Mobile Tech & Gadgets

Motherhood solo by own choice

by

Society It doesn’t always make it easybut when reviewing the different types of family that exist in Spain (and other countries) It is increasingly common to find a profile that until not so long moved at minimum levels: that of women who raise their children alone by their own choice. People who decide to be a mother (or father) moving away from the canonical formula, without a partner, assuming the load in solitude or with support that is not that of a husband/boyfriend, but that of their own parents, brothers or friends. The data does not abound, but those that are suggest that more and more. The big question is … why? And what does it imply? Homes with a single parent. The first thing that shows the INE (and clearly) is the rise of “Monoparental households”those formed by a father or mother who raises his children alone. According to the INE, in 2020 there were in Spain 1.94 million of families with that profile, 14% more than in 2013. Although most are the result of divorces, separations or the death of a parent, there is a profile between them booming: that of single women. After growing 40% in 2020 they already added tens of thousands of homes. Is there more data? Yes. Fair a year ago the Spanish Fertility Society published An article about new family models in which he pointed out precisely the “growth” of a specific pattern: that of “single mothers by choice.” In his analysis he slides a revealing fact that he attributes to the INE: “Between 2012 and 2022 the number of single mothers by choice has increased 32.8%.” The same percentage is collected in A recent essay of Ethic In which it is specified that in 2022 there were about 12,000 births in single -parent homes, almost 3,000 more a decade earlier. “The dissolution of the link”. After a single -parent home there may be many different realities, such as a divorce, a separation, the death of one of the parents or an abandonment, but Xavier Roigé, professor of the Department of Social Anthropology of the University of Barcelona (UB) (UB) (UB) I pointed recently to the newspaper Ara That these scenarios are now “historically” new: single -parentality by choice, a phenomenon that the expert explains by “the dissolution of the link between conjugability and maternity. “ Having children and partners no longer have to be two aligned circumstances. Any woman who wants the first without the second has at their disposal (in addition to adoption) assisted reproduction. The INE returns to Provide data That, although they do not portray that reality directly, they do give clues: in 2013, single -parent households with a single mother represented 12.5% ​​of the total single -parent households with women. In 2020 that percentage had already risen to 16%, although it was still below the one represented by the widow or divorced mothers. Another indicator: the clinics. The INE is not the only one that has captured that new reality. Another valuable reference is left by fertility clinics. The data From the Spain Society of Fertility (SEF) show that in 2016 4.4% of the total in vitro fertilization cycles (IVF) corresponded to women who wanted to be solo mothers. In 2017 they already supposed 5.9%, in 2018 6.5%, in 2019 7.4%and in 2020 8%. In just four years the percentage of women who have resorted alone to IVF in Spain thus grew almost 50%. “In the consultation we find each day with more partners of women, more couples who come with children of previous relationships and of course with more women who decide to face maternity alone. This has radically changed the way of facing these treatments,” explained in 2023 The Secretary of the SEF, Elisa Gil, to Pharma Market. There are assisted reproduction clinics that ensure that Between 15 and 20% of the women who attend do so without a partner and studies that confirm that half Of the Spanish who have no children but want to be mothers, they have ever considered taking the step without a couple. Does it happen only in Spain? No. Financial Times He has just boarded this new reality in An article of eloquent title (“The rise of single -parent families by choice”) in which some interesting data on British society slides. The main one: according to the National Statistics Office in 2023 there was in the United Kingdom 3.2 million of families with a single parent, of which 85% were formed by mothers who raise their children alone. Another revealing fact is that the number of single patients undergoing fertility treatments (IVF and insemination of donors) has shot in the country in just two decades: 305 in the late 90s it has passed to 4,660 in 2022. And what about men? The INE shows that in 2020 only 18.6% From the single -parent homes they had a man in front. Its weight with respect to women is much lower, which does not mean that there are men who also seek to experience paternity alone. In 2020 Sirin Kale talked about it in The Guardian In an article in which he pointed out precisely “the rise” of that model, driven by men who resort to the adoption or reception of children without a partner or even subrogated gestation, an option that It is not allowed legally in Spain, which does not mean that They resort to foreign countries where it is contemplated. The big question: why? As is often the case with social phenomena, especially with those who are as complex and have as many nuances as fatherhood, to understand the trend well, several keys need to be handled. Who have tried to explain The solo maternity rise points to the change of mentality at the social level, parenting, couples or the family concept, in addition to another crucial factor: the improvement of labor perspectives by women and the flexibility offered by formulas such as teleworking. The increase in solo … Read more

The M4 macbook with a precious, a huge tablet with OLED screen, a very cheap and more honor mobile. Hunting bargains

by

We return with a new hunting bargains loaded with quite interesting offers and, above all, varied. If you are looking for a generous tablet in size, a good TV with OLED screen or a MacBook computer at a very good price, a lot of eye because in this article we will review five very good offers we have seen throughout the week And that, evidently, they are still available. MacBook Air M4 by 1,049 eurosa powerful laptop, compatible with Apple Intelligence and the minimum historical price of FNAC. Honor 400 Lite by 269 ​​euros With a coupon, and also comes with free bluetooth headphones. LG OLED42C44LA by 779 eurosa 42 -inch OLED TV that has a precious. Huawei Matepad Pro 12.2 by 749 eurosa tablet with a huge 12.2 -inch OLED screen. The Eternaluta by 33.25 eurosthe graphic novel of the series that has popularized a lot in Netflix. MacBook Air M4 MacBook are ideal computers to workbut they are generally launched by somewhat high prices. Fortunately in recent months we are seeing very good offers on Apple devices and a good example is the MacBook Air M4whose price has dropped in FNAC to the 1,049 euros. This is the Macbook Air with a 13.6 -inch screen in its 16 GB configuration of unified memory and 256 GB of internal storage. Comes with the m4 chipso not only offers excellent performance but also compatible with Apple Intelligence. MacBook Air (13 inches, chip m4) * Some price may have changed from the last review Honor 400 Lite Honor has launched a very interesting promotion if we are looking for a good mid -range mobile, since in the official store we find the Honor 400 Lite by 269 ​​euros By using the coupon that we can find in the description of the mobile. In addition, when buying it the store gives Bluetooth headphones Earbuds S7. He Honor 400 Lite It is a mobile that stands out mainly for its batterysince it offers excellent autonomy. In addition to this, it comes with a good mediaTak Dimensity 7025 Ultra processor next to a 108 MP main sensor. LG OLED42C44LA During this week we have also found very good offers on televisions. In Amazon’s Tech Week campaign we have the model LG OLED42C44LA by 779.90 eurosa very interesting price to be an OLED TV. The LG smart tv rides a good 42 -inch OLED screenis compatible with Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision (also with HDR), includes filmMaker mode and integrates the voice assistant Alexa And it also comes with Gaming Nvidia G-Sync and AMD Freesync technologies. LG OLED42C44LA (OLED, 42 inches) * Some price may have changed from the last review Huawei Matepad Pro 12.2 If you want a tablet that serves you to see multimedia content, but also to study and work, Amazon has a very good offer in the Huawei Matepad Pro 12.2. It can be found in the store with a good discount that leaves it for 749 euros. The Huawei Matepad Pro 12.2 It is a huge tablet that rides a 12.2 -inch OLED screen which offers 2,8k resolution and refresh rate of up to 144 Hz. Mounts the Kirin T91 processor, weighs only 508 grams (a low figure for its size) and comes both with a keyboard and a pencil. Huawei Matepad Pro 12.2 (256 GB) * Some price may have changed from the last review The Eternaluta ‘The Eternaluta‘He has caused great expectation among the public of the Netflix platform. The science fiction series has released its first season in which the first part of the homonymous novel on which it is based, a novel by the Argentine author HG Oesterheld (illustrated by Francisco Solano López). The graphic novel becomes great importance given the changes that the Netflix series has undergone, thus leaving two independent works. Can be found by 33.25 euros in FNAC (also in Amazon but with a sending one to three weeks). The graphic novel is a good way to know what is about to arrive in the next season of the series. The Eternaluta (graphic novel) * 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 | Apple, Honor, LG, Huawei, Comic Planet In Xataka | Best tablets. Which to buy and 9 recommended models for all pockets and needs In Xataka | The best price quality price. Your analysis and videos are here

Your own desktop operating system is ready

by

Huawei is beginning to close the circle. Expired his License agreement with Microsoft To use Windows (agreement that cannot be renewed by the sanctions imposed by the United States), there are two possible escape routes. The first is to start launch portable market with Linux. The second go with everyone and launch them with their own operating system. It is just what just done. Huawei Harmonyos variant has made official For PC. Zhu Dongdong, product manager, has revealed at the event Harmonyos Computer Technology and Ecosystem Communication The structure of the system and plans with the same. Harmonyos for PC is one of the most important bets for the company: it is its first real response (and 100% own) to Windows, and a Dardo to the United States. What will Harmonyos PC be. The philosophy with the PC version is exactly the same as Huawei with Harmonyos Next. An operating system created from scratch, with Harmonyos base and its own kernel, and interoperable with smartphones, phones, headphones and even electric cars that share software. They have also worked compatibility with third parties, so that devices such as printers, scanners and other peripherals are fully compatible, as with any other operating system. Its pillars. Harmonyos PC is a system focused on design, performance and safety. The design language will be consistent with the smartphone versions, using THE ARK OWN ENGINE developed by Huawei. It is an engine designed to integrate into Harmonyos Next, composed of Ark Compiler, Ark UI and Ark Graphics, all the necessary elements to build and execute its own interface. Regarding security, the system is oriented to be used with a Huawei account. It has functions to find our device, developer verification systems to guarantee the safety of apps, and even a privacy mode that deactivates camera permits, microphone and location throughout the system. Apps. If the question is what happens to apps in Harmonyos, the answer is that the PC version has more than 2,000 universal applications. In this first launch stage, Asian market -orientedthe collaboration is oriented to it. Out of China? Huawei has it complicated to get Harmonyos from his native country. The company You can’t make agreements with Microsoft or Googleso you cannot integrate your apps in App Gallery. Nothing prevents the operating system from executing the apps if the user downloads them on their own, as is the case in smartphones, but it is a plan in which they will need to offer solid alternatives to the most popular software products. The one who warns is not a traitor. Harmonyos For PC it was the inevitable consequence of Huawei plan. The company is already working on your own chips for PChas achieved the national manufacture In smartphones processors, and Harmonyos Next is drawn as a plan to stop depending on absolutely anyone. Only time will say if they manage to outsource this great plan outside of China. What is clear is that they are giving each of the necessary steps to build their alternative reality. Image | Huawei In Xataka | China has a possibility to unseat Android forever. One called Harmonyos

Ninguneada by the United States, ESA has just signed a collaboration agreement with an emerging power: India

by

It seemed that the new space race had two well -defined sides, but the last turns in NASA have left faithful members such as the European Space Agency in the lunge. Now that has turned his gaze to the East. Habemus Pactum. The European Space Agency and its counterpart from India (ISRO) just signed a joint intention statement To collaborate on flights to space. The strategy includes a first phase of cooperation in the low terrestrial orbit, and a second phase on the moon. Both agencies have pledged to work on the interoperability of their respective spacecraft, so that they can be found and attached to the low orbit. The collaboration will be extended to the training of astronauts, land simulations and parabolic flights. From the orbit down to the moon. The agreement also opens the door for Europe to play experiments on Indian Poem platforms, which take advantage of the upper stages of PSLV rockets as orbital platforms. More in the long term, it will be an opportunity for European astronauts to travel to the planned space station of India, the Bharatiya Antariksh Stationwhose completion is scheduled for 2035, with a first module in 2028. They also enter the joint robotic mission bag to the moon. India is in the small list of spatial powers that have successfully alunicized. The Chandrayan-3 mission He wore the Vikram module and Rover Pragyan to the South Lunar Pole. New alliances. The agreement, signed by the CEO of ESA, Josef Aschbacher, in New Delhi, arrives at a critical moment for European projects in space. The White House presented last week A budget proposal that would involve a cut of almost 25% for NASA. This “Tijeretazo” fully impact in programs where ESA has invested significantly: the Orion ship and the Lunar Gateway station. In A statementAschbacher said he seeks a commitment between international cooperation and improve his autonomous abilities. “The complexities and costs of space missions often exceed the capacities of a single nation,” he said. “In this context, associations have allowed us to reach great milestones that would be unimaginable alone.” In March, ESA had already signed an agreement with the Japanese Space Agency Jaxa to explore joint missions to the moon and Mars. The trend is clear: before the drift of the United States towards a more nationalist approach and focused on private commercial systems (Spacex, Blue Origin …) for its lunar and Martian ambitions, ESA is diversifying its alliances. European diplomacy. While the United States prioritizes the speed and reduction of costs through the private sector, leaving aside the traditional international collaboration models, the ESA Diplomacy strip presenting textually as a “reliable partner.” Part of that diplomacy makes a close collaboration with China unlikely, at least while NASA remains its main partner. India, with its growing spatial ambitions and future manned flights, emerges as a key strategic alternative on this new space geopolitical board. Image | Isro In Xataka | The last eeuu slap to Europe has sounded up to space: NASA has just left ESA with Artemis

Volkswagen has put $ 6,000 million in Rivian to grow in the United States. Tariffs are truncating their plans

by

At the end of 2024, Volkswagen confirmed that Inject almost 6,000 million dollars In Rivian. During the previous summerThe Germans announced that they invested 5,000 million dollars in the US car and electric vans company. Then they defended this measure within a generalized adjustment Within the company as the way to gain presence in the United States and, at the same time, learn in software matter of what is worked on the other side of the puddle. An especially important facet for Germans who have been looking for alternatives in other companies, including China Xpeng. Almost a year ago, in Volkswagen they claimed that this decision would allow them increase your sales in the United Statesa country where the company has more problems to satisfy a market that demands huge vehicles whose production is available for a hand for the Germans. That promise, to continue growing in sales, was especially important in the Context of cuts mentioned above. In fact, the workers’ representatives came to wonder what guarantees were that the last and new party committed was not A new way of burning another 1 billion dollars. To this difficult situation, Donald Trump’s tariffs have been added. The commercial barriers of the new president of the United States have led Volkswagen to look for solutions to alleviate economic damage to their finances. From having hundreds of audi units stops on the border until a conversion of one of their plants In the country. Now, Rivian already adjusts his sales goals. Down. The excuse is the tariffs Rivian should deliver 51,000 units of their cars, pick-up and electric vans at the end of the year. But he already announces that he will not fulfill the plans. The figure has been adjusted downwards, reducing forecasts between 10 and 20%. According to their new accounts, they will put in the market Between 40,000 and 46,000 vehicles. They ensure that the reason is the tariffs imposed by Donald Trump’s government in the United States. Collect in Bloomberg that the company manufactures all its cars in the country and that the vast majority of the pieces are also local but that they warn that the company “is not immune to the impacts of world trade and the economic environment.” Of course, the company ensures that it can meet the objective of offering a gross benefit at the end of the year. Once taxes and other items are discounted, Most likely, Rivian continues to give losses. Tariffs are assuming a real headache for the industry and even is a problem for who manufacture in the United States. Tesla, for example, is the company that Less impact will suffer With these commercial barriers but Elon Musk himself wanted to make it clear that They were also affected by them. Giants like Ford or General Motors have been Looking for formulas To alleviate the economic blow to its accounts but the situation is especially complicated for two types of companies: those that export to the country most of its production or pieces (such as Japanese and Europeans) or those of smaller. The largest companies have giving way to a stock they had already accumulated. Applying great discountsit is certain that they have not achieved the benefits per unit that they would expect but at least it has allowed them to move forward until knowing the possible new conditions. However, for small companies such as Rivian the situation is much more complicated. We have already counted to start a car company forces to lose money for years and that it is only sustainable if other companies and Investors They are willing to Leave your money until you see benefits. In this case, a commercial sway is much more pronounced than in any other situation. Now, Volkswagen has no choice but to maintain the road map and continue supporting Rivian although the economic context that makes it even more complicated. The Germans aspired to learn their company from this company Secrets around softwarea division that is Bringing the entire Volkswagen Group and? He already expelled some of his CEO. Photo | In Xataka | The sensitive data of 800,000 electric cars from Volkswagen have leaked: from homes to the routines of its owners

We have been asking if the eggs are good or bad for our health. The tests are very forceful

by

It is a debate that we have surely heard countless times, that of how good or bad that eggs result for our health. It is a setback, the evidence that eggs are “bad” is limited and has been refuted by various studies, but still the issue remains the subject of new studies. Studies that continue to insist on the usual consumption of eggs does not represent a risk additional. Another study on the list. A recent study of mortality associated with egg consumption has not observed indications of an increase in mortality associated with egg consumption. Moreover, the study found an inverse relationship between the regular consumption of this food and the risk of deaths linked to cardiovascular diseases. The study He followed up of 8,756 over 70 years of age, which gave information about their diets. Based on this information, the team separated the participants in three groups: who did not consume eggs or did it shortly, those who consumed eggs between one and six times a day, and those who consumed eggs daily. Verdict. The study results indicated that people in the moderate consumption group had a risk of mortality by 15% lower than those of the low consumption group, controlling other factors. They also observed a 29% reduction associated with specific mortality due to heart disease. Of egg aspirin. The study was framed in the ASPREE project (Aspirin in rear Events in the Elderly), curiously, a project dedicated to the study of the effects of aspirin in preventive medicine. The details of the study have been published In an article In the magazine Nutrients. But they didn’t have cholesterol? “Eggs are a dense food in nutrients, they are a rich source of protein and a good source of nutrients, such as B vitamins, folate, non -saturated fatty acids, fat -solub vitamins (E, D, a, and k), hill, and numerous minerals and trace elements,” explained in a press release Holly Wild, co -author of the study. However, the eggs won a bad reputation due to their cholesterol content. Each egg has about 275 milligrams of cholesterol, which would represent almost the entire recommended amount of cholesterol, they explain In an article for The conversation Lauren Ball and Karly Bartrim, experts from the University of Queensland, in Australia. The trick is in absorption, Ball and Bartrim point out. And it is that the fact that we consummate a food with high cholesterol content does not mean that our body will absorb that cholesterol and make it end in the bloodstream, where it can imply a risk. This is the advance. The debate on the hypothetical damage that eggs may be a health risk has been perpetuated for years has often been used to discredit advances made in the field of nutrition. And it is true that the science that studies nutrients and their effects on our body is complex: the varied of the human diet and the immense complexity of our body are two factors that make extremely difficult to measure the effects of some foods on our health. It is not surprising Therefore we can occasionally run into this type of debates. The contradictory results are not alien to any field of science: there are many reasons why a study can yield erroneous results, such as methodological failures, calculation errors or even by mere statistical chance. That is why relationships must be studied several occasions, by different teams and following a variety of methods, this is how failures and erroneous relationships have been detected on several occasions. It is how the method itself should work. In Xataka | White eggs have disappeared from our supermarkets: the story of how brown was commercially imposed Image | Morgane Perraud

Spanish bank has made a “confiscatory” tax in Confetti for its party: 8.4 billion benefits

by

8,487 million euros. That is the joint benefit of the six great banks quoted in Spain during the first quarter of 2025. 27% more than a year ago, according to The economist. The most striking thing is that they have achieved it in full application of the extraordinary government of the Government, to which They called “Confiscator”, “disproportionate” and “harmful to the stability of the financial system.” That tax has ended up being a mere accounting score. A cost that can be moved, adjust, deduce. In summary: overcome. Why is it important. Because it shows a historical constant: when trying extraordinary to financial power, it reacts extraordinarily effectively. And because he talks about systemic inequality: a citizen cannot choose when and how to pay their taxes, but a bank does. And you can even earn more money along the way. In detail. Of the 1.4 billion euros that the bank tax was supposedly costing this year, only 351 million have impacted the first quarter accounts. Not because it has been repealed. But because this year is prorated. The regulations allow deductions of up to 25% of the tax base, a circumstance that financial entities have taken advantage of to optimize their results. Bankinterdirectly, will not pay anything this year or the one that comes. Thanks to the deductions of the Corporation Tax, its fiscal invoice has been zero. CaixaBankthat does pay, it is almost the one that wins the most: +46.2% benefit. He Santander It reduces its tax burden of 74%, and earns 3,402 million. And the BBVAin a context of downward types, its results improves 22.7%. Between bambalins. The strategy is double: accountant and narrative. Accounting, the tax is fractional and make up with deductions. Narratively, the sector projected a resistance image. But the reality is that the tax has not altered the fundamental: Has not stopped profitability (Rote up to 20%). It has not reduced dividends. The business trend has not changed: in Spain, banks grow 48%. The banks expressed concern about the impact, but the adaptation of their fiscal strategies has considerably damping the effect they had planned. The backdrop. In 2024, The tax was loadedand the bank raised his voice. But since then they have learned to manage it. The new design gives them air. A “fiscal air” that allows them to continue flying although in theory they carry ballast in the form of extra tax load. In addition, this fiscal relief more than compensates for the setback in the margin of interest, which falls 3.95% due to the decrease of types. But The gross margin rises 8.31%thanks especially to commissions … already the aforementioned tax adjustments. In perspective. While the general economy looks at the Iribor of side and keeps inflation, the banking sector demonstrates adaptation to the fiscal environment. They have not only avoided the coup, but continue to meet objectives before shareholders and investors. And incidentally, they leave a message to the markets: not even before a sudden tax its benefits are stopped. Outstanding image | BBVA In Xataka | The sweet moment of Revolut: Duplicates his profits in 2024 and aspires to become a whole rule

We already have a rigorous study of the impact of US tariffs on the technology we buy. It is shocking

by

The tariffs you are currently preparing The US government led by Donald Trump have American technology companies in suspense. In the middle of last April the US Customs and Border Protection Office He published a statement in which he officialized that some electronic devices and strategic components were tariff exempt. Of all of them. However, it is a strictly temporary measure, so presumably in the future tariffs will reach the consumer electronics industries and semiconductors. The US Technology Consumers Association (known as CTA for its English denomination) has published a very detailed report which has been prepared by Trade Partnership Worldwide (TPW), a consultant specializing in economic and commerce analysis. This study evaluates The foreseeable impact that tariffs They will have electronic consumer devices, and their conclusions are shocking. Two notes to get into flour: according to TPW, the Gross Domestic Product of the US will be reduced by 69,000 million dollars annually as a result of tariffs and consumers will spend 123,000 million less a year. The price of technology will increase between 11 and 70%, according to TPW Before moving forward it is important that we keep in mind that the study of this consultant describes a scenario in which the 90 -day suspension of the tariffs executed by the US administration ends in July and the highest taxes announced by the government led by Donald Trump are activated. This scenario is perfectly possible, hence the interest of this report, but at the situation of current instability it is also feasible that finally The announced measures are not implanted as the US government has foreshadowed. Video game consoles would be the most affected because most of them are manufactured in China Anyway, as I have anticipated a few lines above, the conclusions that TPW collects and those that CTA has given visibility are very worrying. According to this report, the average retail price of mobile phones will increase by 31%; that of the monitors, 32%; that of laptops and tablets, 34%; and that of video game consoles nothing less than 69%. The desktop PCs would not be released from an increase in their price close to 24%. Video game consoles would be the most harmed because most of them are manufactured in China, so they will presumably be subject to 145%tariffs. If so, according to TPW, imports in the US would fall by 71%. This almost apocalyptic scenario from a commercial point of view describes the impact that tariffs will have on the pocket of US consumers, but it is reasonable that we ask ourselves what will happen to US products that we will buy in Spain or other European countries. The most reasonable conclusion we can reach is that its price will also be increased by two reasons that run in parallel. On the one hand if US companies must assume higher costs due to the need to import components or manufacture abroad, prices of their products They will rise throughout the planet. And also If Europe decides to apply reciprocal tariffs To the imported products from the US, which currently seems most likely, again European consumers will pay more. We will see what happens finally, but the panorama is certainly not flattering. More information | TPW/CTA In Xataka | Tariffs force Apple to manufacture US iPhone in India. It is not a problem: it is a tactic with many advantages and few fissures

why technology has not yet solved this

by

Today tickets for Bad Bunny concerts went on sale. What should have been a happy day for fans It has become a nightmare. Many complained in networks of the error messages In the browser, the endless virtual linesthe Forced interruptions of the process or the worst, the messages of “exhausted entries” –or error– when They caressed success In that mission impossible. We are in 2025 and one would expect technology to have fixed this. And yet, he has not done so. What is happening? SALE BY ARRIVAL ORDER = Frustration. Traditional ticket sales systems work under an old and theoretically simple principle: the first one that arrives is the first to buy it. In computer science this is known as the FIFO (First In, First out) system for the implementation and management of queues, and has no major mystery. Or at least, not until you try to apply it to the sale of macroeventos tickets. Then, disaster. Too much demand. We have experienced it today when tickets for the concerts of the Bad Bunny world tour have come to sale. The demand has been colossal and has exceeded the offer, which has caused the service that managed the direct online sale has collapsed. Error messages were constant, and many users saw how they had to wait endless virtual lines And the process was interrupted at totally random times without them being able to do anything. When virtual tails reach figures of 15,000 users – for example, there are much more crazy– The system ceases to make sense. It is not useful or operational. He “Scalping“At the agenda. This stock market It is applied too In these scenarios and refers to the technique of buying tickets with bots and other systems that allow the limits imposed on entries for inputs for human users. Ticketmaster even created the Fan-To-Fan system As a controversial official controversy blessed by the system that Tickemaster, of course, takes its commission. It is estimated that Ticketmaster and Live Nation They control 70% of the business of the sale of tickets. And more problems with resale. There is an entire economy Around pages like Viago or Stubhub, which They buy mass tickets and then try to resell at greater price. The German Heavy Metal Rammstein Group went to court When demanding Viagogo, a company with which they have been fighting since 2018 for this issue. It happened with Renfe tickets. In April 2022 Renfe offered bird tickets to 15 euros. The promotion was striking, so I threw myself to the browser of my PC to try to take advantage of some of the options they gave me. After achieving access to virtual tail to buy one of those tickets, I met 166,321 people in front of me and an estimate of waiting time for an hour and a half. Half an hour later there were 144,115 people in front. The alternative was to use Renfe’s mobile app, but the process made it clear that these types of problems are constantly presented. The raffles work. In popular events such as Cycotourist march QH (Quebrantahuesos) The fans who want to sign up must first register as QH users, something that gives access to a raffle granted by the dorsals. It is a very reasonable solution to events with a demand greater than the supply. It is the method that also FIFA has used for years To sell tickets for football World Cup matches. The solution exists, only that it does not apply (much). It is a good example of a relatively simple system to solve the problems that have arisen with Ticketmaster on numerous occasions. The process would be as follows: Open a pre -registration to enter the raffle of entries. Leave it open for a prudential time of, for example, two weeks. There would be no careers for entering the pre -registration or being the first, because that would give exactly the same. Therefore, server overload risks are minimized. During that pre -registration the user must overcome Captcha challenges, double verification against email and storage of some credit card data. With this, the participation of bots in the process is greatly prevented. Payment of a symbolic commission for the pre -registration. Another very powerful measure to avoid the participation of bots. There should also be a limit for the number of records that can be made per person/mail/payment card. From there the draw is celebrated, which is granted X inputs from the number Y Registry. If there are 1000 tickets available and there are 10,000 pointed users, an example would be for the draw to come out number 6,713. The records from 6,713 to 7,712 would get their entrance. The winners could register in their account and buy the entry into a certain period. If not, that entry would be offered to the next one who could not obtain it after the draw, and so on. There would be no frustration, just bad luck. The draw or lottery process is much less frustrating. Of course there is the possibility that you do not get the entrance, but a system like this would avoid the great problems of the current direct sales mechanism that has proven not to be effective. But they do not decide the sustained. There is another big additional problem, and although there are solutions such as the proposal, who decide how entries are sold and buy are artists and promoters, who can go to alternative solutions. Concerts on demand. For example, Announce additional dates of concerts by surprise. It is a peculiar idea: it is thus possible to announce a limited number of concerts to measure demand, and from there adjust the offer keeping the number of events (if they can be replicated) programmed or changing it according to said demand. In Xataka | Taylor Swift has canceled the sale of tickets with Ticketmaster. It is the confirmation that the current system is broken

The DGT has been pressing a five years against Waze or Google Maps. Your solution goes through copying the French model

by

“You don’t know who you warn.” With these words, the DGT warned of the danger of giving the alarm of a traffic control through our mobile phone. It is no accident that The article It will be published in November 2024. The article clarifies the entire phenomenon seen with the one known as “Galician Method”. Last year, a person was denounced for alert 15,000 drivers through messages in a WhatsApp group of Civil Guard controls on the road. The problem is that There is no rule in the circulation code that prevents it. In the last decade, drivers have been perfecting the notices. The DGT points out that in 2012 some applications were already alerted to radars or controls but that the first boom came in 2014 with SocialDrive and Waze. Users had, in real time, information about fixed radars (That the public DGT itself) but also of mobile phones and controls. The second boom came with the Coronavirus pandemic. With the increase in road controls, users multiplied and since then many have climbed into a car from which they no longer get off. Who aspires to skip a Civil Guard control has the tools for it in Google Maps, Waze and even WhatsApp. And that is a real problem if we talk about alcohol and drug controls but also if, for a reason for general security, a device has been mounted to stop the suspect of a crime. Trying to put containment barriers, the Citizen Security Law to try to stop those WhatsApp groups with thousands of users. It is something that the DGT itself recognizes that states that in article 36.23 it is expressly prohibited “the unauthorized use of personal or professional data or professionals of authorities or members of the security forces and bodies that may endanger personal security.” However, they recognize that it is not enough and has been pressed to carry out a modification in the Traffic Law. At the moment, all that there is a proposal for the proposition of the Law born in the Commission on Road Safety of the Congress of Deputies at the proposal of the PSOE. It requested that the text reflect the obligation to “sanction those who provide information that hinders or prevents the control work of breaches of circulation standards”. In France it already applies This new wording would serve to end current doubts. The closest thing to receive a sanction for notifying the Civil Guard control is found in article 100 of the Civil Guard GENERAL CIRCULATION REGULATIONwhere the following is exposed: The use of long -range or road light is prohibited as long as the vehicle is stopped or parked, as well as alternative employment, in the form of flashes of long -range or road light and light or crossing light, with purposes other than those provided in these regulations The problem, obviously, is that this analog acting has been disused. This has led to the DGT has press and emphasize in the last five years that their intention is to chase those who use these applications to notify the controls. In 2020, Pere Navarro, director of the DGT, already put the focus on applications during mobility week in A Coruña where he pointed out his will to “Prevent, hinder or limit” Applications like Waze. The referent can have it in France. There, the famous traffic application cannot show mobile radars to users. It is an anomaly in Europe, as they collect in the Gauling country media. They point out that there the decree No. 2012-3 of January 3, 2012, which modified its circulation code more than a decade prohibits “Possession, transport and use of radar detectors”. However, this application extends to mobile applications, something that does not happen in Spain. Here, The law was modified in 2022 To punish the single presence of a radar detector. Until then the use of radar inhibitors and detectors was punished. For three years, the single presence of these devices is also punished with Fines of 200 euros and three points of the driving card for detectors and six points and up to 6,000 euros in the case of inhibitors. What the DGT wants to get is that the notices in mobile applications are also punished and the first step would be the modification in the traffic law that would allow copying the French model. What applications like Waze do is alert “danger zones”. To skip the restriction, the application allows you to add this notice on road sections, never in a specific position. With this notice, the driver already knows that a mobile radar or traffic control will be found later but is not specified in any case to stick or where it is installed. Photo | Waze on Instagram and Pricob ioan In Xataka | The DGT denounces the breakage of seven radars: there are up to half a million euros at stake and three -year jail sentences

Log In

Forgot password?

Forgot password?

Enter your account data and we will send you a link to reset your password.

Your password reset link appears to be invalid or expired.

Log in

Privacy Policy

Add to Collection

No Collections

Here you'll find all collections you've created before.