WhatsApp finally has a quick and light application in Windows. Joy will last little

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Meta launched WhatsApp for Windows and Macos In 2016. Since then, until 2022, the company had A slow and very little efficient customerfor a single reason: it was not a native application, but a web container based on WhatsApp Web, which implied slowness and enormous consumption of RAM. Better changes, changes worse. In 2022, WhatsApp on desktop made an praise leap forward, launching native messaging customers on both platforms and discarding the previous technology. According to Our own teststhe use of RAM in Windows went from 500 MB to 100 MB. The use of CPU making scroll, from 60 % to 20 %. Three years later, one step back, according to Windows Latest: WhatsApp beta (downloadable here) It is no longer native, it is a web container again that camouflages a browser. WhatsApp tricks and tips to hide you to the fullest and maintain your privacy Bad news. According to Windows Latest observations, made by analyzing the WhatsApp Beta processes in Windows Task Manager, Meta is using WebView2a technology that allows using the Microsoft engine within applications. Your own version of Framework Electrona standard in the industry. The bad news for the user in front of the application has nothing to do with using WebView2 in particular, but with abandoning the previous approach. This inefficient will be the new WhatsApp in Windows.Every time we open the new version, the application will have to load the web version internally, and in the background, an instance of the Microsoft Edge browser, on which Webview2 operates. Just as it happened with the version they developed from 2016 to 2022. It is very inefficient with respect to an application that uses Native Windows development platforms, such as UWP (Winui). In the absence of being able to prove it, Windows Delast tests demonstrate the step back, and are related to those made in Xataka in 2022. The new version of WhatsApp Web consumes 30% more of RAM than the version available until today in the Windows application store. It is a developing version that can be optimized more, but leaving the native approach has inevitable negative consequences. In Reddit Han accomplished that the new client consumes up to 1 GB of RAM. Goal explains why a native application is more efficient. When they launched the current client, goal created a website in which they explain the Benefits of a native application very clearly: “They provide greater performance and reliability, more ways of collaborating and functions that improve your productivity” “They are designed and optimized for your computer operating system” “They offer greater reliability and speed” Why use web apps instead of native. Being so clear the advantages of a native development, and even being defended by goal, why go back? The industry resorts to web -based applications for a very simple reason: unify developments and guarantee functions and compatibility parity between different operating systems. If a company builds a single website, you can easily adapt it to Windows, Macos, Windows, Linux and Android, as well as offer it in browsers. Optimization is sacrificed, but the deadlines are expedited and the size of the equipment required to move forward and maintain a project is reduced. Mark Zuckerberg himself said that IOS’s old Facebook app was bad because it was based on html. They went to native development and everything improved. The same In Android. Image | Antonio Sabán with Ia In Xataka | Every time someone tells me that his mobile is slow, I know where to look: the “paper” of WhatsApp

A man put an Airtag in his shoes and donated them to the Red Cross. And then discovered strange things

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The city doesn’t matter. Neither the country. Not even the time of year. In Europe it is difficult to visit a minimally large town and not be at least a handful of containers For the donation of clothing, especially at busy points, such as commercial areas, urbanizations or the surroundings of Iglesias. The idea is to make people easy to give a second solidarity life to those pants, that shirt, that dress or those shoes that no longer serve us, but … What happens to all those garments? Where do they end? Recently Moe.haaa German influencer, decided to answer those questions in an original way: with the help of an AIRTAG, some old sneakers and an international flight that has ended up generating a considerable controversy. Where does my clothes end? That is the question not much was asked Moe.haaan influencer that one day decided to approach a container of donations from the Red Cross of Germany and throw some sports shoes. The key is that Moe’s. Before the young man had made an incision in the rubber sole to insert An AIRTAG And then cover it with a template, so that the piece passed totally unnoticed. The Airtag, remember, are Location devices That thanks to Bluetooth and the vast network of Apple devices distributed around the world constantly report its location. They are not GPS locators as such, but they are very useful to find out where you have left the keys or portfolio, especially in areas where there are people with iPads, iPhones or Apple Watches. And that was precisely what Moe wanted. What did you find out? That those old shoes began to travel. Literally. On the influencer screen the device drew an itinerary of hundreds of kilometers that even crosses several borders. In Your video Moe.Haa shows how he leaves his shoes in a Starnberg container, Bavaria, and from there they travel first to Munich and then to Puch (Austria), Kranj (Slovenia) and Zagreb (Croatia). The route does not end there. Before stopping, the influencer verifies that the footwear still makes another jump until Cazinin Bosnia and Herzegovina. In total about 800 kilometers. The trip was fascinating in itself, but Moe. To clarify the mystery, the young man climbed an airplane, flew to Bosnia and Herzegovina and then led to the canton of a-Sana. There he located the store in a matter of Cazin and (Bingo!) He identified the shoes with the hidden Airtag on a shelf. And what did they do there? The first thing that the young man checked is that the place is not dedicated to distributing free clothes among people in need. His shoes were on sale. They cost 20 frames, about 10 euros. Intrigued, Moe.Haa approaches them to the box to buy them and there the employee clarifies that her boss is a Bosnium who lives in Germany. The influencer asks then if the money is related to donations and the response of the dependent is sharp: no. “How can it be sold here, 800 km away, without employees reporting that it is a donation to the Red Cross,” He wonders At the end of the video. What does Red Cruz say? Moe’s video has generated such a stir that German Red Cross (DRK) He ended up resorting Also to Tiktok to give explanations and solve doubts. On its website the NGO also contributes Some clues. According to its estimates, the DRK collects between 70,000 and 80,000 tons of used garments, an immense amount of textile that is mostly unusable. The organization estimates that only half can be used. The rest serves only “as raw material.” Of the half that is reusable between 4,000 and 5,000 T they are dedicated to the purpose that donors have in mind when they deliver their clothes: it is destined for needy people. That, Clarifies DRKit is only 10%. The rest of the usable clothing is dedicated to another different purpose. “It is sold”, Confirm The NGO. The garments end in the hands of specialized companies and DRK receives funds that, insistsallow you to pay for your work and finance initiatives in Germany and Bavaria. Why don’t those pieces be sent in good condition to other places, such as African countries with higher poverty rates. The reason is very simple: logistics costs are “prohibitive.” Images | In Xataka |

How to do it and 11 profits for the function

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Let’s explain How and what can you send you WhatsApp messages yourself. This function It has been available since 2022, and is one of the great underestimates of the application, since it makes it grow in a very important way. We are going to start the article telling you how you can perform this function to have a conversation with your person. And then, we will go on to give you a list of suggestions of things with which you will be able to get the most out of it, where we will mention a function that still lacks and that makes the level of these messages with yourself are still below those of Telegram. How to send messages to yourself Sending to yourself on WhatsApp is very simple. The first thing you have to do is go to the main page of the chats, and there Press in the writing button a new chat. You can do this on both Android and your iPhone. Both on Android (left) and in iOS (right), when you enter the screen of starting a new chat, You will appear as an outstanding contact at all. This means that you are going to see your own profile image and your contact, and you just have to click on it to start the conversation. Just in case, It is advisable to have yourself or yourself on the agenda of your mobilethat you have added your own number in the event that the mobile does not do it for itself. And that’s it. With this you will start a conversation with your person, and everything you write in this chat You can only see itand from any device in which you log in to WhatsApp. What can you do when sending messages And what can you do with this function? Well, the truth is that there are several ways in which you can take advantage of it. Here we leave you a few to keep them into account. Save links you see online: If you don’t want to install a third -party app to save links, you can simply send them to WhatsApp. You will have them in the chat whenever you want. Send files and photos from one device to another: You can use WhatsApp on several devices at the same time, so you can send a file, or photos or videos in one of them and will reach other devices. It serves you for everything, including tickets, tickets, guards or other important documents. Sending photos with original quality: Do not forget that you can Send photos or videos as if they were filesso that you can take them from one device to another in their original quality. Is your notes: You can also write messages writing down things you have in mind at any time and then be able to read them when you want to put yourself with it. You can make reminders: Unfortunately, WhatsApp does not allow the messages to be programmed, so they will not be useful reminders. But if you write something, then when you open whatsapp you will see it there, in the message yourself, which can help you remember things. You can also create lists: If someone is recommending you films, series or books, you can create a list and you will have it there later. You can also store purchase lists if you are looking at online stores but you don’t want to buy what you like right now. Save jokes and memes to use later: If in a channel or chat someone sends you a joke or meme that you like, you can share yourself and save it to use it later in another chat. Remember passwords: Maybe you are registering on a website from a device where you don’t have access to your Password manager. In this case, you can write it down on WhatsApp, but I recommend that The stories as soon as you can and when you keep them in a safer manager. Do content and format tests: If you want to send a WhatsApp message to another person, you can first write it in this place sure they are the messages with your person. You can try the formats to use and create a draft to continue with it and send it when prepared. Create stickers: Can create stickers on whatsapp using photos That is in your chats. But if you want to do it from a specific photo that you do not want to spread or with which you do not want to disturb anyone, send it to you and generate the stick from the chat with yourself. Use it as your diary: You can also use these messages to write a newspaper. So simple, every day writes what you want. In Xataka Basics | Alternatives to whatsapp: the best messaging applications if you want to change the finish line for another

For years we were condemned to physical travel agencies. The English Court is investing millions in demonstrating otherwise

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The English Court has renewed 60 of its 430 travel officesand plans to reform another 44. The idea is to implement open spaces, sofas, digital screens, previous appointment and advisors with “emotional connection.” Why is it important. The message to be sent is that the physical store has not died, but only needed a new experience. In perspective. It is the classic play of retail Traditional: redesign the spaces to sell a transformation that between, especially, by the eyes. Along the same line as the changes applied to the low floors – the accesses – of some of its stores, modernizing the bookstore or giving more weight to the section Gourmet. EITHER The premiumization of its supermarkets. What is at stake is the role that a traditional physical agency can play in the Skyscanner era, Google flightsAirbnb and Booking. What is happening. Travel El Corte Inglés is more profitable (More than 100 million euros from Ebitda8% more than a year ago), but loses in volume against its great rival, Ávoris (Barceló Group). To renew your offices is a way to reaffirm as a premium brand and differentiate in a world in which the average customer has become accustomed to organizing their vacations from your mobile. The physical network is reduced to transform. Personalized attention is insisted as an advantage over the digital model. Between the lines. The reform is real estate, but first of all it is a way of sustaining the story: we are not a vestige, we are a luxury; We are not an agency, we are a space of inspiration. From store a Boutique. The passage of time will tell us if this is a real modernization or if it is rather an attempt to keep the physical channel alive. The company has not gone wrong: after years seeing how the environment rewarded its new competitors, the English Court is still alive despite insistent rumors of serious crisis. There is also the doubt of the long -term value of that “human contact” as a differential pillar. He is seductive, but difficult to climb. Yes, but. The new model has a very good press, but with the unknown of whether there is insufficient demand. There are still many clients who continue to go to a physical office, but they are increasingly minority. And those who do it, often look for something very concrete: custom trips, honey moons, large budgets. Can you sustain an entire model so capillary around those profiles? In addition, post-pandemic tourism has recovered, but It has also changed. The traveler has become accustomed to certain flexibility levels, price comparators, online opinions, immediate decisions. All of that has a difficult fit in an agency by appointment. The decision to invest in so many offices sends a message: trips El Corte Inglés remains convinced that there is a place for physical agencies if they become experiences. It is quite possible that it is right, although it is a commitment against the direction in which the future of the sector seems to go. In Xataka | Spain has become a country addicted to something that some years ago enjoyed little prestige: the white brand Outstanding image | El Corte Inglés trips

The US pressure forces China to independent its chip industry. These two projects are their best cards

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China has no choice. Or develops its own manufacturing technology of avant -garde semiconductors or will lose its struggle for world supremacy With the US. No 100% Chinese advanced chips their military capacity, the development of their models of artificial intelligence (AI) and the competitiveness of their technology companies will resent in the medium term. Huawei and SMIC are manufacturing advanced integrated circuits, but use machines from the Dutch company ASML and a technology known as Multiple patterning that compromises its competitiveness. This scenario has caused the Chinese government support with very juicy subsidies to companies that have the ability to develop avant -garde photolithography equipment, such as SicarrierShanghai YuliangSheng, Shanghai Micro Electronics Equipment (Smee), Huawei or SMIC. Time plays against this Asian country. How much later in having their own machines of extreme ultraviolet lithography (UVE), which are those used to make very high integration chips, more delayed will be in front of the US and its allies. 2026 will be a crucial year for China in the field of chips The Chinese Academy of Sciences is finishing what is undoubtedly The most ambitious project How many are developing the Chinese semiconductor industry. Thanks to this plan the nation led by Xi Jinping is about to reach a “Deepseek” in the field of integrated circuit industry. This simply means that it is preparing to reach a disruption that has the potential to place this Asian country at the same height as the US, Taiwan or South Korea. However, China’s strategy to produce avant -garde chips is very different from what their rivals have used until now. Each of ASML UVE machines incorporates its own ultraviolet light source, but the Chinese Academy of Sciences seeks to generate this important radiation to produce advanced chips using a syncrotronwhich is nothing other than a circular particle accelerator that is used to analyze atomic level the properties of matter, such as various types of materials, or even proteins. It’s called heps (High Energy Photon Source or high -energy photons source), it is in Beijing and we can see it in the cover photography of this article. Heps syncrotron has the ability to produce high power UVE light An important note before moving forward: the ultraviolet light (UV) is responsible for transferring the geometric pattern that contains the design of the chips to the Silicon wafer. This means, in broad strokes, that the UVE light has the ability to make possible the manufacture of integrated circuits with a greater resolution than the deep ultraviolet light (UVP) that use the previous generation lithography machines that China has in their hands. And a greater resolution in practice implies that it is possible to produce semiconductors with more transistors, and, therefore, more sophisticated and powerful. A priori we can think that a particle accelerator has nothing to do with the manufacture of integrated circuits, but we would be overlooking something very important: the Heps syncrotron has the ability to produce high power UVE light. In fact, it is a source designed to generate a large amount of radiation. China’s plan is to place around the particle accelerator Several semiconductor manufacturing plants to which the syncotron will deliver the UVE light in the same way that a power plant delivers electricity to its customers. That simple. The date on which China plans to start this megaphabrum of avant -garde semiconductors has not yet leaked, but it is already very advanced. However, China’s plans do not end here. In the middle of last March several Asian media collected a photograph taken at the Huawei Research Center in Dongguan, in the province of Canton, in which it appeared The prototype of a UVE lithography team Designed and manufactured entirely in China. Presumably this machine is similar to those produced by ASML, which invites us to anticipate that for 2026 the country led by Xi Jinping will have the ability to produce advanced chips on a large scale. This Chinese lithography equipment uses an LDP type ultraviolet source and not LPP class The leaks They assure That unlike the UVE machines produced by the Dutch company ASML, this Chinese lithography equipment uses an LDP ultraviolet light source (laser induced discharge), and not LPP class (plasma generated by laser). Presumably The development of this ultraviolet radiation emission source It is the milestone that has allowed Chinese engineers to develop a machine that Many experts did not see possible before five years in the best case. At the moment the most prudent is that we take this information with caution, but it seems solid enough to echo it. An interesting note is that on paper the LDP source is able to generate UVE light with a wavelength of 13.5 nm, so this Chinese prototype should be able to compete from you to you with ASML UVE photolithography machines. In addition, the leaks argue that China will begin the production of more test machines during the third quarter of this year with the purpose of launching the large -scale manufacture of these equipment during 2026. Image | Dr. Kim More information | Dr. Kim In Xataka | TSMC acknowledges that it has been considered taking its factories out of Taiwan. It is impossible for a good reason

Someone ran over a dog in Brazil. The analyzes revealed that the creature was neither a dog nor should it have existed

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The story took place in 2021 and could be the beginning of a film. That year occurs An outrage in an area of southern Brazil. It is not a human, it is a dog to which they move to a rehabilitation center to treat it urgently. The first analysis of the animal attracts the attention of the veterinarians. Subsequent tests left no doubt: he barking and had the appearance of a canine, but they have never seen anything Not remotely similar. Dogxim, hybrid. Yes, that strange dog showed unusual behaviors: he refused to eat croquettes, preferred to hunt rats and climbed shrubs like a fox of the pampas. What at first seemed an individual rarity proved to be A scientific scoop: After months of genetic analysis, a team of Brazilian researchers confirmed that it was the first documented hybrid between a domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris) and a fox of the pampas (Lycalopex gymnocercus), two species separated by about 6.7 million years of evolution. The animal, a baptized female as “dogx” (Combining “Dog” and “Graxaim do Campo”, local name of the fox), surprised the scientific community for its mere genetic viability, an extremely rare phenomenon between different genres within the family of canids. The proof of the improbable. To certify the hybrid origin of Dogxim, the researchers began by count your chromosomes: It was 76, an intermediate number between the 78 of the dog and the 74 of the Pampas fox. Mitochondrial DNA analysis revealed that his mother was a fox female, and nuclear DNA confirmed a genetic mixture Between dog and fox. The combination was possible because both belong to the Canidae familyalthough NO TO THE SAME GENDERwhich makes your cross even more unusual. In nature, hybrids tend to emerge among evolutionarily near species, such as coyotes and wolves. However, this case is more similar to a hypothetical viable crossing Between humans and chimpanzeessomething considered biologically unfeasible. In other words, the fact that Dogxim existed, and was functional for at least two years, represented an anomaly of high evolutionary and conservationist interest. Dogxim Human influence. There is much more, since the researchers stressed that the existence of Dogxim seemed to have been facilitated by human pressure About ecosystems. The natural habitat of the fox of the pampas, characterized by extensive plains from the Brazilian southhas been increasingly reduced by livestock and urban expansion. The phenomenon, apparently, has forced greater contact between foxes and dogs, particularly those abandoned by their owners in wild areas. This territorial overlap, added to the abandonment of pets, increases the probability of Reproductive meetings between both species. Although foxes are not in danger of extinction, such interaction raises risks, both for the genetic integrity of the species and for their population health, for example, by exposing it to new diseases or harmful genes. A creature and its limits. While some scientists believe that this type of hybrid will continue to be extremely rare, the Dogxim case put on the table the debate on the Effects of hybridization in accelerated environmental change contexts. Although the creature seemed healthy and was transferred to a state center, He died in 2023 For causes still unknown. Its black color, canine inheritance, contrasted with the light fur of the foxes of its species, which probably did it less suitable for surviving In its natural environment. Plus: the interspecific hybrids They usually present genetic, fertility or behavior problems, which makes them more vulnerable. In spite of this, its only existence suggests that the limits of natural hybridization could be more flexible than what was thought, especially in a world where ecological changes are formed between species that did not interact before. Implications It is the last of the legs to analyze. Beyond its anecdotal value, Dogxim poses crucial questions about the conservation of species and the alteration of its evolutionary dynamics by human influence. While there is no evidence that these hybrids can form stable populations, their appearance can have indirect effects, from the introduction of pathogens to the genetic dilution of wild populations. Perhaps for this reason, the researchers urge deepen the study of the ecological and evolutionary consequences of this phenomenon. The hybrid creature, after all, was not simply a genetic curiosity, was a reminder of diffuse limits between species in a world increasingly alteredwhere the unlikely is no longer impossible. Image | Errazking, Thales Renato Ochotorena de Freitas In Xataka | The cloning of dogs is a reality, but it is only the beginning In Xataka | Large dogs live much less than the little ones. Researchers believe they found the answer to mystery

Carrefour has an outlet price (for less than 350 euros) this 65 -inch TV with Google TV

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If you are thinking of buying a new TV for your home, Carrefour is one of those stores that, lately, has very good offers on televisions. Now, we have found a bargain that will interest you. This is SMART TV TCL 65P61KX7which is now available for 339.15 euros. * Some price may have changed from the last review A big TV and with good performance This TV of the TCL firm meets the three “B” (good, beautiful and cheap). Mount a 65 -inch LED panel With 4K UHD resolution. In addition, it is compatible with formats such as HDR10 and presents a 120 Hz soda rate. In the audio section, it comes with two speakers with a 20 W RMS power and compatible with Dolby Audio. Works under the operating system Google TVfor what comes with Chromecast and Google Assistant Integrated. As far as connections are concerned, this cheap TV from the TCL firm, comes with three ports HDMI 2.0, two USB 2.0, 3.5 mm audio and Jack optical output. In addition, it incorporates Wifi 5 and Bluetooth 5.4. Some accessories that may interest you for this TV HS2100 – Sound bar 2.1, 240W * Some price may have changed from the last review Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K (last generation) * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Webedia and TCL In Xataka | How to choose the ideal television size: what manufacturers say vs. What experts say In Xataka | Better sound bars in quality Price: which to buy and seven recommended models from 140 euros

Hybrids have become the best selling car in Spain. Now we know how much it costs to change your battery: a lot

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35.35% of the cars sold in Spain are hybrid. Last yearthe category of hybrids is the one that enrolled most vehicles and right now no other shades in our country. With June datain our country 254,604 hybrid cars have enrolled, by the 192,447 gasoline cars, the second category most purchased in our country. That has been possible by the little trick of the Microhíbridosthat add a small electric battery of very small dimensions, which slightly reduce consumption but, basically, allow manufacturers electrify models with very little investment. That investment, however, adds complexity to the whole. That is, greater problems if we have to make a repair. Because it is not only to replace a battery. In relation to its size, changing the battery of a hybrid is very expensive. And contrary to what we would expect, we will have to leave more money the smaller the battery. Small battery, large cost That is what the International Energy Agency That it states that last year, the average price of a 20 kWh battery pack for a plug -in hybrid had a cost similar to a 65 kWh electric car battery. This is explained for various reasons. The first is that in the report itself it is highlighted that the price of batteries for electric cars in China has been significantly reduced, falling the cost by 30%, compared to 10-15% on average that has fallen in Europe and the United States. Taking into account that China is the country where more electric cars are boughtthis has significantly decreased the average global price of batteries. The second reason is that the battery, large or small, have components that do not vary and, in addition, those of a plug -in hybrid need higher energy and energy density requirements because they are required more power (in relation to their size), which makes the product more expensive. The problem is that, as our partners of Motorpasionthis scale in reverse. The battery of a hybrid is more expensive to that of a plug -in for the same reasons indicated above. Adding that, in addition, many plug -in hybrids are bought (they enter the electric category), which reduces its price global medium. But non -plug -in hybrids are not bought so those prices are not reduced. And everything gets exaced when we get to cars Mildhybrid Or light hybrids, those that carry a small battery of 48 volts (or even 24 volts) and are already indicated as hybrid vehicles. In that case, the average cost of battery replacement is 2,000 euros but in some cars it approaches 3,000 euros if we add the labor. In MotorpasionThey put some interesting examples with 48 volt batteries. For example, within the Volkswagen Group, changing the Audi A6, A7 and Q8 or their sports versions S and RS entails an expense of 3,000 euros, of which 2,500 euros are taken by the battery. In a Volvo XC60, the change in this component entails the disbursement of about 2,000 euros. Prices are not as expensive as in non -plug -in hybrids but when we look at the price to disburse in relation to battery size. For example, the 1.2 kWh battery assembled by the Renault Clio, Captur, Arkana and Symbioz (But also the Dacia Jogger and Duster) It costs 3,500 euros in the official network of the brand. And if we go to the battery that rides the Renault Rafale1.7 kWh, we are already talking about about 4,000 euros. That is, the KWH price of this last case is 2,352 euros but, as we have seen, with that money in some cars of the Volkswagen group we would not change the 48 volt battery and in the case of the Volvo XC60 we would barely have money. In addition to all of the above, it must be taken into account that the replacement of the batteries is usually carried out in official workshops, so the cost of labor is usually superior. At the moment, there are not many independent workshops that are specialized in this type of breakdowns and although the data says that They are growingthe offer remains limited. Photo | In Xataka | I’ve been trying electric cars for years. I bought one of combustion for a single reason

Barcelona has unseated Geneva or Vienna as a home for the ultra -ups

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Barcelona is consolidated among the most attractive cities in Europe For great fortunes Thanks to its balance between high -end services and urban quality of life. Beyond Tourist attraction From the city, or its temperate climate, the city appears in different international rankings as one of the favorite enclaves for those known as UHNWI (Ultra High Net Worth Individuals) or people with a equity available to invest of more than 30 million dollars. Barcelona in the world elite of wealth. The report ‘Global Wealth and Lifestyle Report 2025’ prepared by the Swiss private bank Julius Baerit positions Barcelona as the seventh favorite European city for the ultra -ups. This ranking, which evaluates the prices and qualities of goods and services for people of high purchasing power, concludes that Barcelona appears in front of cities such as Amsterdam, Geneva or Vienna in the European classification, although it remains behind London, Monaco, Zurich, Milan, Frankfurt and Paris. Within the same report, the global position is analyzed, where the list places Barcelona in the fifteenth position, behind cities such as Sydney, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Dubai, New York or Miami. In this section, the ranking is headed by Singapore, closely followed by Hong Kong and London. The position of Barcelona shows the importance that the Catalan capital is achieving for the great fortunes and an attractive destination for investments and luxury tourism In southern Europe. The attractiveness of Barcelona. The bank’s entity’s report indicates various reasons why Barcelona stands out as a destination for the ultra -ups against other European capitals. Among them, curiously, the efficiency of the public bicycle system, health care, gyms offer, access to toe technology and competitive prices in jewelry and Luxury hotel suites. This combination of healthy urban life and access to exclusive products and services with moderate costs is very attractive for the great fortunes and expatriates of high purchasing power. Internationally, the city also stands out in the collection of foreign investment, especially in the high -end real estate sector. Between 2015 and 2024, Barcelona has received more than 5.5 billion euros of international investors In the technological sectorplacing itself as the fifth startup ecosystem of the European Union. “The city generates confidence in the international sphere,” declared to NBPÀngels Santigosa, head of the Department of Studies of the Management of Economy, Resources and Economic Promotion of the Barcelona City Council. Caro even for millionaires. However, the Swiss entity that has prepared the report considers that Barcelona still has a margin of improvement in certain areas. The authors indicate as a negative aspect the high cost of flights in Business class to the city, the price of legal services and that of some specialized medical interventions, especially that of ophthalmological operations. It also penalizes Barcelona for the price and difficulties to buy luxury housing. The growing demand for luxury properties And the end of the Benefits of the “Golden Visa” have forced local administrations to harden the high -end real estate investment policies and the real estate operations of foreign capital. Spain is fashionable among millionaires. The rise of Barcelona and Madrid as preferred destinations for ultra -ups is evident in the increase in operations of Purchase of Luxury Housingespecially in the wealthiest neighborhoods of those cities, which are living as Millionaires of Latin America and Miami fix their “Pied-à-Terre” in Madrid or Barcelona as a headquarters on this side of the Atlantic. The Pedralbes neighborhood in Barcelona and that of Salamanca in Madrid have established themselves as epicenters From this new investment waveevidencing the status of the Catalan capital as one of the protagonists of residential luxury and the international mobility of great fortunes in 2025. In Xataka | How much money you need to be among the richest 1% in Spain Image | Unspash (Alexey Komissarov, RU DUR)

Here the ‘calm’ neutron observatory was installed

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In a corner of the Guadalajara Science and Technology Park, far from large telescopes and space agencies, there are A 40 -ton mole dedicated to detecting high -energy particles that constantly bombard the earth. It’s called calm. “Castilla-La Mancha Neutron Monitor”. And for more than a decade it is the first and only installation of its kind in Spain. His work: monitor the attacks of the sun and understand how cosmic rays affect our planet. From space to Guadalajara. The origin of calm is intrinsically linked to the mission Solar orbiter of the European Space Agency. Scientists from the University of Alcalá designed one of the key instruments of the probe, the energy particle detector. Following that experience, an idea arose: build an instrument on land. “We thought of a system that would allow us He explained to Eldiario.es Juan José Blanco, head of the project. Running since 2011. What began almost as a support project for a space mission of ESA has become an international reference in neutron monitoring. Financed with funds from the European Union and the Board of Communities of Castilla-La Mancha, Calm is integrated into the World Network of Neutron Monitorswhere you pour your data in real time. Today is a distributed project. Calm has a twin node called orca which detects both neutrons and muons. It is at the Antarctic base Juan Carlos I of Livingston Island, a magnetically privileged location. The project also has a mobile detector called Mini-Calma which has traveled aboard the Hesperides ship to measure the flow of cosmic rays throughout the journey to Antarctica. The last node to join the project is called Icaro and is installed in the Izaña Atmospheric Observatory (in Tenerife). It measures neutron of solar origin from 2,000 meters of altitude. What exactly measures. When Cosmic rays (High energy particles from deep space) collide with the atoms of our atmosphere, generate a cascade of secondary particles. Among them, neutrons that reach the surface. The sun, with its magnetic field, acts as a modulating shield: the greater solar activity, less galactic cosmic rays reach the earth, and vice versa. Measuring neutron flow, calm can infer solar activity. In addition, it is able to directly detect the arrival of solar energy particles that have been expelled during large eruptions. How a neutron monitor works. The detector consists of gas full of gas surrounded by several layers that alternate lead and polyethylene. This structure allows to reject neutrons that are not very energetic, that is, the environmental ones, letting those who come from space pass, after reducing their speed, to be able to analyze them. With 12 of its 15 active tubes, this 40 -ton machine is a particle filter of amazing precision. What is the use of calm. All this technology has a very practical purpose: to protect us from spatial meteorology. Solar eruptions and coronal mass ejections can be spectacular and create intense northern norter, but also They are extremely dangerous For our technological civilization. The Operators of the Electricity use this data to protect their facilities. Airlines and space agencies need them to assess radiation levels on high altitude routes. And the space industry to protect astronauts and satellites in orbit. It even has applications for interplanetary trips. After having already measured a complete solar cycle of 11 years, calm can be used in the missions to Mars to know which is the best time to start the trip, minimizing Astronaut’s exhibition to radiation. Image | Uah In Xataka | The biggest study in mice sows doubts about travel to Mars: the space shrinks the kidneys

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