being a simple ornament and that represents the artisanal essence and The prestige of the brand. This shield is the emblem that represents the level of dedication and perfectionism that the brand founded by Enzo Ferrari printed in each of its models, thus justifying the High price of your cars. Ferrari’s shield, known as “Scudetto”, It’s not just a badge: It is a small work of art that requires a thorough and completely manual process. Therefore, instead of using a plaque or an adhesive as the majority would do, one by one is painted and, of course, it makes the final bill of the car increase a few thousand dollars because It is an extra option that must be added when configuring the car. Each ‘Scudetto Aerografato’ is unique The process of Personalization in Ferrari It is so detailed that each car can be configured to the extreme, allowing customers to access an almost endless list of extras. In fact, the Personalization of supercar and luxury cars has become such a lucrative business how to build the car itself. The scudetti “Scuderia Ferrari” is one of the most emblematic and, although its price varies according to the model and the country, It is usually between 1,000 and 2,000 euros. For example, the collector Shmee150 had In a video On the customization of its Ferrari 296 GTS, which the cost of the shields was 1,325 euros. In a Ferrarista forum, a user published the budget photo of the customization of a Ferrari 458 Italia and the painting of the shields amounted to 1,183 euros. Touch the image to go to the original message As Ferrari herself showed in a published video In his X profilethe creation of each shield is A completely handmade process which demands a high degree of precision and patience. Each of the two shields that are placed in the front fins of a Ferrari requires up to eight hours of manual work, which is a total of 16 hours dedicated exclusively to this detail in each car. Maranello’s brand assured That this work is carried out by artisan experts from the Ferrari Painting Department, who apply several layers of paint and submit each shield to rigorous quality control before the car leaves the factory. Ferrari could opt for faster and more economic methods, but according to Stefano del Puglia, head of painting in Maranello, this decision does not respond to the lack of mechanized alternatives, but to the intention of making each Ferrari Be truly unique and of Increase the value of each vehicle For its owner. “The simplest solution would have been to use stickers, covered with a layer of transparent varnish to keep them in place and protect them from the weather. But Ferrari is not known for looking for the easy solution,” he said of the puglia. According to published The brand of ‘Il Cavallino Rampante’, “is an artisanal approach that is adopted not due to lack of mechanized alternatives; it is a deliberate effort, a part of what makes each Ferrari unique, something that improves the value of each car for its owner.” Somehow, they say from Ferrari, “it is like an autograph of its creator.” In Xataka | Luxury cars manufacturers already react to US tariff In Xataka | Ferrari is already noticing “the great transfer of wealth”: millennials and generation Z are already its main clients Image | Unspash (Jash Kothari)

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