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If the question is “what are people reading most around the world”, there is only one answer: Romantasy

March 31, 2025 by usatoday24

With their colored loins, dream covers and mixture of romance and fantasy, novels Romantasy They are probably bombing you the subconscious in both social networks and in your library visits. What is more complicated is to elucidate exactly what we are talking about and which book or author enters this category, so we will try to shed some light on (sometimes unabarcable) term Romantasy. What do you refer to Romantasy? We would be facing a subgenre either of the fantastic or romance genre that combines those two factors in their books. Within that construction, the fantasy world has to cohabit, yes or yes, with one or more love stories to adhere to this definition. In a good novel Romantasy Or romantic fantasy does not prevail one genre over another, fantasy and romance are at the service of the narrative and enriches the entire plot on which the book or book saga is supported. The possibilities, as is usually the case with romance novels, are endless. Thanks to the multitude of tropes that authors can include, diversity within the romance part is very wide, but without a doubt the one that stands out the most in the best -selling books is a good Enemies to lovers (“Enemies to lovers”). Romantasy It does not refer to something new. Romance and fantasy have always formed a perfect hybrid and have complemented themselves in stories for many years. Diana Gabaldon, the successful writer of the Saga ‘Outlander’ began publishing this romantic history of travel in time in early 1990. If we appeal to the most youthful public we also have the case of the saga ‘Twilight’. Stephanie Meyer’s absolute teenage 160 million copies. At the time of its launch, marketing was not aimed at using a label like Romantasybut the truth is that they adapt perfectly to their requirements. The already omnipresent sales strategy linked to this term is something that we find more or less recently and thanks to social networks, specifically #BookTok. Its origin is not clear or we can place it on a specific date. The editorial Bloomsbury He declares that he coined him to identify the genre of one of the most famous writers of romantic fantasy, Sarah J. Maas. But “Romantasy“It was already published in the Urban Dictionary Since 2008. These different versions do not overshadow the fact that their complete explosion happened from the pandemic and especially, since 2024 on social networks. The queens of Romantasy If there is an absolute queen of romantic fantasy that is Sarah J. Mass with its saga ‘a court of roses and thorns’ (saga limit). The series began to be published in 2015 but undoubtedly its peak, and when the conversation around Romantasy I copied it, it happens from 2021. The author herself acknowledges that Tiktok He has played an essential role in his sales number. Bloomsbury, its editorial, affirms that videos with hashtags related to books have more than 14,000 million of visualizations on the Bytedance platform. Looking made the author the best selling in the United States last year, exceeding the figure of 7.7 million copies And, in turn, the English editions of his work exceed 55 million copies sold worldwide. The key to Maas’s success is the ability to attract followers not only the saga to limit, but to all his previous work and loyalty for upcoming publications. Elucubrations and search for Easter Eggs In all your videos, in pure style Swiftie, They are the order of the day in #BookTok. Sarah J. Maas has triumphed with ‘a court of roses and thorns’, which tells us the story of Feyre and her sisters in the world of FAE, a fantasy place where her loyalties both in war and love will be committed. But the truth is that with this series the foundations for knitting a magical universe that expands to other series of his as ‘crystal throne’ (2012) or ‘Crescent City’ (2020) were laid. With that methodology as planned, and reaching figures as 4.83 million Sales only in books printed in the first half of 2024, it is difficult not to catalog it as absolute queen of the romantic fantasy. But the undisputed success of this subgenre is not only due to Sarah J. Maas. If we review the list of best -selling we also find names such as Rebecca Yarros (Empyre Saga), Callie Hart (Saga alchemia & Fae), Cassandra Clare (shadow hunters saga), Lauren Roberts (Powerless Saga), Jennifer L. Armetrout (blood saga and ashes), Holly Black (Holly Black (Saga of the air) among others. But once again, nothing better than numbers to corroborate the success of Romantasy. Five of the 10 best -selling titles of 2024 were written by Sarah J. Mass and Rebecca Yarrosaccording to the statistics of Publisher’s Weekly in October. In addition, in 2024, romantic books reached 610 million dollars In sales, compared to 454 million in 2023. We talk about 11 million books of this subgenre sold in the first five months of 2024, almost double that in the same period of 2023. Circana, a well -known analysis company, provides that The end of the bubble arrives this same 2025but it seems unlikely that the romantic and especially the Romantasy Stop having that privileged hole that you have been getting in bookstores. A proof of this is the large number of special editions and reissues that we find for the sale of the main titles of this category, with colored and print looms that have begun to be replicated by other authors of different genres. Another fact that makes us doubt that imminent end of leadership we find it with the numbers harvested with ‘Onix wings’ of Rebeca Yarros. The third installment of the empyreo saga, which continues the story of Violet Sorngagail at the Higher School of Basgiath, where candidates live or die in the attempt to become dragon riders, has gone on sale at the end of January 2025 and has sold more than more than 2.7 million of specimens in … Read more

The five last minute chollos that you cannot miss at the Amazon Spring Offers party

March 31, 2025 by usatoday24

The Amazon campaign is finishing. During these last hours (until 00:00 specifically) we can access the discounts that the store has in a huge variety of devices. Therefore, we have gathered the Five best offers That has the store right now. Samsung Galaxy S24 by 699 eurosa very interesting price in its 256 GB configuration. LG Gram by 899 eurosa laptop that offers an autonomy of almost 30 hours. Samsung Qn85d by 849 eurosa good 65 -inch television of the high -end of the brand. Fire TV Stick by 27.99 eurosan interesting price to have the Dongle of the brand with a good discount. TP-LINK TAPO C200 by 20.99 eurosa good surveillance chamber that is now almost at half price. Samsung Galaxy S24 How long will we see the Samsung Galaxy S24 In stores? Perhaps this is one of the last times that we see this model on offer taking into account that outside any campaign it is difficult to find stock of almost any configuration (something we also see in the Ultra S24). Good guilt is his current generation, the Samsung Galaxy S25which is much more expensive because it is not usually offer. Therefore, the Samsung Galaxy S24 of 256 GB, which is now 699 eurosit is one of the best offers that we can find currently in stores. Even in pccomponentes you can find for 689 euros. It is a mobile that It highlights practically for everything —It is one of the best mobiles of 2024 – and still has many Android updates. Personally, to buy a mobile right now, without a doubt, I would choose the Galaxy S24. Samsung Galaxy S24 (256 GB) * Some price may have changed from the last review LG Gram During the Amazon campaign we can find a lot of laptops, but … Which one would buy me? I have it more than clear: if I don’t buy a macbook to work, I would choose the LG Gram. Beyond its price, which is now for 889 eurosWhat interests me most about this laptop is that not only comes with a good Intel I7 processor, but also its battery touches the 30 hours of autonomy. In addition, it comes with a very good anti -reflex screen; It is a computer oriented to work, and it shows. * Some price may have changed from the last review Samsung Qn85d During this last week we have also seen very good prices on televisions, but without a doubt one of the best discounts is Samsung Qn85da television of the high -end of the brand that has gone from costing more than 2,000 euros to 849 euros. And it is a good price considering that it comes with a screen 65 -inch neo qledis compatible with Dolby Atmos and offers an excellent combination between image and sound sections. In addition, it is compatible with Alexa. Samsung QN85D (65 inches) * Some price may have changed from the last review Fire TV Stick Of course, one of the most relevant devices in each of Amazon’s campaigns is the Fire TV Stick. We have several offers in this campaign, but we are looking for the most economical model Fire TV Stick HD We can find it for only 27.99 euros. Comes with Alexa, offers good performance in its Fireos operating system and the command includes Direct access to apps such as Netflix or YouTube. * Some price may have changed from the last review TP-LINK TAPO C200 Surveillance cameras have become quite popular in recent years, and fortunately having one at home can be very economical. In fact, during the Amazon campaign we have the TP-Link C200 For alone 20.99 eurosa super adjusted price for everything that offers: Full HD resolution, 360º rotation, night vision, movement detectioncompatibility with Alexaadmits SD cards and much more. * 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 | Samsung, LG, Amazon, TP-Link In Xataka | The best mobiles, we have tried them and here are their analysis In Xataka | Best televisions in quality price. Which to buy and seven recommended 4K 4K

Working mining is still deadly in Spain

March 31, 2025 by usatoday24

Gray day for Spanish mining. Bit before nine In the morning the Cerredo mine, in southern Asturias, registered an explosion that has left five deaths and four serious injuries. The first hypotheses point to Grisú gasbut beyond (dramatic) balance of victims or what have been the concrete causes of the tragedy, what happened in Asturias reminds us of something: in the middle of 2025 mining continues to support one of the Worst data of labor mortality of the country if the size of its workforce is taken into account. The big question is: how is it possible? What happened? That Spanish mining starts April. First thing in the morning the Cerredo mine, in the Council of Degaña, to the south of Asturias, registered an accident that resulted in five dead and four injured, two with serious burns and a third with a craniocerebral trauma. Two other workers have resulted unharmed. All the deceased are from the neighboring province of León and, according to The data that has been publishing the Government Delegation in Asturias, were between 32 and 54 years. Click on the image to go to Tweet. What was the cause? The counselor of Ecological Transition of Asturias, Belamina Díaz, He has warned “It will take time to find out the causes”, but that does not mean that hypotheses are already handled. The main one is that the explosion that ended the life of the five miners and wounded another four is related to A Bag of Grisúa gas that is generated in the Hulla mines, is mainly composed of methane (more than 90%) and becomes flammable when mixing with the air, which can lead to violent deflagrations. “We are going to wait to see what has happened”, He pointed out This morning Belarmina Díaz while the Police and Ministry personnel inspected the area. The Government delegate, Adriana Lastra, has even gone further to regret That “again” El Grisú advises “a bars.” Two of the employees who were in the area managed to leave unharmed after The explosion of a machine with which they worked several meters deep, at the third level of the mine. Is it something new? If it is confirmed that the accident is related to Grisú, no. In October 2013 An escape from the same gas almost 700 meters deep cost the life of six miners who were slaughtered in the Pozo Emilio del Valle, in Pola de Gordón, León. On that occasion the Grisú Bag opened without any explosion, but the escape was so “sudden”, according to explained the company itselfthat the workers could not place the masks or flee. The Grisú was also behind the one that is still considered the worst mining accident of Asturias, the one suffered in Nicolasa in August 1995. On that occasion the gas caused a violent explosion that took the life of 14 people ahead. Even more dramatic was the deflagration that hit a mine from northern Turkey in October 2022leaving a balance of more than 40 dead and a trail of injured. On other occasions the victims cause them landslides of tunnels and entrapments, as already happened in Degaña A decade ago. Activity Total accidents Incidence index (mortals) Extractive industries 6 27.67 Transport and storage 138 12.60 Energy supply 4 10.01 Agriculture, Livestock, Silviculture and Fisheries 69 9.73 Construction 135 9.61 Are accidents common? Events such as Cerredo serve to remember a sad reality of Spanish mining: their High accident rate. Not in absolute terms, but if we talk about the relative mortality rate, which relates the incidence of accidents with fatal victims and the number of workers. In that case, extractive industries leave the worst result, much higher than that registered by other sectors, such as transport, storage or electricity supply. What supposes that in data? The balance of provisional labor accidents of 2024 published by the Ministry of Labor show a clear example. Last year the extractive industries left a balance of 1,220 accidents throughout the working day that left six dead. They are not many if compared to the 41,132 claims and 138 deaths registered in the transport and storage sector, but the photo changes if the “incidence index” is analyzed, which also takes into account the number of employees. After all, in 2021 there were less than 30,000 workers in the extractive industry, in front of more than 700,000 in transport and storage, according to the statista portal. If this factor is taken into account, mining presents the worst mortality rate, with an incidence of 27.67 per 100,000 employees. Far from 12.6 of transport. At the general level, only construction exceeds the incidence of accidents of the extractive industries, although in its case the mortality index is much lower: in 2024 it stood at 9.61. Has it always been like this? In general, mining takes time with a level of incidence of high fatal accidents, although the data can range from one exercise to another depending on the number of events. After all, that in the sector there are much less people than in transport, construction or storage assumes that a misfortune like that occurred this morning in Asturias alters the curve. The country has examined The historical series since 2006 and the conclusion is clear: although the rate with which mining closed 2024 (27.7) is higher than that of other sectors is far from those that the guild supported years ago. In 2023 that incidence was 45.4 and in 2013 it even reached 52.19 dead per 100,000 employed. The reason is the accident recorded in the Emilio del Valle well, a sinister that resulted in half a dozen deaths. What are the causes? A question similar to that was asked A few years ago A group of researchers from the Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) University, especially if you take into account the drop in activity in mining and the application of measures aimed precisely to prevent accidents. One of the keys they found was the lack of generational relief in … Read more

“If you have time to learn more about this field”

March 31, 2025 by usatoday24

The arrival of artificial intelligence To our life It is no longer a science fiction films. The young people of the Z generation will have to deal with the different forms of integration of this technology in the working world. One of the main councils of the Millionaire and investor Mark Cuban to the Z generation, which begins to join the labor marketis to understand that dominating this technology is not an option, It is a necessity. Mark Cuban’s advice. The millionaire investor Mark Cuban, co -founder of the Broadcast.com video portal and former owner of the NBA team Dallas Mavericks, assured In the SXSW conference that had tried luck in all kinds of businesses throughout his life. However, the millionaire recognized that, if he was a young man with a whole race ahead, he would devote all his time to a single thing: “If he had 16, 18, 20 or 21 years as of today, he would dedicate every minute of the day to learn about ia. Even while he slept, he would hear podcasts about ia” AI is the future and should be prepared for it. In his speech, Cuban emphasized that the AI not only will automate tasksbut it will also create new employment opportunities and transform existing industries. So young people who now join the labor market will have to deal with IA -based tools Or, what is even better, create them. According to Cuban, the key is not afraid of AI, but in hugging it and learn to work with her. This implies acquiring skills in areas such as automatic learning, data analysis and algorithms development. “Those who dedicated the necessary time, will achieve it,” insisted the businessman and investor, whose fortune It is estimated in about 5.7 billion dollars according to Forbes. Skills beyond AI. The millionaire stressed that the AI domain is not limited to computer engineers or data scientists who train AI models. In fact, in an entrepreneur he considers that those who can combine skills in AI With knowledge in other fields, such as marketing, finance or design, they will be the more demanded in the future since the main task of generation Z will be to integrate AI in business processes. The businessman stressed that The works of the future They will require some kind of AI -related skill. Therefore, investing time and effort to learn about AI is an investment in your professional future. A base on which to undertake. Cuban is one of the protagonists of the television program Shark Tank of the American ABC, in which entrepreneurs must captivate investors to put their money in their ideas. That is why Cuban not only invites young people to learn everything they can about. a good job is guaranteed. The millionaire ensures that knowing how AI works can open new venture of entrepreneurship for young A decade ago. “The AI is never the solution. It is a tool,” Cuban said in his speech during the Conference for Entrepreneurs. In Xataka | “Humans will not be necessary for most things”: Bill Gates does not believe that doctors and teachers have a future In Xataka | The AI promises to shoot the productivity of companies: the problem is that we are not measuring it well Image | Wikimedia Commons (Gage Skidmore)

Wayne Griffiths, CEO of Seat and leader of his historical repositioning leaves

March 31, 2025 by usatoday24

The CEO of Seat and Cupra leaves the leadership of the company since March 31, 2025. With this notic we have surprised the email entrance tray at 16:16 of, indeed, today March 31, 2025, announcing the departure of Wayne Griffiths, CEO until today of the company and one of the voices that have generated the most noise in the Spanish car in recent years. “At your own request”. Wayne Griffiths’s departure is voluntary, leaving Seat SA a few days after the company presented its results. “At your own request with immediate effect to undertake new challenges”, Read in the statement that the company has published. Thomas Schäfer, CEO of the Volkswagen brand and president of the board of directors of SEAT SA highlights of Griffiths that has done a great job in the development of the Cupra brand and in the restructuring of the company. “The company has lived a deep change under its leadership. The profile. Until now, Griffiths’s career He had always been linked to the march of the Volkswagen Group. His admission occurred in 1989 aboard Audi, where he grew up during the 90s after a brief step by Seat. As of 1998 he assumed positions of responsibility in the Audi sales area which catapulted him to the position of Audi sales director in Germany during the 2000s. Already in 2016 he was appointed Commercial Vice President of Seat SA S has since been the visible head of the transformation of Seat, first as president of Cupra since December 2018 and, subsequently, as president of Seat since October 2020. A transformation. During the four and a half years that Griffiths has been the president of the company has worked to finish tracking the train to which Luca de Meo had already put the tracks. The Italian arrived in 2015 to the SEAT address with the task of refloating the company. Seat had been losing money since 2008. That same 2015 Seat has already entered positive numbers and began a restructuring that has completely changed the company’s identity. Because on the way to sell greater volume but, above all, more expensive cars, Cupra was taken from under the sleeve. Now the company is the one that pulls the car inside Seat Sa From the departure in 2020 of the ItalianGriffiths has led a conversion that has left us the company’s first electric cars (CUPRA BORN and Tavascan) But, above all, the idea that Seat SA is now a very different thing than a decade ago. “The future is Cupra”. In March 2022, Griffiths surprised with a phrase in the presentation of the company’s results: “Cupra is not the end of Seat. Cupra gives Seat a future and the future is electric. The future is Cupra.” Seat’s position began to stagger and the lace seemed to put Thomas Schäfer, one of the strongest men in the Volkswagen group, who said that “We will find a new role for Seat”. Little by little, Cupra has devoured Seat. As you can see in the superior image, when Griffiths took command of Seat SA, Martorell produced just over 350,000 cars. Last year He moved above 480,000 cars. Despite the substantial increase in Cupra (from 23,460 units in 2020 to 173,384 units last year), the brand has managed to re -manufacture almost 240,000 Seat cars. And the cupra figures, as little, should be maintained over time. The company has found a success in the Formentor. The car is little more than a “lifted” Seat León but they have managed to give them their own identity and, above all, sell it much more expensive. The Seat León today starts about 23,000 euros while The Formentor Cupra exceeds 35,000 euros starting. A rocker. In recent years, Seat SA has clearly bet on Cupra. Cupra has been receiving New models ads. He went from Seat sports branch to a brand with its own identity. A movement that has the firm of De Meowho did the same with Abarth and Fiat and has repeated play with Alpine and Renault. Thus, the same car can be sold slightly retouched with a small cost for the company but at a much higher price, shooting the profit margin. The complicated thing is to provide the new signature of its own identity. Cupra has found it with a new logo, sharp and more daring shapes than any other Volkswagen group company. Also, in addition, it is receiving new electrical models and plug -in hybrids, options in danger of extinction within SEAT. At the same time, Seat has finished positioning itself as the Volkswagen input range. Your cars They lack any type of electrification while they have contained their prices a bit. In return, they take a juicy part of sales, open the door to position themselves as a brand interested in micromobility services And who knowsin the future of affordable electric cars to return as the most economical option. A critic. Griffiths has ended up framing the project that was already guessed with Luca de Meo’s command but, in addition, with his departure one of the most critical voices is also leaving and that he has left in the automobile sector in Spain. The CEO of Seat has always been contrary to Chinese electric car tariffsEuropean car policies to foster the electric car and complicate the future to combustion and Critic with the Government From his position as President of ANFAC, to which he resigned in June 2024. I said a few days ago that SEAT will have to fire workers If manufacturers are forced to comply with emission regulations designed by 2027. With them, Seat will not be able to survive if they do not change radically in the next two years. Photo | SEAT In Xataka | They bet on making Seat the cheapest brand of the Volkswagen group. Now Martorell’s production is at risk

While the Portuguese enjoyed sun eclipse, their electrical system had a really bad time

March 31, 2025 by usatoday24

Last Saturday, March 29, a partial solar eclipse It was visible in the Iberian Peninsula in the morning. A phenomenon that entertained more than one in this first spring mornings. However, for our Portuguese neighbors it has been a problem for their electricity grid. The absence of the star. During the two hours of eclipse, Portugal lost 560mw of solar generation, which is equivalent to 23% of the country’s electricity production at that time, according to national electrical networks (REN). An imbalance. Solar energy suffered A drop in electricity generation During the astronomical phenomenon, but it was a loss that occurred progressively, approximately 10MW per minute. This situation led to a decline of 8.5% of the electrical production of total consumption, how has expressed a press release THE REN. Return to normal. From 11:30, solar production began to recover at a faster rate, 22MW per minute until it reached its normal intensity. However, the fall was greater than the answer, although it turned to other sources such as hydroelectric and thermal. The balance attempt. Last year, the Portuguese country reached historical records with renewables, covering up to 90% of your demand. However, the eclipse evidenced Portugal’s problem with the storage of energy in batteries and its energy dependence with Spain, how It is observed in the daily balance. An affected interconnection. The eclipse also had an impact on Spain, which ends affecting interconnection Between both countries. At the broader level, the Entso-E network And European Transmission Systems (OST) operators They registered A loss of generation of approximately 21,000 MW during the event. To minimize the impacts, the electric operators of several countries, including Portugal and Spain, they worked together through the service of Short-Term Adequacy (STA)which allows to plan and balance generation and consumption in a seven -day window. Was the impact here very big? In Spain the lack of solar generation, was Supply thanks to wind energy with 31.3% of the electrical production. In addition, after what It has happened in March with heavy rainsfrom the Spanish Electric Red They announced that they had prepared to analyze and anticipate the possible effects of the solar eclipse, guaranteeing the security of the supply and the correct operation of the system. Image | Pexels Xataka | Spain and Portugal have shown how the energy transition is leading: 82% clean electricity in 2024

The folding market is completely stagnant. It’s excellent news for Apple

March 31, 2025 by usatoday24

The global folding telephone market grew 2.9% in 2024, a discreet figure that will be accompanied according to analysts of a Nothing flattering 2025 and a 2026 in which the global photography of this market is expected to change completely with the entry of a new participant. According to data from Counterpoint Researchfolding mobile sales face a stagnation cycle, one that has been suffering from 2023 and will not overcome until well into 2026. One of the main causes has to do with Samsung, manufacturer that was already Detronated by Huawei losing the company crown that sells more folding in the world. This was mainly due to the boom of Huawei and the folding in China, but in Europe Samsung’s sales remain the ones that drive the market. With a 33%drop, Samsung drags the global photo, next to an Oppo that falls by 72%. The rest of the manufacturers add so many, highlighting Motorola, Honor and Xiaomi, mainly. The big change is expected in 2026, for a main reason. This is the year in which the arrival of the first folding iPhone is expected. If Apple manages to give on the key, it will be a key device to revive demand for this format. The company will not be easy: the durability and final price challenges are two of the main problems of the phones in this format, something that no manufacturer has managed to solve to date. Image | Xataka In Xataka | Best folding mobiles in 2025. Which to buy in Spain and recommended models

If we want to eat less, eating more slowly is a valid strategy. In Japan they are investigating how to achieve it

March 31, 2025 by usatoday24

Losing weight, or maintaining our weight under control is more than solving the simple calorie equation consumed against burned calories. Numerous more or less hidden factors can unbalance this balance, factors ranging from the metabolic to the sociological. The other factors. A Japanese researchers team He has investigated in how factors such as the number of bites, the rhythms we perceive in our environment and gender affect the duration of food. The goal is to eat more slowly to make us easier to have our weight under our control. Slowly. The idea of stopping the rhythm with which we eat to eat less and be able to lose weight is not new but we can find it in guides and recommendations of More than a decade ago. It is not an infallible recipe, but According to expertsaid. The logic behind has to do with how the stomach and other organs of the digestive system transmit information to the brain and how it processes it. This occurs in two ways: first through nerve impulses, and then through the chemical signal that some hormones transmit. Replicating one of the hormonal signals that indicate that food has satiated us is precisely one of the mechanisms for which the consumption of Drugs like Ozempic makes us lose weight. An aid. Now, even when we talk about a “trick” like this, say it is easier than doing so. That is why the new study has analyzed how different factors affect the speed with which we swallow food. And in this, men and women have differentiated guidelines. “While the science of nutrition often deals with the metabolism and absorption of food, and dietary content, there are limited evidence in Japan that eating behavior connects both (points). This intrigue led me to study eating behavior, which involved gender differences,” pointed in a press release Katsumi Iizuka, co -author of the study. 33 participants. To put these ideas to the test, the team responsible for the study He put pizza portions to 33 participants, healthy adults between 20 and 65. They measured the number of bites and the times they already chewed what rhythm. They also used metronomes and headphones to induce more or less accelerated rhythms to check the response of the participants. As expected, the team observed important differences in the habits of men and women: on average these took longer to eat their portion (87 seconds in front of the 63 d them men). They also chewed more (107 times against 80 on average) and took more bites (more than double). Change the rhythm. However, gender was not the only factor that affected eating habit: rhythmic stimuli affected the time required to consume food. A 40 pulse tempo per minute (BPM) markedly elongated the duration of food compared to those who ate without rhythmic stimulation. The details of the study were published In an article In the magazine Nutrients. Facilitating work. Now, there are also reasons why being cautious when generalizing the results of the study. First, we must take into account the limited sample (33 participants). Second, also for the existence of cultural differences between our context and Japanese. These differences both to gastronomic culture and gender differences between men and women and the way in which each society expects to behave when they eat in public. Despite this, the results can help us design strategies to facilitate weight loss that best suits each person, taking into account, for example, their gender. The study can also allow us to know more about how changes in context can help us influence our eating behavior, such as using music with slow tempos to force more leisurely meals. In Xataka | Beyond tobacco: we have just discovered that food can also affect the risk of developing lung cancer Image | Surprising_media

That will improve the experience of watching videos in goal

March 31, 2025 by usatoday24

Hispanic countries have a wide dubbing culture for the contents in other languages, so that we consume films, series and programs bent with Voices in the local language. As one of the main content creators From YouTube, Mrbeast knows. That is why he said that if he were CEO of Facebook, the first thing he would implement would be a dubbing system of his videos as Youtube already has. Mark Zuckerberg agreed. Speak the same language as the audience. Mrbeast and Mark Zuckerberg agreed In the podcast Colin and Samir Show Where the interviewers asked Jimmy Donaldson (real name of the YouTuber), what would he do if Mark Zuckerberg appointed him CEO of Meta. Donaldson made Mark Zuckerberg see that the finishing video platforms are staying behind in terms of the ability to offer content in several languages. According to Mrbeast, this lack of dubbing options is negatively affecting the scope of videos on the platform. In another language you don’t get the same. As the Youtuber explained, the audience’s commitment is not the same when they see a video in their language as in English, therefore, the Content creator with more subscribers From YouTube he was especially concerned with the target tools in translation. “Something that seems really bad (finish) is that on YouTube you can have different audio clues. 70% of my audience on YouTube does not speak English, so I upload videos and then you simply upload a lot of different files. If you click on my video in Mexico, it automatically reproduces in Spanish. What is brutal is that when I publish those same videos on Facebook or in any of your platforms, I can not care about the dubbing. Audience is always infinitely lower because people from Mexico, Brazil and others cannot see them with dubbing, “Donaldson explained in his speech. Audience of India Brazil, Indonesia and Mexico. No traffic data of Mrbeast has been revealed, but According to data From the GMI consultant, some 2.7 billion people around the world use YouTube every month, of which 476 million users are from India, 147 million Brazil, 139 million Indonesia and 84.2 million users see content from Mexico. His videos are reproduced in more than 100 countries with 80 different languages, so for Mrbeast, speaking the same language as his audience is the key to the success of his videos. There click Facebook. Mrbeast was very clear: “If he were the Meta CEO, one of the first things he would be would be to improve the dubbing options.” For him, it is essential that goal helps creators reach more people and to increase the engagement With its content. One of those tools is the language. “It is quite overwhelming once you understand it. You think: ‘uf!, Only 15 or 20% of the world, or the figure that is, consume content in English.’ It is brutal. It is almost barbaric to use a platform in which you have to choose a language,” said Donaldson. The interesting thing is that Mark Zuckerberg agreed with Mrbeast. He acknowledged that the lack of dubbing options is a problem and that artificial intelligence could be the solution. Mrbeast has already proven that the Use of dubbing generated by AI With his own voice, hearing retention on other platforms has increased. The multilingual future with the finish line. Zuckerberg agreed that the youtuber in the importance of languages when reaching the audiences, and added that there could have the AI could have A very important role. “Actually, retention is 1% greater in that language because when you do dubbing with AI you can use my voice instead of sounding like a dubbing actor,” Donaldson explained, indicating that her producer already uses cloned voice tools with voice with AI to fold your videosinstead of applying a neutral dubbing voice or simply applying subtitles. For the goal, which seeks to have a global presence returning to the origin Without Facebook algorithmthis option is even more important. By incorporating dubbing generated by AI, the goal could increase audience retention, expand its user base and compete more effectively in the panorama of social networks. In Xataka | One in three employees uses AI at work: your position is not in danger because most use it as a translator In Xataka | If the question is “how much money you can earn sleeping on Twitch”, the answer is Muroonh: $ 17,000 Image | Goal

Byd broke the barrier of 100,000 million dollars of income in 2024. It is an unknown milestone for Tesla

March 31, 2025 by usatoday24

The year 2024 was marked by a huge fight between the two great giants of electric cars. Byd and Tesla played the market with a disparate luck until closing with a technical draw. The last chapter is signed by its financial results. Sales. Byd put 4.27 million cars on the market in 2024. The figure is far from 1.79 million cars delivered by Tesla. Elon Musk’s company He failed to exceed the figure of the previous year (1.81 million units) for the first time in the last ten years. However, Tesla sold more electric cars than byd. Although the Chinese company is famous for its electric cars, the truth is that in 2024 it sold 1.76 million cars, according to Financial Times. The figure It has been ratified In the presentation of results that the Chinese company has carried out last week. Not just EV. That is, Byd has sold almost 2.5 million more cars than Tesla but has managed to enroll plug -in hybrids. In China, plug and electrical hybrids total in the same category (New energy vehicles) But they are not the same. In China, the aid for the purchase of electric cars also add up for new energy vehicles. That is why in Byd they focused 15 years ago. Recently, the company has celebrated break the 10 million units barrier of new energy cars manufactured. To reach the first five million it took 15 years but for the subsequent five million it has only taken fifteen months. A Sorpasso. If we talk about electric cars, BYD has lacked very little to overcome Elon Musk’s company last year. Everything indicates that it will meet the objectives this year although the forecasts point to Sell 5.5 million units of new energy cars in 2025. It has not been specified how many would be electric. If these figures are fulfilled, Byd will fight with Stellantis for being the fifth largest car manufacturer in the world. Would reach the figure selling only plug -in hybrid models and electric cars, which does not do any of the rivals that in 2024 he had above (Stellantis, General Motors, Hyundai/Kia, Volkswagen and Toyota). And another already confirmed. If we take into account how 2025 started for Tesla, we can expect Byd to exceed those of Elon Musk in electric. However, in 2024 he already advanced in another equally important parameter: income. Last week he confirmed that they shot over the 107,000 million dollars. The Chinese company thus broke a barrier that Tesla has not overcome so far. The American company stayed last year at 97.7 billion dollars in its income. The prospects for the Chinese company are even more ambitious for 2025, I have the launch of its new products. Without loosening. In 2025, Byd does not plan to lift the foot of the accelerator. The company has begun to deploy loaders who promise 400 kilometers recharges in five minutes. For the moment, Only two of your cars They can carry this power but expected to add new models, especially those of greatest cost. And to this we must add that he recently confirmed that he would put his eye of God in the street (the most advanced driving aid functions) in all his cars, regardless of its price. It is a missile to the company’s flotation line that wants to get an economic performance of it and see how competition gives it. New horizons. In addition to the above, Byd also has a lot to win because it has new markets in April. In front of Tesla, which has four models (And one of them is only sold in the United States)Byd continues to find a hole for its plug -in hybrids and its electric. Having combustion engines in their wallet allows them break in Europe And, above all, in countries where The electric car is less developed. Despite Do not sell in the United Stateswait in 2025 Sell 800,000 units outside Chinawhich means duplicating the numbers of 2024. And the battle for China. To all of the above, it must be added that Tesla’s performance in China is being very bad in these first months of 2025. Byd has reached a point where accumulates a 15% market share In sales. Of the total sales, not only of the new energy models. Tesla, however, is in free fall in the market. To the point that in February 2024 a little more than 30,000 units enrolled. It did not reflect such a low figure since July 2022, according to CNEV Post. China, the world’s largest electric car market, does not seem the ideal place to suffer with sales if you sell exclusively electric cars. Photo | Byd and Tesla In Xataka | The electric car is sweeping so much in China that the natural step is already raised: stop calling it “electric”

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