A green elixir distilled by nuns 400 years ago is the best example

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In the seventeenth century, a apothecary entrusted the French Benedictines of Notre-Dame du Calvaire a secret formula made with sage, rosemary, honey and piperite mint. Four centuries later, the nuns of Bozy-La-Forêt They continue to distill His famous “Emerald Water” as a soothing and energizing lotion. A symbol of how “natural” has always accompanied health care, long before social networks They would make him a trend. The self -care is fashionable. In Spain, eight out of ten people consider that self -care is key to maintaining good health, According to the Association for Health Self -care (ANEFP). And this perception does not remain in theory: it is promoting a market in full expansion. This is the case of the Italian company ABOCA, which has billed more than 50 million euros in Spain with natural health products for common problems such as coughing, reflux or irritations, According to El Confidencial. At the same time, supplement fever and nutricheastics It has been installed in supermarkets, pharmacies and social networks. 75% of Spaniards has consumed Some supplement: from collagen to enriched vitamins or coffees. The difference is that older people trust capsules and anti -aging protocols, while young people seek the same in “functional” snacks or drinks. ANDThe self -care is no longer marginal. The I radiography of self -care in Spain (2025), prepared by ANEFPoffers a clear photograph: 85.3% believe that self -care can improve healthcare. 8 out of 10 see it fundamental to preserve health. Only 1 in 3 associate it directly with disease prevention. 42.5% recognize that lack of knowledge is the main barrier to practice it. The conclusion is evident: there is interest and disposition, but health education is still for a responsible self -care. Natural yes, but regulated. Not everything that is sold as “natural” has the same base. Natural health products act for physical or support mechanisms (for example, create a barrier against acidity), and have European regulation (Regulation 2017/745) which guarantees your safety and efficacy. As the EU regulations rememberevery health product must carry the CE marking, which ensures that it meets safety, health and environmental protection requirements. The key, Experts warnIt is not to confuse natural with harmless: any substance, plant or synthetic, has real effects on the body. But is homeopathy? It should be clarified: natural health products and homeopathy are not the same. The former have European regulation, clinical studies and verifiable mechanisms of action. Instead, homeopathy is based on extreme dilutions without scientific evidence beyond the placebo effect. In Spain, the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS) has registered more than 1,100 homeopathic products. Despite this, citizen trust It collapses: In 2020 only 17.2% of respondents claimed to believe a lot or much in this type of treatment compared to the more than 50% that said otherwise. The business, which came to move dozens of millions, is in decline. And experts They coincide: Confusing “natural” with homeopathy is a mistake that can undermine the credibility of responsible self -care. A cultural change. More than a fashion, self -care reflects a deep cultural change. As we have already written in Xatakaprevention, aesthetics and emotional well -being are mixed in a new culture that promises energy, youth or health control, but also reveals obsessions and social pressures. Social networks have accelerated this phenomenon and have become shop windows, where self -care appears both as part of the daily routine as in the form of viral tendency. Mental health adds another layer: with high levels of stress and anxiety, many resort to self -care as a personal strategy, although 42.5% recognize the lack of knowledge as the main barrier, According to ANEFP. To this are added social inequalities that condition habits, As investigations of the Clinical Medicine Magazine point out. What seemed before an eccentricity – a lotion of nuns or a functional shake – today is part of a new culture of health that combines science, tradition and marketing, and reflects the contemporary aspiration of control not only how much we livebut how we do it. Between tradition and future. From the discreet distillation of Emerald water in a French convent to viral supplements in social networks, self -care has traveled a long way. Today, it represents a solid, regulated and growing market, but also a cultural phenomenon that reflects our obsessions: living more, living better or simply feeling that we have control of our health. What is clear is that self -care is no longer a marginal practice. It is an industry that combines tradition, science and marketing, and that forces us to ask ourselves not only how we want to take care of ourselves, but with what criteria. Image | Photo by Logan Gutierrez ON Unspash and Photo by Mariana Rascão ON Unspash Xataka | An open microphone in China has reminded us of the great dream of the elites of Russia: living forever

Of all that Madrid’s Metro could copy of Tokyo, he has opted for the craziest: “Embujadores”

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The Madrid Metro congested, it is crowded and there is no more soul. It is what is lived every morning and the images have been getting worse over the years. With half a city raised by the works, the situation has been complicated (even) more in the Madrid suburban. Solution: “Pushers”. 120 people. That is the number of traigators that Metro de Madrid has deployed to manage and redirect the volume of passengers that tries to find a hole in the wagons of the Madrid lines, they explain in eldiario.es. The goal is to alert travelers that they are trying to clench in a vehicle when the same train still has a free gap to cover. Obviously, passengers have not taken to describe these employees as “pushers”, referring to Japanese personnel who in the Tokyo subway constraint passengers with strength of the wagons during the wagons during the peak hours. Oshiyas. EITHER “EMPJORADORES”in Spanish. Men, suit and white gloves. And less common than we think. It is a simple, effective, not very orthodox but key job for a suburban that moves some 8.3 million passengers daily. The Oshiyas They are responsible for pushing travelers in the subway. They do it without contemplations, compressing passengers to the last loophole before closing the doors. They take care, in fact, that a briefcase does not hinder the maneuver or closing the doors themselves. Yes indeed, Not all stations They have their pushers. His work is concentrated early in the morning and, to attend the “show”, you have to move to one of the main stations of the city such as Ueno, Shinjuku or Okachimachi. Managing. The “pushers” of the Madrid Metro are very different. Because they change the suit, the hat and the white gloves for a yellow vest with the company of the company. But above all because they don’t really push. Or not, at least, as is done in the subway stations of the Japanese city. In this case, these workers push passengers to move to an area of ​​the subway carrier a little more busy. Do not squeeze people by force but passengers do do their best to occupy until the last loophole. These “pushers” are something like “space managers.” Click on the image to go to the original tweet Click on the image to go to the original tweet It is not the first time. As they point out in the digital medium, it is not the first time that these workers appear in the Madrid suburban. The company provides for the use of this type of personnel in exceptional circumstances such as football or large concerts, but only in the stations close to the enclosure. Already in 2017 the term “pushers” became common in the conversations of those who took public transport early in the morning. So The world He explained that the workers could “play in the back to help (passengers) to get on the car.” On that occasion they were on Line 4 due to the works on Line 8 and the workers were also known as “plates.” A gymnkana. Madrid has become in recent months a Cumulus of works and conditions that, obviously, have had their impact on the volume of suburban travelers. At the moment, the capital has works that affect shot traffic in the northern part of La Castellana, in the M-30 as it passes through sales and at the entrance of the A-5. This last work directly affects the buses that come from Móstoles, Alcorcón and other nearby towns, leaving passengers at the four -wind station where They are distributed between nearby and the subway. But, in addition, the partial closure of Metro Line 6, one of the busiest in the city since it is part of a wide ring that surrounds the entire center of it is added. In total, there are 120 people that Metro has deployed for this task. “They are technicians or line bosses, among whose functions this is,” they point out from the company to eldiario.es. Reinforcement? Obviously, seeing the images, The reinforcements in the Madrid Metro They have focused the political and social debate. What we know is that line 5 and 10 saw their frequency increased by 9% on the occasion of the works of the A-5 (adding to the nearby reinforcements and the special bus services). Subsequently, new reinforcements were secured in both lines (of 14% and 11%, respectively) with the closure of line 6. In line 1, the reinforcement is 14%, on line 3 of 13%and in line 2 of 6%. Likewise, in lines 4, 8 and 12 they have also added more trains to the usual frequencies. The doubt, therefore, is whether they are enough. The images of travelers in the middle of peak is more firewood for the political debate in a city that tries to live with the works daily. Photo | Erell Ceridwen and Raúl Hernández González In Xataka | There is a competition to tour the 274 Madrid Metro stations in the shortest possible time. And new record is already sought

All changes and improvements of the latest update for iPhone and iPad

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Let’s tell you the news of The first update of iOS 26 which is the IOS update 26.0.1. It is a minor update as indicated by its numbering, so it basically only has some corrections for the most common failures of this new version. Every time a new version of an operating system is launched, it is normal for several bugs and failures that were not detected during their beta phases. Therefore, in just a couple of weeks they have already launched this small update to correct the main ones. News of iOS 26.0.1 The first thing you should know is that this is a minor update without new functions. You will see, when the updates that add new features to iOS 26 arrive, they will do so with a numbering that changes the number immediately after 26, as when the 26.1 arrives. However, this is still 26.0, so it indicates that they are only small corrections. These are the corrections that this new update brings, the changes you are going to find when updating: Wi -Fi and Bluetooth problem solutionsince in the iPhone 17, iPhone Air and iPhone 17 pro sometimes they were deactivated alone. Connection problem solution: There was a small number of users who could not connect to mobile networks after updating iOS 26, and this should have been solved. Troubleshooting with photos: In the iPhone 17, iPhone Air and iPhone 17 Pro, when photos are taken under certain lighting conditions could appear unexpected effects. This must have been solved now. Problem solution with apps icons: After adding a personalized dye to the icons, sometimes some could appear blank. This should have been solved. Voiceover problem solution: A solution for those cases in which the function was deactivated after updating to iOS 26. In Xataka Basics | iOS 26: 19 functions and some trick to squeeze the new operating system for your iPhone to the maximum

Openai has just launched a missile to Amazon’s flotation line

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Until now, when you were looking to buy an online product, you did Looking for it on Google, in Amazonor directly in the store of those products. In Openai they want to radically change that shopping experience so you don’t have to do any of that. It will be enough to ask Chatgpt to look for the product … and buy it. And that can change many things. What happened. OpenAI has announced The creation of an option called “Instant Checkout” (“instant payment”) that will allow users to purchase individual products directly through electronic commerce platforms. Etsy and Shopify, the first. This feature will be initially available for purchases in ETSY stores in the US, and soon for more than one million sellers than They use the Shopify platform. They can take advantage of the users of the free plans, Plus and Pro de Chatgpt, and OpenAi hopes to expand this program to more platforms and other countries in the future. Direct attack on Amazon. The new option raises a potential change in the way we bought things. Amazon has become that “Everything Store” (“Store for everything”) to which we go to all kinds of purchases. However, here we have an existential threat, because AI promises to help us with purchases by selecting the best products and prices without having to do practically anything (except confirming the purchase). The alliance with Shopify – each time widespread— It is another clear blow to Amazon’s business model, but the threat is triple. Not only search and can do it outside Amazon … Affiliates. But also every time you buy something with Instant Checkout in Chatgpt, OpenAi takes a commission. The price does not change for the buyer, but the seller (in this case, Etsy or Shopify) pays an Openai commission for convincing the user to make that purchase in that trade. The same goes for Google, whose search engine was also nourished by commissions by recommending products in their sponsored results. Conflict of interest. But with this type of option, the chatbot becomes no longer only an assistant who wants to help you solve doubts, but will also be an interesting recommendation of products. It is not clear how chatgpt chooses the products that it recommends, but it seems logical to think that there will be a system similar to Google or Amazon in which stores and shops can position their products to favor the recommendations. At the moment those responsible for OpenAI indicate That the products that they recommend comes from an “organic and sponsorship search, classified only based on their relevance to the user”. The process, once again, could be distorted, and would win who invests more in marketing and positioning to make their products “look more.” Stock bags. The reaction in the American bags makes clear what has been the reception of this characteristic: ETSY’s actions rose 16%, while Shopify – which does not yet have this option although it will do it soon – they rose 6%. For both platforms this option represents a potential push for sales and income, and AI can become its best ally to reduce the traditional dependence of Google or Amazon users to choose which products buy and buy them … And incidentally, agricultural protocol. Openai also stressed that to offer this characteristic they have developed their Agentic Commerce Protocola component that will allow more stores and developers to create new integrations. The protocol has been developed in collaboration with Stripe, and is available with a license Open Source (Apache 2.0) with its code In Github. Can you trust chatgpt to buy? Taking into account that chatbots They continue to make mistakes and hallucinatetrusting purchases to an AI model can generate doubts. Will it succeed with the purchase process? Will you really ask for what you want to ask for? Here it is true that the answer is much more deterministic, because Chatgpt has a catalog of products defined among which to search. In addition, the AI ​​model depends totally on the decision and action of the user: it is he who must click on “buy”, confirm the order and details, and complete that purchase integrated in the chatbot session. Here Chatgpt is a purchase assistant who tries to simplify the process, but of course in something as sensitive as purchases – with our money at stake – OpenAi can have serious problems if the process ends up having failures. In Xataka | Sending this 320 dollar goal from Japan to Spain costs $ 29. Sending it to the US costs 2,000, and it is not a typographic error

Spain vetoed Israel’s passage from the US. Spain will send its best fleet to the US to celebrate its independence

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Next year the United States will commemorate the 250th anniversary of its independence and will do so with a series of phases of enormous international projection in which the Spanish Navy will have A leading role. It is still contradictory as Spain as has vetoed the step of US fighters and warships to Israel. An unprecedented deployment. As we said, despite the fact that diplomatic and political relations between the Government of Pedro Sánchez and the administration of Donald Trump are going through more than notable tensions, especially around defense expense wave Palestine questionthe Navy has decided to get involved in the acts. As? Under the umbrella of the Dedalo Expeditionary Group, Spain will send New York to the Portaeronaves Juan Carlos iescorted by frigates and a combat supply ship, along with the ship-school Juan Sebastián Elcano. The operation will represent The biggest deployment of Spanish Naval Force in American waters in decades, a gesture that underlines that military cooperation remains solid beyond political friction. New York as a stage. The week of July 1 to 9 will become the epicenter of the acts on the occasion of the Independence Day. On July 4, the expeditionary group will participate in a naval magazine organized by the US Navy, while Juan Sebastián Elcano will parade through the East River in the company of the most emblematic sailboats-schools in the world, such as the Amerigo Vespucci Italian, the Swan Branco Brazilian or the Gorch Fock German. In addition, the calendar includes diplomatic receptions, such as the organized on board the transatlantic Queen Mary 2and a great fireworks show. The official motto of the US Navy, “For Navy and Nation!“, seeks to underline the historical role of the US Navy as guarantor of global maritime security for 250 years, reinforcing the international character of the appointment. Diplomacy for naval channels. While the American administration has constituted a specific commission, THE TASK FORCE 250to organize its celebrations, in Spain the proposal to create an interministerial commission It has been diluted for lack of consensus between exteriors, defense and culture. However, the Navy has assumed leadership of the Spanish representation, aware that anniversary is a diplomatic opportunity to remember the Decisive paper from Spain in the independence of the United States. Even King Felipe VI, in a speech in New York, recently stressed the historical importance of that link. Thus, through its presence in North American waters, the Spanish Navy tries to alleviate (or compensate) Government disinterest with a visible gesture and loaded with symbolism. Juan Carlos I The symbol: Juan Carlos I. The flagship of the Navy, the Juan Carlos I holder, has spent the last months in Navantia subjected to A deep modernization of its propulsion system, which forced to readjust the maneuver calendar to ensure its presence in the 2026 appointment. This will also be an opportunity to show the potential of the Spanish embarked aviation, still dependent on the Harrier fighters whose useful life tries to prolong beyond 2028 through the acquisition of spare parts of the American and Italian fleets. Government resistance To acquire the F-35 As a natural substitute and uncertainty Around the future European hunting FCAS, not available before 2042, give this deployment an air of technological and strategic claim. Between passivity and politics. The difference in approaches is evident. While Washington Ha launched the task force 250 With an ambitious program of activities, a communication campaign and a clear strategy to reinforce the national narrative, in Spain the attempt to coordinate an interministerial group has encountered With political divisions And finally it has been abandoned. The consequence, as we said, is that the weight of representation falls almost exclusively in the armadA, what a paradox reveals: the government opts for Punta from Punta For a historical anniversary that could have served to project the image of Spain, while the Navy acts as the main guarantor of the bilateral relationship in a field as sensitive as that of the defense. The Israeli paradox. We commented at the beginning. The deployment of the Navy in New York also coexists with another contradiction in Spanish politics. While the Executive has prohibited that American fighters or ships loaded with weapons to Israel cross territory or national waters in the framework of the Gaza War, the Spanish Navy will send Your best units to celebrate the American anniversary. The decision reflects the complex balance that Madrid seeks: Mark distance in very sensitive foreign policy issues for its electorate and, at the same time, maintain the solidity of the military relationship with the United States, an indispensable ally in NATO and last guarantor of Atlantic security. Military cooperation. Plus: Spanish participation will not be limited to the acts of July. In October, in Philadelphia, the Chief of Staff of the Navy, Admiral Antonio Piñeiro, will be present with delegations of more than 70 countries in the central acts of the 250 Anniversary of the US Navy. A presence that emphasizes again that, beyond the political divergences in international or budgetary matters, the bilateral relationship in defense remains fundamental. In fact, Spain houses in Rota and Morón apart from the American military device, as demonstrated by the recent Hammer operation against Iran, and maintains mutual interest in industrial matters, with an eye on the Navantia constructive capacity to supply naval production deficiencies in a context marked by strength Chinese navy. Spain and its projection. If you also want, the conjunction of the American anniversary with worldwide events, such as the 2026 World Cup, converts this event into A diplomatic showcase first order. The deployment of the Navy not only reinforces the image of Spain as a reliable ally in NATO’s bosom, but also Allows projecting The national maritime tradition through the presence of Juan Sebastián Elcano, Cultural Ambassador and symbol of historical continuity. Together, the effort represents the will of the Navy to maintain the strategic relationship with the United States in the military field, reaffirming that, even in times of political disagreementnaval … Read more

has launched the Excel and Word that are controlled with prompts

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Microsoft is trying to transfer the phenomenon of ‘Vibe Coding‘ – Write apps without knowing how to program, only with instructions to a chatbot – to office work. The bet is that anyone can do in minutes what I used to require hours of a junior consultant, without dominating Excel formulas or writing techniques. Agent mode In Excel, use OpenAI reasoning models to break down complex tasks in executable steps, as if an expert worked with you. Office Agentbased on Anthropic models, creates PowerPoint presentations and Word documents directly from Copilot chat. The company says that agent mode in Excel reaches a 57.2% precision in Spreadsheetbench, surpassing Chatgpt agent and Claude Opus 4.1, although below 71.3% of human precision. The context. Microsoft has been integrating the Office for months, but so far it was limited to specific assistance functions: summarize, rewrite, respond. Agent Mode and Office Agent mark a qualitative leap: IA assumes multipurpose tasks that previously required specialized knowledge. Use OpenAI models for agent mode within the applications and anti -appoal applications and models for Cat in the chat. This division speaks of a certain diversification: Microsoft had already incorporated the Anthropic in Github co -ilot and Copilot Studio A few days ago Summit Chauhan, from Office, summarize it like this: “It is a job that a first -year consultant would do, delivered in minutes.” Yes, but. The 57% accuracy in spreadsheet tasks leaves a considerable margin of error. Microsoft emphasizes that the results are auditable and verifiable, but still require human supervision for sensitive cases. In addition, Agent Mode is only available in the Excel and Word web versions in the launch. The support for desktop applications will arrive “soon”, according to the company. Office Agent, meanwhile, is limited to users in the United States. The cloud services dependence also raises questions: Anthropic operates its API about AWS, Azure rival. This would explain why their models are not yet really integrated in Office desktop applications. Between the lines. Microsoft presents this as democratization of access to expert capabilities. But it is also a way to justify subscriptions of Microsoft 365 Copilot. The relevant thing is that Microsoft is betting on AI doing heavy work while the user “guides and directs.” That is, the user goes from “doing” to “ask to be done.” What has already seen in programming, above all. And there is another reading: if Agent Mode can do in minutes what he had been having been implicitable for hours before for hours. The question is what happens to who before that job. Specifically, with the Junior. Microsoft has designed this for the process to be visible: the user sees what is doing in each step, as if observing an automated macro in real time. At stake. Microsoft competes against Google Workspacewhich also integrates generative in Docs and Sheets. But above all Now also competes against independent tools such as Notion AI, Gamma or Beautiful.AI, which promise to create presentations and documents from scratch without the need for Office. Microsoft’s advantage is domain: one billion people use office every month. If you get Agent Mode to work well, you don’t need to convince anyone to change tool. Just update your subscription. In Xataka | IBM’s ghost: Satya Nadella’s great challenge is to prevent Microsoft from ending up a technological fossil Outstanding image | Microsoft

Carrefour is at the price of outlet this huge TV neoqled Samsung of 75 inches and comes with a gift sound bar

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Carrefour has been offering good offers on televisions for some time, one of the devices that we use the most at home when summer ends and fancy sofa plan, movie and blanket. Now, we have found this Samsung TQ75QN74FAT by 1,199 euros That, in addition, it comes with a gift sound bar, 100 euros of reimbursement and a package of content such as gift. Samsung TV 75 inches neo qled qn74f 4k The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links A large perfect TV to ride your own home cinema This Samsung TV rides a 75 -inch neoqled panel with 4K UHD resolution (of 3,840 x 2,160 pixels). It presents a 120 Hz soda rate and, in addition, it has backlight Mini-read. It is compatible with HDR10+ and has a filmMaker mode. As far as audio is concerned, its two speakers offer a 20 W RMS Power And they come with OTS Lite and Q-Symphony technology. Works under the Tizen operating system and is compatible with Alexa and Google Assistant. Regarding its connectivity section, it is very wide and comes with Four HDMI entriestwo USB-A, Digital Audio Optical Output, Bluetooth 5.3HDMI EARC, WIFI 5 and Ethernet port, in case you want to connect it to the Internet by cable. The sound bar That Carrefour gives you with this TV is the Samsung HW B650D. It is valued at 129 euros and comes with wireless subwoofer and has Bluetooth 4.2 connectivity. In addition, with the purchase of this TV, you can receive a 100 euros reimbursementin addition to free access to Samsung TV Pus and ten free movie rentals in Rakuten. Some accessories that may interest you for this TV Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K (last generation) The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links Strong SRT420 TV Box Android TV 4K The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links 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 Samsung In Xataka | Best home film projectors. Which to buy and five recommended models from 299 to 18,000 euros In Xataka | Mega-guide to ride a home cinema: projector, screen, sound system and more

The Z generation has coined a new term for those who want to leave at their time and does not seek promotions: professional minimalism

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Generation Z is changing the way the work and professional success. While previous generations pursued promotions and long working days, for this generation there are new priorities that go beyond work. It is not a laziness or lack of ambition, but about a change of approach that prioritizes the quality of life and the balance between work and personal, all at a time marked by Economic uncertaintythe mass layoffs and AI. This change has been registered under the term “professional minimalism”, which reflects how many young people prefer to maintain their work with the right effort to guarantee Your financial securitybut without seeking promotions that imply greater responsibilities that, in addition, are not accompanied by a salary increase. Instead, they dedicate their energies in activities that are passionate about working hours. Do not call it lazy, call it professional minimalism. According to One of the meanings From the RAE dictionary, minimalism is the “aesthetic and intellectual trend that seeks the expression of the essential eliminating the superfluous.” This definition, applied to the workplace, would result in eliminating from the equation everything that does not provide benefits, such as overtime, taking work home or running the risk of ill. Professional minimalism seeks simplify daily work and limit responsibilities to the strictly necessary to comply with the provisions of your employment. In this way, younger workers do not exhaust their energies in long working days, but try to leave at their time and not give personal time to work. Seven out of ten young people does not want to be a boss. According to A survey June 2025 of Glassdoor to more than 1,000 users of its employment platform, 68 % of the workers of the Z generation said that it would not look for a managerial position if it were not for salary or position, a clear rejection of the traditional corporate ladder that previous generations ascended with enthusiasm. Chris Martin, research director of Glassdoor, this model believes that it represents “a conscious change that takes us away from the dependence of a single employer, establishes clear limits and generates multiple sources of income for financial stability.” For generation Z, this modality does not mean being lazy or working less, but positioning against the pressure of the “Hustle culture“ Multi -employment without responsibilities. Although they reject certain aspects of the work that previous generations had embraced, generation Z is still ambitious, but it is in its own way. In fact, according to Another survey carried out by Harris poll among Glassdoor users, 57 % of these young people have at least a second job, compared to 48 % of millennials who confess to being multi -employed, 31 % of generation X and 21 % of Baby Boomers. This shows that generation Z prefers to guarantee its financial stability with several jobs without responsibilities, instead of giving everything in a single job that, the least thought day, can lose. As Martin said, “it is not that generation Z rejects work. It rejects an obsolete version of the work that has been sold to them.” The real job is not to get carried away. After a progressive degradation of the relationship of trust between employee and company, which has ended with workers with years of dedication to its fired companies, the Z generation has begun to apply the same rules of loyalty to companies. Instead of prioritizing work above their working life, young people have begun to put limits to the time and effort they dedicate to employment, preventing fatigue and Labor burnout ruin the time they dedicate to their personal life. Such and as stood out Fast Companyone of the young participants in the survey, I commented that “If people really passionate about their work, they would not win anything. Passion is for work from 5 to 9, the one that comes after 9 to 5”. In Xataka | Generation Z does not endure more than a year in its jobs: it is not for unfair or salaries, it is to be better professionals Image | Unsplah (Mushvig Niftaliyev)

Build the first closed cycle nuclear reactor

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Vladimir Putin has announced what he calls the “first nuclear energy system in the world with a closed fuel cycle”, a technology that promises to reuse up to 95% of nuclear fuel. If it materializes by 2030, as stated by the Russian president, Russia would dodge two of the greatest challenges of current nuclear centrals: the Radioactive waste management and the possible exhaustion of uranium reserves. Uranium? What do you want that. In the Moscow Global Atomic Forum, and before the presence of figures such as Rafael Grossi, director of the OIEA, Putin described the Russian reactor of closed cycle as a “truly revolutionary development” that, in his words, “will eliminate the problem of uranium supply.” The centerpiece of the ambitious Poryv project (“advance” in Russian) is a rapid reactor refrigerated by lead called Brest -od-300, which is being Building in Severska city in the Siberian region of Tomsk. In the same complex, called Odek, Russia will also build the modules for the spongery and reprocessing of the irradiated fuel. 95% recoverable. In addition to using molten lead instead of water as refrigerant, the Brest-O-300 reactor is designed to operate with uranium-reputony nitruro as fuel. It is its in situ integration with the sponge and reprocessing modules that will allow closing the nuclear fuel cycle. According to official statements, this system It will allow 95% of the spent fuel to reusea technically consistent figure with the external reprocess processes, where most of the fuel used (uranium and plutonium) ends up being recovered. The remaining 3-5% corresponds to fission products and minor actinids, which remain high radioactivity residues. It is not a new technology. Countries like France and Russia itself Nuclear fuel already reproces at an industrial scale. And Japan intends to join the club with the Rokkash Plant. However, the Russian project is a pioneer in its attempt to create a fully integrated complex where a fast reactor operates in symbiosis with its own fuel manufacturing and recycling facilities in the same place. If Russia meets its deadlines, you could have The first complex of this type in operation. And to support him, he has established an International Research Center in the Uliánovsk region (the MBIR International Research Center in Dimitrovgragra), inviting scientists around the world to collaborate in what Putin has called a “new era in nuclear energy.” But is uranium running out? Putin’s justification for this strong investment is a future with uranium shortage. During his speech, he cited OECD estimates that suggested a possible exhaustion of uranium resources by 2090, or even before: as soon as in the 2060s. However, the “Red Book” of the OEA does not speak of an exhaustion of uranium, but of An increase in demandwhich could produce tensions in the supply between 2080 and 2110 if significant investments are not made before for the opening of new mines. Russia’s plan It is a strategic bet. If you achieve the closed cycle reactor for the 2030s, we could witness a new way of understanding nuclear energy, and a world with limited resources in which Russia has managed to outdo the rest. Image | ROSATOM In Xataka | France was not prepared for such an extreme climate or to run out of uranium: its energy model cross, and Europe feels it

Jaguar Land Rover continues in crisis for a cyber attack. The magnitude is such that the British government has had to intervene

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August 31Jaguar Land Rover was forced to make a drastic decision: off the majority of its systems to stop a cyber attack. The gesture had immediate consequences. Its factories in the United Kingdom were paralyzed and the interruption also extended to other production centers abroad. Thousands of employees were forced to stay at home in the middle of a global break that lasted almost a month. Now, The company is planning A staggered return of his activity, although not without challenges. September 2, The company spread Your first official statement. He talked about a “cybercormer,” defended the decision to disconnect systems and wanted to reassure customers indicating that there was no data filtration tests. At that time it was thought that the interruption would be brief, just a few days. However, the reality was another: the break continued until September 24 And then one more week was extendedwith October 1 marked as the minimum date to initiate a gradual and phase recovery. The attack that has put Jaguar Land Rover in check Preventive disconnection not only stopped production, much of the internal systems of Jaguar Land Rover also knocked down. Design and management tools They were out of service and engineering processes were interrupted For weeks. The commercial network also suffered: retail and logistics were blocked, forced to operate with manual methods. In spite of everything, the company managed to keep its dealers open and established alternative procedures to process payments, deliver already finished vehicles and ensure the supply of replacement pieces. The blow was global. In addition to British plants, production was interrupted in other international centers, such as Slovakia, Brazil and India. The epicenter was in West Midlands, where Jaguar Land Rover concentrates its headquarters and key factories, surrounded by hundreds of suppliers. The break unleashed a domino effect that left many of those companies without orders. The company itself acknowledged that the impact extended to the entire supply chain, both in the United Kingdom and in other countries. Forensic research has not yet concluded, But the indications suggest a ransomware attack. Shortly after the crisis exploded, a self -denominated group “Scattered Laps $ Hunters” appeared on Telegram that published images of internal systems of Jaguar Land Rover. The denomination points to a collaboration between groups such as Scatrtered Spider, Lapse $ and Shinyhunters, all with history in attacks against large companies. Internal data filtration reinforces the extortion hypothesis, although the company has avoided confirming the authorship and has not revealed whether it received a specific rescue request. Attack management involves multiple actors beyond Jaguar Land Rover. ANDThe National Cybersecurity Center leaders Together with private specialists, the analysis of what happened, while the government receives regular information about the progress of recovery. Company managers They have attended meetings with ministers And they have explained that the lap should be done step by step. From there arises the restart strategy in phases: first critical systems proven in controlled environments, then a progressive resumption of production. It is a process still underway, with the priority set to run more risks. The cost of the break is measured in tens of millions. Every week without production was for Jaguar Land Rover losses close to 50 million pounds (about 59 million euros), a blow that forced the Moody’s A agency lower your perspective positive to negative financial. The interruption not only affected the company: Hundreds of suppliers They saw their orders frozen and some smaller companies began to cut template. To contain the crisis, the British government offered a loan guarantee for 1.5 billion pounds (about 1,790 million euros), to which Jlr added one Own financing line with commercial banking of 2,000 million pounds (about 2,360 million euros). The crisis has not only evidenced the fragility of Jaguar Land Rover, it has also lit the alarms throughout the automotive. A manufacturer of this size, with global resources and experience, has needed almost a month to try to start back after a computer attack. This vulnerability forces to review cybersecurity strategies in the industry, from network segmentation to continuity plans. The case will serve as a reference for other manufacturers: the question is no longer whether there will be new attacks, but how to minimize its effects when they arrive. Images | Robin Mee him | Jaguar Land Rover In Xataka | 200 people paid to see a drone show in Valencia. The problem is that the event did not exist

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