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Germany believes having found the most German solution to its productivity problems: work more

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Germany has been considered for decades as The economic locomotive from Europe. However, currently It crosses a crisis that has surprised analysts and experts. The model that allowed the country to prosper with reduced working hours and shoot its productivity, seems to have reached its limit. German leaders They look for new formulas To recover lost growth and have found a possible solution: work more. Germany works little. In recent months, the economic debate has intensified without the German responsible having found the key to getting out of the economic stagnation. However, from the business circles of Bavaria, southeast of Germany, they point out that it could be something as simple as increasing annual work hours. The formula: eliminating one of the religious holidays of the German calendar. According to published the newspaper Welt, Federal Foreign Minister Friedrich Merz would agree with this statement: “In this country we have to work more and, above all, more efficiently,” said the president in a few words that Later he clarified “But in Germany we have groups, especially among the youngest generation, which work a lot.” They have tried everything. The pilot tests of the four -day work week They have not achieved the Productivity impulse that the country needs. Foreign Minister Merz recently warned: “With the four -day week and the balance between professional and personal life we ​​will not be able to maintain the prosperity of this country,” declared The German Chancellor to I monde. This statement has generated discomfort in a society that has always been considered hardworking and disciplined. For decades, German workers have enjoyed shorter working hours compared to other European countries, especially those in the south. This situation was justified by high productivity and added value of German products and services, which allowed “doing a lot.” However, the economy fails to take off and the government now points to “lack of work” and “preference for leisure” as factors that are ballasting economic growth. Eliminate holidays. Before this panorama, some voices of the business have proposed concrete measures to increase the working time Without increasing working days daily, which in many cases are already more than 40 hours due to the enormous load of overtime. According to published BildBertram Brossardt, general director of the Bavarian Business Association, suggested to eliminate, at least one of the holidays that the Germans have. “Easter Monday, Monday of Pentecost and San Esteban. My colleagues in France and Italy are constantly surprised that we have those free days. Removing one of those free days would greatly benefit the German economy and would not mean a heavy burden for employees,” said Brossardt, adding that “religious festivities should not be taboo in the debate.” The data support it. The proposal is not just symbolic. Christoph Schröder Researcher at the German Economic Institute (IW) He maintains that Eliminating a holiday could increase the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Germany by up to 8,600 million euros. According to published The avant -gardeMichael Hüther, director of the IW, gave as an example the case of Denmark, which had recently eliminated a holiday “that was an additional income of 400 million to the state budget,” said the economist. The problem is that all federal states in the country, regardless of setting their own holidays, should agree to abolish it. Germany to the tail at hours worked. Brossardt’s arguments rely on blunt data. In 2023, a German employee worked an annual average of 1,343 hours, which is 92 hours less than in Austria, 186 hours less than in Switzerland and 391 hours less than in Italy, According to OECDE data. “We are not productive enough. If we want to be competitive, we have to return to work more!” said The businessman to the newspaper Bild. Despite these figures, Germany is not the country with more holidays. On average, the Germans enjoy 9 national holidays, although in some southern regions such as Bayern, Basen-Württemberg or Saarland can reach 12 holidays. In comparison, Austria and Malta enjoy thirteen holidays. In Spain, the usual are twelve, with some autonomous communities such as Catalonia, Community Valencian and Navarra add 13 holidays; Ceuta has 14 holidays a year, while the Canary Islands conform to 11 days. Average weekly hours worked in each country The problem is not the days. Such and as he published The confidentialsome experts do not believe that eliminating a holiday is the solution for the German economy, but that the country must face a change in its labor market to recover the productivity of yesteryear. Germany is the second European country where less hours work a week in full -time jobs, and the figure drops even more if the Part -time contracts. According to official dataone in two women works part -time in Germany. Therefore, some economists propose Encourage the incorporation of women to the full -time labor market and facilitate the arrival of more foreign workers to relieve the shortage of qualified labor. The key, according to these experts, is a deep review of the German labor market to adapt to the new challenges economic and demographic that supposes the Agence of the active population. In Xataka | Some researchers have analyzed the working day in Spain: the same thing that 40 years ago is worked, but in worse jobs Image | Unspash (Mashkumar Painam, Spencer Davis)

After 15 years with BMW and Japanese motorcycles, I am clear that the next one will be China

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I have been driving motorcycles for more than 15 years and I have seen in the first person how the market has progressed. Being a weekend hobby, I usually change a lot of model, and I have gone through practically all renowned brands: Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki, BMW, Triumph … I know how to reliable are the Japanese, how expensive it is to maintain a BWM or a TRIUMPh in the official house and also know that Chinese are eating the market. Look at the Chinese market Years ago is looking at a photograph that has little to do with the one now. The introduction in Europe of the latest models of giants such as Voge and Zontes has completely shaken the sales rankings in Spain. And if I am clear about something, sooner or later, I will end a Chinese motorcycle. I’m not alone. Sales data in Spain say everything about the success of Chinese manufacturers: Two of the five best -selling brands in our country are Chinese. Specifically, Voge and Zontes are having simply brutal growth, while European struggle to grow marginally. It is not for less. Both brands are betting on a network of their own dealers (something that can not even afford minority brands, forced to distribute through multi-brands), guarantee above what their rivals and spectacular quality-quality offer. There are Chinese, and there are Chinese. Talking about “Chinese motorcycles” is a little precise generality. Not all point to the same segment, buyer and market. The cases of Voge, Zontes, Benelli or CF Moto are similar: they want to keep the European market, and their product is designed to conquer its consumer. This has led to Premiumization of some Chinese motorcycles, such as VOGE 900 DSX that shares a good part of technology with the BMW F 900 GS. In fact, the motorcycle is born as an agreement between the two brands. And that 900cc engine manufactured by Lancin is no exception, it is the result of an agreement with more than 20 years of history. The price. Chinese motorcycles are mainly conquering for its price. The price of European, Japanese and Italian motorcycles has shot in recent years. A well equipped trail can go to about 20,000 euros, and for 10,000 euros it is difficult to find (buying new). Even segments such as the half -displacement are quite fired: a Honda NX500 (Antigua CB 500 x) costs more than 7,000 euros new. For 500 euros less, Voge offers the 625x with more displacement, more power (there is version A2 if this worries you) and full set of suitcases and top case for 998 euros. They give the insurance, the motorcycle comes with the shell, grill for Top Case, a five -year guarantee to 75,000km, directional flashing, adjustable windshield, HD front camera … it is not since it comes more equipped than the rest of its rivals, it is that there are accessories to which their rivals cannot even access. The guarantee. The first question that may arise when you get a Chinese motorcycle is what happens to the guarantee. Most manufacturers are offering five years (above the three years that the European guarantee marks), with national distribution for replacement pieces. There may be specific pieces that are asked for factory, as in any motorcycle, and there the distribution deadlines will depend on the manufacturer’s agility. The key is that, with a strong commitment to own concessionaires and distribution in Spain, the friction that the use of the guarantee can be minimized. The Peros. The main peros with Chinese motorcycles, at least today, are intangible. Let’s be clear: the main barrier of entry is the prejudice that the motorcycle is China. The motorcycle world is somewhat different from that of the car: it is reigned by Japanese motorcycles that have been building their image decades and demonstrating their reliability. The Chinese motorcycle needs time to prove that it is reliable and that, in case of breakdown, the brand responds quickly. It is something that the Internet will help. It is not too hard to find for Chinese motorcycle forums With about 100,000km (considerable figure for a motorcycle) and without needing more than basic maintenance and spare parts. The fate of the motorcycle industry passes through China and, sooner or later, will be sales leaders in Spain. Image | VOGE In Xataka | 20 years ago, BMW allied with a Chinese giant to make motorcycles. Now, that giant has eaten the toast completely

The AI ​​has no future without nuclear energy when even Nvidia has begun to pray to Bill Gates reactors

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Data centers will be responsible for 10% of the increase in energy demand until 2030, according to the International Energy Agency (IE). The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) What we are living has triggered the proliferation of these facilities In the US, China, Japan, Singapore, India, Germany, Netherlands or Ireland, among other nations. And for the moment there is no indication that invites us to anticipate that this trend will be exhausted in the medium term. A data center dedicated to large AI can exceed 150 MWand, precisely, these are the facilities that are proliferating the most. In fact, in 2024 its global consumption amounted to about 415 TWH, a figure that represents around the 1.5% of global electricity consumption. To solve this challenge and guarantee to data centers the delivery of energy that more and more companies need nuclear. The last one who has done is Nvidia. And is that the company led by Jensen Huang has participated in a financing round Of 650 million dollars to support Terrapower projects, the nuclear energy company founded by Bill Gates in 2006. With this decision NVIDIA adds to the strategy that defends the use of Compact modular reactors (known as SMR for its denomination in English) with the purpose of delivering to the data centers the electricity they need. And, incidentally, put one more leg in a sector with an indisputable growth potential. Terrapower is already building the first Natrium nuclear reactor The nuclear fission reactor that this company has designed is a modular and compact design refrigerated by sodium that uses a molten salts storage system. Because of its characteristics, it is about A fourth generation machine That, according to those responsible, it will be able to generate electricity in half of the cost that a conventional nuclear fission reactor. Whatever the interesting thing is that the first Natrium nuclear reactor in Terrapower is being built in a Wyoming Mining town (USA), and, according to Bill Gates, will be completed in 2030. Nvidia has participated in a financing round of 650 million dollars to support Terrapower projects It sounds good, but we must not overlook that it is a new generation design, so a priori the five years that Terrapower manages seem too optimistic. However, this reactor has an important asset in your favor: on paper Its tuning should be faster and cheaper than that of conventional reactors. In addition, a Spanish public company is participating in the construction of this machine. It is called Ensa (Nuclear Teams, SA), is Cantabrian and has more than five decades of experience in the field of design and manufacturing large components for the nuclear industry. There is no doubt that the fact that Terrapower has decided to ally with it is a boost that will surely reinforce its international image. And, perhaps, he opens the door of other latest generation nuclear energy projects. “This is the first reactor of these characteristics that is manufactured following the highest standards of safety and quality in accordance with the most demanding nuclear regulations,” has declared A Enso spokesman. Interestingly, this Spanish company will participate in The manufacture of the Natrium reactor lid. A last interesting note: currently also intervenes in the construction of ITER (International Thermonuclear Experctor reactor), The experimental reactor of nuclear fusion that an international consortium led by Europe is pointing in the French town of Cadarache. Image | Terrapower More information | The Register In Xataka | “We are already on the last step”: how Spain has done with the key to realize nuclear fusion

The subsoil of historical cities hides a great garbage vacuum. The problem is that you have to punch

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Tony Soprano, from the great series’The soprano‘He was dedicated to garbage management. It may seem an exaggeration designed for fiction, but as usually happens, fiction surpasses reality. Base management It is a problem for half the world (more now than China decided to stop being our landfill) and move so much money that there is mafias moving from one country to another. In the search for solutions, the definitive company came up with a Swedish company to stop seeing cubes and garbage trucks through the streets: move waste from pipes. It is something that has turned medieval cities into the technological pinnacle of garbage collection. But the day -to -day life of the neighbors is something else. Changing the approach. It all started by chance. At the end of the 1950s, the Sollefte hospital in Sweden was investigating the creation of a central aspiration system to catch dust. One of the participants in the table was OLOF H.Hallstrom, director of Centralsug, the current Waste Waste company, and the idea arose: instead of a giant vacuum For dust, a giant garbage vacuum could be created. So They tell On its website, where they point out that the system was inaugurated in the hospital in 1961 and that it continues to work with many of the original pieces installed more than 60 years ago. But of course, if it works so well in a building, why not expand the network to an entire city? That is no longer so easy. Sollefte basements with garbage collection tubes A giant vacuum. First of all, you have to see how it works. Known as’Pneumatic garbage collection‘O’ Automatic vacuum collection ‘, AVAC from now on, is a giant vacuum connected to a multitude of underground pneumatic tubes. On the surface there are a series of nozzles that are designed for organic or plastic waste (the glass could damage the system) in which the bag is deposited with the waste and, thanks to fans that generate suctions of more than 60 km/h, travel through the tubes to a collection center. Example of one of these nozzles They are classified and loaded into trucks to transport them to their final location. This system reduces the use of trucks and their corresponding pollution, as well as Cubes in the streets. The most current systems include doors that are automatically open and cards in possession of citizens to activate the system. Modernizing historical cities. And that reduction of cubes and trucks circulating is something ideal for any city, but it seems key in locations with two profiles: tourist or old helmets of medieval cities. A clear example is Bergen, a Norwegian city founded in 1070 that is the second most populated in the country and has a historic center full of colorful wooden houses. It has fired several times and the garbage itself can be a focus of fire, so by safety and improve the helmet, they decided to bet on an avac type system. It is one of the 200 cities in the world in which this system has been installed and, as we read in The Washington Postthe diesel emissions Since the garbage trucks stopped circulating along their narrow streets. Among others, Leganés, Barcelona, ​​Barakaldo, Torrent, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Stockholm, Doha or Seoul have neighborhoods in which a pneumatic collection system is used, and in new construction complexes of some cities are also betting on it. Complex. The problem is what you can imagine: the system itself is expensive, but it is also a headache. In new neighborhoods, it is as simple as to pass one more pipe in the streets where there are already other pipes, but in Historical cities Or neighborhoods already built, bet on something like avac implies lifting the streets and performing a considerable work. Bergen’s example is clear. As they point out on TWP, since they made the decision to start building the system in the historic center in 2007, they have invested about 100 million dollars. There are years to finish connecting the entire network and estimate that the cost will be 30 million dollars. Terje Strom, responsible for waste management in the city, says it is “almost impossible.” Contextualizing the figures? It is almost the entire annual budget of the Waste Department. Collection Central in Konza Technolopis, Africa Gamification and penalty. But, leaving cost aside, user experiences seem positive. It is a system that simplifies the garbage, which eliminates full cubes and the truck transit. In Spain we have containersbut in other cities they work with individual cubes that roll through the streets and share the stamp. Not everything is perfect, since although there are no trucks, they do operators who are dedicated to unblocking the mouths when someone introduces something that should not. And beyond not seeing garbage trucks, there are two incentives for citizens. One is the gamification by application That tells us how many kilos we have deposited in real time and compares with the previous month. It also tells us how average we are, since there is a limit. In Bergen, to open waste mouths, residents bring their electronic key, which allows you to register how much discard and collect a rate according to the amount of non -recycled garbage they send to the incinerator. This penalty is something that It has also been seen in South Koreawith positive results regarding the increase in recycling. Not everyone is happy. Beyond installation costs, it seems the perfect system to manage waste. However, looking at what happens in Spanish cities in which these systems have been installed, we see that not everything is so beautiful. There are more than thirty cities that use this pneumatic collection, and in some Failures are reported that cause the tubes to be full due to pipes that do not absorb well. Tubes in a kind of garbage rooms in Leganés. The main problem for users is the diameter of the mouth. Image | Xataka It is something that causes bad odors, as users of … Read more

“Even in a nuclear apocalypse, the earth would be a paradise compared to Mars”

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Elon Musk wants to turn humanity into a multi -purpose species, with Mars as a second home and our “lifeboat”, in the event that a catastrophe occurs on earth. Musk’s vision is the engine after the Starship program, which mobilizes billions of dollars with the aim of building a rocket capable of taking us to the red planet. Adam Becker’s three scenarios Some scientists still do not see clear Elon Musk’s ambition to colonize Mars. And not because the Starship has exploded four times in a row. After all, it is an experimental rocket. “There are many reasons why it is a bad idea,” says astrophysicist Adam Becker. “I do not mean that ‘we will never have the technology to live on Mars’. What I say is that the earth will always be a better option, what happens to the earth.” In a blunt Interview with Rolling StoneBecker doubts some of the “messianic fantasies” of technological oligarchs, starting with Elon Musk’s Martian dream. His argument is as simple as devastating: no matter how bad things are put on our planet, the earth will always be a paradise compared to the icy hell that is Mars. In Becker’s words, Musk’s idea is “one of the most stupid things someone could say.” To illustrate his point, the astrophysicist raises three apocalyptic scenarios: 1) The impact of an asteroid the size of the dipes extinguished. 2) The detonation of all the nuclear weapons of the planet. And 3) the worst possible climate change scenario. “Even then,” he says, “the Earth would remain more habitable. A superficial examination of Mars makes it very clear.” Devastated land vs. Mars as it is Let’s put the data on the table to understand the abysmal difference between a devastated earth planet and the Mars we know today. In order for an environment to be “habitable” for humans without a perfect and autonomous life support technology, basic conditions that we often take for granted are needed. The atmosphere of the Earth would be contaminated, but it would remain dense, rich in nitrogen and oxygen, and with a pressure at the sea of ​​1 bar. On the current Mars, The atmosphere is extremely thin (0.6% that of the Earth) and is composed of 95% by carbon dioxide. It is disappointed and has a pressure on the surface of 0.006 bars, so that liquid water boils instantly (or rather it is sublimated, passing from solid to gas). The Earth’s magnetic field would continue intact, diverting most of the cosmic and solar radiation. The atmosphere, even contaminated, would offer an additional layer. Mars lacks a global magnetic field. Its surface is constantly bombarded with a dose of radiation that becomes lethal for a long -term human. On Mars, the average temperature is -63 ° C. All water is frozen in polar or underground caps. On earth, a nuclear winter or the impact of an asteroid would drastically cool the planet, but the oceans would act as a gigantic thermal regulator. The 1.4 billion cubic kilometers of water would continue here. Contaminated and partially frozen, but accessible and treatable, assuming we had access to some technology. The biosphere would be seriously damaged after a catastrophe, but the land of the earth would contain organic matter and the basic components for life. In addition, there would be geothermal and oceanic shelters, where microbial life would persist although other life forms would have disappeared. Martian soil is toxic. It contains high concentrations of perchlorates, dangerous chemical compounds for human health that complicate agriculture. Can Mars be terraft? Although Spacex renders show a gigantic pressurized base under the surface of Mars, Elon Musk has always fought his vision to the possibility of terrafting the red planet. So we already talk about transport millions of tons of load To build a city inhabited on Martian soil, but of a much more great project. There are many (and very diverse) Ideas to terraphormate Mars, but engineering to Megaescala that would mean any of them presents not a few obstacles. The first step would be to raise the temperature of Mars. The proposals van From nuclear bombs to install gigantic orbital mirrors that concentrate sunlight at the poles. By heating polar caps, water ice and carbon dioxide would sublimize, swelling the atmosphere. In theory, a densest atmosphere would catch more heat, which in turn would release more gas and soil gas. This positive feedback cycle would increase pressure and temperature until water could exist in a liquid state on the Martian surface. However, studies They doubt that Mars has sufficient CO2 To achieve this effect. Even if we could release the entire CO2 accessible in polar caps and trapped in surface minerals, the atmospheric pressure of Mars would only increase to 7% of the thickness of the Earth’s atmosphere. In this context, the affirmation of the astrophysicist Adam Becker charges even more strength. If transforming Mars into a habitable planet is practically impossible, living there would require a Total artificial habitat dependence incredibly complex and vulnerable. The logic dictates that any effort and resource would be better invested in preserving and, if necessary, repair the only life support system that we have and that works perfectly: the planet Earth. In spite of everything, and seeing how the world is going, perhaps a plan B would not be bad, even if it were only for the children of the children of whom they would voluntarily live on a worse planet could return. Images | Spacex In Xataka | An American physicist has found a shortcut to get to Mars in 90 days. It is key to surviving radiation In Xataka | China has just solved two problems for the conquest of Mars: you already know how to turn CO2 into electricity and batteries

The iPhone camera had me to my noses. Until Google Pixel’s father arrived to fix it

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I’ve been loading with me for some time Canon R7 Every time I’m on a trip. The reason is easy: I am very tired of the photos of the iPhone 16 Pro. It is not an exclusive problem of this phone, After analyzing all high -end cameras I have been reaching the same conclusion for years: it is of no use to improve the hardware if the defendant is still bad. And why do I consider it bad? Because with sensors that touch the inch and processors more powerful than those of a computer, mobile phones should be closer to a SRFLEX than of the same photos they made five years ago. Almost 10 years ago, there was a company that wanted to change everything with the “computational photography.” That company was Google, who launched in 2016 Google Pixel. In his day, it was a milestone: a mobile that took advantage of artificial intelligence (although at that time there was not so much emphasis on that word) to take much above those of his rivals. At the head of the photography team for the Google Pixel was Marc Levoy, currently an adobe worker. After a few years in silence he has done what no manufacturer has wanted to do: squeeze to the limit the power of a mobile to teach us what he can really do. Why is it important. Adobe has announced very discreetly Indigo Projectan app that applies as we had never seen the principles of computational photography to the iPhone. Until now, no such radical attempt had been made: this application consumes many resources and shows results that, until now, did not seem possible in the automatic mode of a phone. Is the best sample of The stagnant that manufacturers carry (including Google) in mobile photography. And although we spend more than 1,000 euros in a telephone, The camera is always well below what I could really do. Levoy himself makes it clear in his publication: “People often complain about the” appearance of the smartphone “: too bright, low contrast, high color saturation, strong softened and strong sharpness. This prosecuted comes, in part, for the most mainstream user preferences. But when someone spends a grassland on a phone (and in Europe we are doing it more than ever), this begins to be a problem. What is project indigo. This is a free app developed by Adobe Labs and led, among others, by Marc Levoy. The most nerd can enjoy manual controls, but the average user will not have to worry about anything: it is a “normal and current” with which you open, aim and shoot. The key is that, when he takes the photo, he is doing something completely different from what Apple does. This is what Indigo can do with a RAW from the iPhone. At all rag. A few years ago, when Apple talked about Smart HDR, the company showed combinations of up to 9 images to get a photo in HDR. The current number is not known, but Apple’s HDR has not improved substantially in recent years. Levoy does make clear how his app works: 32 PHOTOS IN RAW to create only one, neither more nor less. Combining 32 frames to create a single photo is a very high figure. Thanks to this, less noise is achieved in shadow areas, less reflections, and less overexposure (white parts, very burned), using more low-exposite frames. Thanks to having so many information, the textures are maintained better, the reduction of software noise is less necessary, and the softened is minimized. MAPOO DE TONESO NUGUAL | What can be achieved with a correct tones mapping. Going beyond. Another of the big problems of current photography has to do with HDR, and how shadow areas are crushed (or, vice versa, everything is burned) in scenes that require a high dynamic range. To avoid the classic (and unpleasant) forced HDR effect, this app has its own tone mapping (a fundamental process to obtain information on luminosity and color when dealing with HDR content). In other less complex words: this app processes as adobe wants, And not as Apple wants. The zoom. Indigo’s last key has to do with the zoom, one of the historical weak points of the iPhone. This application, without us noticing, takes multiple photos constantly while it is open (do not fear for your storage, until you shoot the final photo and processed, nothing is saved). This allows, when we take a photo with zoom, they can be combined to obtain a final in more detail. When to use this app. Everything looks great with Indigo, until you wonder how it is possible that a mobile can take 32 photos and process them without flinching. It is not so easy. This application puts the iPhone to work to the fullest, which can cause it to hot, especially in summer. Despite this, if you have time to take a good photo (it takes a few seconds to process) and want to escape that mobile look, this camera is practically perfect. His own developers consider it as an experimental camera app, and in their first phase of development it will be completely free. It is compatible with all iPhone from 12, and it is planned to end up landing on Android soon. Despite being experimental app, it has a great future ahead. Its developers claim that they want to load it with personalized looks, computational video functions, and improvements they show in the potential of well -applied computational photography. Image | Xataka In Xataka | Best iPhone. Which to buy in 2025 and recommended models based on budget, tastes and quality price

Powder protein has become the star accessory of modern well -being. Nutritionists have something to say

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There is a silent ritual that is repeated every afternoon in gyms. Sudaded hands open the backpack compartment, they take out a boat with bright letters – vain, chocolate, cookies & cream -, they pour it into a Shakerthey stir hard and drink almost devotion. It is the protein milkshake, faithful companion of those who seek performance, muscle or simply the feeling of having fulfilled. The scene has become as common as mid -morning coffee or avocado toast. The powdered protein has gone from the industrial sacks of bodybuilders to the shelves of the supermarket, to the shop of the purchase of office workers, students and parents in a hurry. His promise is tempting: strength, health, body. Its form, practical. But … Is it really necessary for everyone? Is it helping us or, without realizing it, we are becoming dependent on this sweet taste dust and fast promises? To understand it, we have spoken with three nutritionists who know their benefits well as their risks. Because behind each milkshake, there is more than protein: there are decisions, habits and sometimes, a desperate desire to control the body. Powder protein: Miracle tool? Saray López, Nutritionist and personal coach, has been decisive: “I am totally in favor of its use, except intolerances, because it has no contraindications and can help reach daily protein requirements.” Instead, Jesús Guardioladietitian-nutritionist, has offered a more nuanced vision: “If we carry a balanced diet, we will not need any type of protein supplement to meet our needs.” His approach focuses on preventing supplementation from replacing a real diet. For its part, Nuria Estevesclinical nutritionist, goes beyond the functional and enters the symbolic: “It is not a priority in our food as we are sometimes tried to sell.” For her, the problem is how it is positioned in the market: as a kind of mandatory superfood, when in reality its utility is limited and very contextual. Is it for everyone? The three experts have agreed that dust protein can be beneficial in certain clinical or personal contexts. Saray López has accurately detailed it: people with eating disorders, older adults with chewing difficulties, cancer patients or sarcopenia, people in the stage of muscle gain or even workers who eat in front of the computer. In addition, Guardiola has highlighted its value as a “motivator” post -entry: taking the shake as a small reward can help create adherence to training. Now, who should avoid them? The Esteves nutritionist is overwhelming: “It can be a risk in people who do not have a good relationship with food, or who use it as a complete food substitute. We no longer talk about health, but about anxiety, rigidity and fear.” For his part, Jesús Guardiola has added people with renal pathologies to the list, who must have strict control over their protein intake. The dependence of the supplements. According to Nuria Esteves, there is a growing trend towards the use of supplements as part of the “fitness pack”: “The idea has spread that without supplements we are not doing well. And that can feed the obsession with the perfect body.” Jesús Guardiola also perceives this agency in practice: “Many people prioritize the shake before real food. But if you don’t have a structured diet, taking a shake will not do anything.” For him, order matters: first food, then – if necessary – the supplement. More is not better. The rise of powdered protein consumption has brought with it a series of errors. One of the most common, according to the three experts, is to take more protein than necessary, under the false belief that the more consummated, the better the results will be. However, the body has an absorption limit, and excess – beyond not providing benefits – can move other important nutrients. For his part, Jesús Guardiola has pointed out an especially common error: to think that, because it is a “fitness” product, it does not fat. “People believe that a protein smoothie have no calories or have very few, and it is not. It is one more food and provides energy, like any other, ”he has warned. It is also frequent risk behavior ”. Are all proteins the same? Spoiler: no. Not all powder proteins work the same. Jesús Guardiola He has clarified that we must individualize: “You cannot recommend one for all. It depends on the person, their tolerance and the moment of the day.” López has recommended serum protein (Whey) if there are no intolerances, due to its most complete amino acid profile. Casein, slow absorption, can be useful before sleeping. And vegetable proteins, such as pea or rice, are good options for vegans, provided they are well formulated. Besides, Esteves He has added an essential criterion: bioavailability and digestive tolerance. It is not just about taking protein, but how it processes it and absorbs the body. And the label? If you are among the options to start taking it, the three have agreed that it is important to read before mixing. Search for complete proteins, verify the real proportion of protein (at least 70-80%), avoid excessive artificial sweeteners and make sure the brand is reliable. Saray López has alerted about a hoax that many brands use: “Some trapped the aminogram by adding loose amino acids to lower the cost. That increases the nitrogen value, but not its nutritional value.” Neither bad nor miraculous. Nor is it essential. It can be useful if used with criteria, but does not replace a varied, adapted and healthy diet. As Nuria Esteves summarized: “The focus should always go towards a diet that respects and adapts to the context of each person.” Image | Pixahive Xataka | The “natural” alternative to Ozempic sounds very good and much cheaper than the medicine. The problem is to take it seriously

Someone records them without warning and nobody knows what to do

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There is an awkward moment that is becoming common in meetings, face -to -face or online: someone enters the meeting, opens the laptop and without saying anything activates your Bot of ia To record and transcribe. The rest is silent, calibrating whether to protest or pretend that nothing happens. Thinking if you have enough hierarchy to raise your voice or if you will pay. Welcome to the era of normalized corporate surveillance. As usually happens, Technology has arrived before the rules. IA attendees can record, transcribeanalyze the tone, identify who speaks more, make inferences about us and even suggest answers in real time. But nobody knows what to do with that socially. Is it bad education to activate a Bot without warning? Where are that data? Who else will know them? What are they going to process with them? Is The classic paradox of all technological disruption: The tool exists, it works, promises efficiency, but the social norms are three steps behind. As when the mobiles arrived and it took years to decide whether it was acceptable to answer in the cinema or speak in the elevator. With the finish line we are living something similar. Only This time the risks are greater. Because the Bot Not only record: interpret, analyze, store. You can capture not only what you say, but how you say it, when you doubt, who you are more or less agree. And all that is registered in the other party, but also in servers of companies that already know too much about us. The solution will not come from technology, but from us. We need to quickly develop a clear label: Notify before recording or inviting the Bot. Specify what information will be used for. Ask if someone feels uncomfortable. Normalize company policies that restrict them, at least those of certain types. If we do not, We will end up normalizing that any conversation can become data to treat Without our consent. And that is not a meeting we want to attend. In Xataka | If the question is what recruiters are set when hiring, a study has given the answer: experience and attitude Outstanding image | Xataka

China is the great candy of pharmaceutical thinning. And there is a wild race for selling the new ozempic

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Few would have guessed not so long that a pharmacist focused on the insulin segment would become a company with A higher value than Tesla. Novo Nordisk became the most valuable quoted company in Europe Thanks to the fashion product: Ozempic. This diabetes treatment spun by becoming the Miracle of weight loss that many needed, Despite its side effects. But there are situations that do not last forever and China is about to seize Ozempic tooth in a market with a lot of potential. And they have about twenty biosimilar copies calling the door. Challenging the reign. In recent days we have seen that something strange has happened with Ozempic. By mistake or for a failure in the calculations, Novo Nordisk carries years without paying protection rates of the Ozempic patent in Canada. It is a quota that serves to protect the compound on which the popular Ozempic and Wegovy drugs, the same pharmaceutical drugs. It is something that is allowing local companies to be Finally generic medications based on the peptide similar to LPG-1. It is about the hormone that “mimics” the semagglutide that allows this antidiabetic and thinning effect. The Chinese market rubs your hands. In China, something similar happens. The patents have a life time that allow those who have registered them with that competitive advantage, but after the established period, the ban opens. While in Europe and Japan this patent will expire in 2031, and in 2032 in the United States, the protection of the patent in China It will expire Next year, as we read in South China Morning Post. Lek Consulting is a consultant based in Boston and comments that “China is home to populations with the highest number of diabetic and overweight people, and has become a key battlefield for both global pharmaceutical giants and for local actors.” Montones competitors. According to the SCMP report, in China there are at least 20 biosimilar copies that will compete for this market share, which will generate absolute pressure in the prices of the semaglutida. “The panorama in China is expected to become even more competitive than in the developed markets, where the category of GLP-1 medicines is dominated by large multinational pharmaceuticals,” commented Helen Chen, global co -director of Medical Care and Life Sciences of Le.K. Currently, Novo Nordisk opera In China both with Ozempic and Wegovy, but Eli Lilly also operates in the Chinese market, the American company with a response to the drug that could enter the country thanks to the premises Innovent Biologics. In the summer last year, They announced An expansion plan of more than 200 million euros to expand a plant in Suzhou with which to meet demand in the Asian giant. But, in addition, there are several dozens of drugs that are in advanced phases of clinical trials in China and, as they comment from Le.K., some have potential to compete directly with Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly products. A very fat cake. That there are so many interested parties is the most normal. China, by overwhelming population numbersit is a huge market for any product, but in this field, we are talking about the second largest pharmaceutical market in the world, with almost 150 million adults with diabetes. It is more than any other country and, according to the International Diabetes Federation, the estimate is that the figure increases to 168 by 2050. But also, in 2021 The Lancet Medical Magazine estimated that 402 million people over 25 years in continental China had obesity. By contextualizing, it is a figure that represents 38% of the population and that reflects the country’s life progress. In 1990, the figure was 15.8% and wait that reaches 61% in 2050. New generation. Grand View Research is an American consultant who wait That the GLP-1-based medication market triples its sales in China by 2030, from 1,430 million dollars last year to 4.7 billion. But of course, there are more competitors for Ozempic does not imply that Novo Nordisk is cross -arms. A few months ago, the Danish company announced that the results for Your new medicine, called CagrisemaThey were promising. In the essays, its new combination of Semaglutida and Cagrilintida It has shown a striking potential, with a medium weight loss of 15.7% in 68 weeks compared to 3.1% of the group that received placebo. In addition, they reached a development and manufacturing agreement of another compound known as UBT251 with a Chinese laboratory, United Biotechnology, which will be responsible for commercialization in China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Everything based on miracles? It is evident that Novo Nordisk does not want to lose the train of the new generations of drugs that have exploited in popularity thanks to their status as miraculous compounds for weight loss. But not everything is needles, since Eli Lilly is already Testing pills with the same effects as the ‘Ozempicazo‘And more natural alternatives are being explored, such as diet, in the search for a “Natural Ozempic” Although, beyond the miracle, the closest thing to that “natural ozempic” is a balanced diet, exercise and good rest. The Holy Trinity of Healthy Lifeultimately. Images | Javier Quiroga, HAVEREDAS In Xataka | The Danish city paradox where the “formula” of Ozempic is manufactured. It is the epicenter of childhood obesity of the nation

The best messaging applications if you want to change the finish line for another

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We bring you a list with The main alternatives to WhatsApp In the event that you want to change your messaging application. Either by privacy or not dealing with the arrival of the WhatsApp adsif you are thinking of looking for another app to communicate with your contacts, we will tell you the most important. In fact, you should know that we are going to focus on the best known, and not simply tell you a ristra of random applications. Of course, there will also be a place for some less known, such as a decentralized or some of the European alternatives. But if you consider that we have left any app that should be mentioned or taken into account, we invite you to tell us in the comments section. Thus, all readers of the article can also benefit from the knowledge of our xatakers. RCS The best alternative to WhatsApp is that You no longer need alternative apps Thanks to the protocol RCSavailable on Android and iOS in the same application where you look at the SMS on your mobile. It is a protocol that has arrived to replace the SMS, and that allows interactive messages, such as photos and much more. Best of all is that The RCS is totally freeyou don’t need to pay as in SMS. If we look at a comparison of RCS vs WhatsAppwe see that everything you have it, such as extreme encryption, sending photos, voice or videos and more, you can even create groups. The negative part is that you do not have all functions as video notes, or that in some countries it is not yet implemented. To know if you can write by RCS to a contact, open your native messages of messages and enter the chat you want. If RCS appears in the writing bar instead of SMS, it is because you will send a free message with this protocol. Telegram Telegram has been the great alternative to WhatsApp for years, so much that most of the new functions that take the copy of the finish line years later. It is more innovative, although It has less privacysince only private messages that deliberately abort with this mode have end -to -end encryption, and normal messages and groups only have it between user and server. Therefore, your chats can be exposed on Telegram servers, and there have already been cases in which It gives the users of its users to governments Let them ask for it. However, it is still a solid alternative, and Your integration with Grok Nor does it help in terms of privacy. However, in terms of options and number of users it is the great alternative. Signal If what you are looking for is privacySignal is a messaging app that has made a name for that. It has end -to -end encryption, and user metadata is practically not saved. Therefore, it is even more private than WhatsApp, since the company that manages it knows less about you. You do not have many content denunciation options, you can simply report advertising. Therefore, you can find all kinds of messages in it, and have total freedom to talk about any subject, with the good and the bad that this freedom implies. In addition, it has a user name system so as not to have to give your number. Google Chat If you have a Google account, you have the possibility of chatting with other users with Google accounts. All through Google Chat, Google’s internal messaging system. She is currently a little abandoned, but you can write to someone just having her Google account, her Gmail, so you don’t need to have her phone number. Facebook Messenger He Facebook messenger It is the messaging application with which Meta intends to compete with WhatsApp and Telegram. With it you can write to any user of the social network, although Meta wants that in the future it is also used on Instagram. In any case, Messenger is independent and has its own application, although it also works in the chat of the Facebook website. It is a powerful alternative, Private with end -to -end encryptionand the one that does not lack options. The bad part of based on Facebook is that you need to know another person’s user account to write or have friendship with her, and the good is that you do not need to ask for phone numbers. Instagram Instagram is one of the most important social networks in the world, and has its own messaging system. It is not as comfortable as a dedicated app, but the messages are encrypted, you can send photos, voice notes, gifs and whatever you want. A good alternative. Besides, You don’t need to give your phone numbersimply give your address to Instagram to share. Session Session is the application of a non -profit foundation, and an alternative Decentralized and open sourcewithout trackers and with a robust encryption from end to end. Only you and the person with whom you speak can see the messages, which on the other hand also end up disappearing. It is more complex to use and you have control, being able to choose a topic for its aesthetics or manage your encryption keys. You don’t need phone numberThere are no data leaks, and seeks a different way to approach instant messaging, although being somewhat more complex to use. Imessage Within the iPhone and Mac messages app you can send and receive SMS, but you can also send Imessages, an interactive messages protocol just like WhatsApp. The problem is that You can only send them to other Apple usersalthough now that messages integrates the RCS it is no longer such a large limitation. Three other European alternatives Finally, if you are looking for more privacy and not depending on US companies, you can also change whatsapp for European alternativesas Forget, Threema either Skred. They are private applications with end -to -end encryption, you can share everything, even without … Read more

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