The war in Ukraine had a red line of 70 kilometers. West has just eliminated it after Russia’s last attack

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The last 48 hours in Ukraine have been plagued by actions and decisions that can change the course of the conflict. Russia has carried out The biggest attack to date on Ukraine with a swarm of drones and a number of missiles released as not remembered. kyiv, meanwhile, needs the help that does not arrive (Patriots) from the United States to deal with Moscow’s disposses, and in the meantime, the West has taken A decision that could change everything. The resurgence of TU-95. In the early hours of March 26, Russia executed the Most significant aerial offensive of the last months, by deploying ten strategic bombers TU-95msm To launch a wave of KH-101 cruise missiles About Ukraine. Six of these aircraft took off from the Olenya Air Base, to the north of the country next to the border with Finland, and the remaining four from Engels, east of Sarátov, in the heart of the European Russia. The trajectories of the missile substantial increase of Russian troops in the northeast of the front. The operation underlines the renewed Centrality of TU-95 In the Kremlin air strategy, despite being a design that sinks its roots in the Soviet era. We talk about a bomber that He was born In 1950. Intercontinental scope. But as important as this vestige of the past are the weapons it carries. Each Tu-95msm can load up to eight KH-101 missilesmounted externally and capable of traveling more than 5,000 kilometers, which allows them to attack objectives throughout the Ukrainian territory without abandoning Russian airspace. Empharged with pools, electronic countermeasures and 400 kilos, these missiles have become one of the pillars of the Russian offensive since the beginning of the war. Although its high cost and the existence of cheaper and smaller alternatives have generated debates about its efficiency, Russia plans to increase its production 600 units per year In 2025, a sign of its commitment to maintain strategic pressure through high precision attacks from long distances. Tu-95 Acorralado Ukraine. On the other sidewalk, Ukraine faces a new and alarming phase in its aerial defense in the face of the increase in Russian attacks With ballistic missilesthe most feared for their speed, destructive power and difficulty of interception. These projectiles, responsible for having destroyed almost half of the country’s energy capacity, have evidenced again the Patriot systems shortageunique capable of dealing effectively. Ukraine failed to intercept any of the nine Russian ballistic missiles launched, including two directed against kyiv, despite having deployed there Patriot units. Although the rest of the more than 900 drones and 65 cruise missiles were mostly neutralized, ballistic missiles represent an uncontrollable threat that has caused dozens of dead only so far from 2025, including lethal attacks against Sumy and Kryvyi Rih. Washington: Yes but no. The change of administration in the United States has meant a drastic turn in military assistance policy. While Trump has verbally condemned the last Russian attacks (he reached Call Putin “Crazy”), he did not offer new aid commitments, and his Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, was sharp by stating that “we don’t have” more patriots to send. Instead of direct donations, Washington is pressing its European allies To give Part of its own arsenals, something that does not progress, because no country wants to weaken its internal defense. Raytheon, American manufacturer of the Patriots, has not yet achieved increase your production to meet the post-2022 demand. Under this new paradigm, kyiv believes that the White House would be arranged to sell systemsbut not give them awaywhich forces Ukraine to adapt its strategy to a more transactional relationship: the defense is now negotiated, it is not granted. West breaks its limits. A few hours ago, and in a significant turn in Western military policy towards war in Ukraine, Germany, together with the United Kingdom, France and the United States, has first eliminated the first time the scope restrictions in the weapons that supplies Kyiv, allowing him to directly attack military objectives within the Russian territory (beyond the 70 km). The announcement was made by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz after The biggest attack With Russian drones that we commented, an offensive that stressed the need to allow Kyiv to respond forcefully. The news marks a Posture change Regarding previous fear To provoke an escalation with a nuclear power such as Russia, and according to Merz, it establishes an essential difference between the legitimate military purposes of Ukraine and the deliberate attacks against civilians by the Kremlin. With this, they open new strategic possibilities For Ukraine, which until now had acted with containment regarding the use of western armament beyond its borders. The open doors. Although Merz He did not confirm If Germany will send Taurus missiles long range, that during your political campaign He openly supportedavoided detailing any concrete step so as not to offer informative advantage to the Kremlin. Since his arrival to power just a few weeks ago, the new chancellor has adopted an approach more discreet and pragmaticstating that total transparency can play against national security. Despite this public reserve, in Berlin the expectation that Merz could soon announce the Armament delivery For greater scope, especially in the context of the imminent visit of the Ukrainian President Zelenski to the German capital. The moment suggests that Germany is preparing the land to take that step, but wants to coordinate it carefully with its allies. The red line evolves. No doubt, the elimination of scope restrictions represents a rupture with narrative maintained by Western leaders since the beginning of the conflict, when they warned that allowing Ukraine to attack within Russia could be interpreted by Moscow as a direct involvement of NATO In war. However, the wear and tear of the diplomatic front, the repeated negative of Kremlin to participate in significant conversations and the growing brutality of Russian attacks have weakened those old red lines. For Merz and his allies, deterrence is no longer to limit the Ukrainian response, but to give Kyiv the ability to dissuade … Read more

The earth’s core has a “escape.” And it’s gold

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Our planet hides, thousands of kilometers under our feet, a mainly composed nucleus ironwith an important nickel concentration, and also with other intermingled elements. And among these latest elements, there is gold. Gold leak. Gold that, according to a recent study, It is leaked towards upper layers, in the direction of the surface and through the land mantle. A gold, in addition, that would have “escaped” of the earth’s core along with other precious metals. A tiny portion. Gold has been considered, since time immemorial, a precious metal and its “rarity” has been related to the value we have given to this element throughout the history of mankind. “Rareness”, quoted, since it is a contextual rarity. Gold is rare on the surface of our planet and in the most accessible areas of the cortex through mining. But this element is not universe in the universe, and it is not scarce on our planet Earth. So much that the “superficial” gold represents less than 0.001% of the total of this gold. Before and after. Someone might wonder why the gold of our planet has been distributed so capricious. It is because this cast has little or nothing capricious, and the reason is in the geological history of our own planet. When the land was still in the process of formation, about 4.5 billion years ago, gold and other metals ended up trapped in the planet’s core, due to gravity. Until now we believed that these metals would have been separated from the surface by the terrestrial mantle. The origin of surface gold, following this logic, could be for example in spacethanks to the infinity of meteorites that have reached the surface of our planet throughout its geological history. After the track of Ruthenium. This, we pointed out, not only with gold, also with other similar metals such as The Ruthenium (RU). The recent study was based precisely on this metal and a significant fact: that the Ruthenium typical of the Earth’s core presents a significant abundance of a concrete isotope, Ruthenium-10 (100ru), which distinguishes it from superficial root. The team responsible for the new study analyzed Ruthenium traces found in the volcanic rocks of the Hawaii archipelago to determine the presence of the 100ru isotope. Something that would have been impossible a few years ago, The team stands outit has now been possible thanks to new tools developed for analysis. Analysis that allowed linking the ruthenium found in these rocks with the earth’s core, which implies that this metal from the border region between the nucleus and the mantle would have risen until it sneaks into the volcanic magma. The details of the study were published In an article In the magazine Nature. Aboard the convective magma. Investigating what happens under the surface of the Earth has been over the years a task on the verge of the impossible. The propagation of the seismic waves revealed at the time very valuable information about the mantle and the nucleus, but increasingly precise measurement techniques have gone Opening new doors Over the years. In Xataka | We take centuries without understanding how gold nuggets formed in quartz. The answer was in electricity and tremors Image | Göttingen University (Openai)

The most risky and decisive in the vertiginous history of the rocket

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All ready for the ninth Starship test flight, the most important mission so far after the final explosives of the previous releases. With Elon Musk back in Starbase, Spacex seeks to complete pending objectives and, as if that were not enough, try for the first time the reuse of one of the rocket stages, the super heavy propeller. Date and time of launch. Following the pattern of the previous flights, the ninth launch of Starship is scheduled to take off in the afternoon, so that the reentry of the ship on the Indian ocean occurs in the sunlight. The launch window opens on Tuesday, May 27 at 6:30 p.m., local time of the newly incorporated city of Starbase, Texas. In other cities: Madrid, Spain (CEST, UTC+2): Wednesday, May 28 at 01:30 Mexico City, Mexico (CST, UTC-5): Tuesday, May 27 at 6:30 p.m. Buenos Aires, Argentina (Art, UTC-3): Tuesday, May 27 at 8:30 p.m. Bogotá, Colombia (COT, UTC-5): Tuesday, May 27 at 6:30 p.m. Lima, Peru (Pet, UTC-5): Tuesday, May 27 at 6:30 p.m. Santiago, Chile (CLT, UTC-4): Tuesday, May 27 at 7:30 p.m. Caracas, Venezuela (Vet, UTC-4): Tuesday, May 27 at 7:30 p.m. How to see it live. Spacex will broadcast the flight Through its website and His official X profile. The retransmission will begin 30 minutes before takeoff. On this occasion, too They will broadcast live A talk by Elon Musk about the future of the company and its path to the conquest of Mars, which will take place about six and a half hours before the launch. For the most enthusiastic, YouTube channels like Nasaspaceflight, Lab Padre and Everyday Astronaut They usually offer retransmissions with their own cameras from the immediate vicinity of the launch platform. In Spanish, the coverage of Space border, Mission control, Manuel Mazzanti either Spacexstormamong others. All eyes put on the ship. This ninth attempt comes after the investigations of flights 7 and 8, which ended in the loss of the upper stage of the rocket. Spacex has clarified that the causes were different. The seventh flight succumbed to unexpected vibrations that caused a liquid oxygen leak. The eighth, with the vibrations already mitigated, failed for a hardware problem in one of the central raptor engines of the ship, which caused a mixture of propellents and a violent explosion. With the lessons learned, all looks are put on this ninth flight. Double Tirabuzón of the Super Heavy. One of the great milestones of this mission is that the propeller, whose serial number is Booster 14, will be the first to be reused after a successful take -off and landing in the seventh mission. Although 29 of its 33 Raptor engines have already flown, Spacex has carried out exhaustive inspections and replaced single -use components. This time, Booster 14 will not try to be caught by the tower. Instead, he will perform a series of risky experiments during his descent on the Gulf of Mexico: Post-separation controlled turn: several hot separation adapter vents will be blocked so that the thrust of Starship engines make it spin in a known direction, saving propellant. Greater angle of attack: it will try to fly with a more aggressive angle during the descent to increase atmospheric resistance and reduce speed, needing less propenting for landing. Motor tests in spareness: one of the three central engines will be deactivated intentionally during the final phase of the landing ignition to test the capacity of a backup engine. Then, it will go to only two central engines before hard ametering in the Gulf. Many experiments to do. The Starship ship (the number S35) also has a full agenda because it must complete the objectives that Spacex could not demonstrate in the two previous flights: First load deployment: It will display in its suborbital trajectory eight Starlink satellite simulators, similar in size to the next generation of the Spacex constellation. Motor reached in space: he will try again to reade of a Raptor engine in a vacuum to get out of his trajectory. Recentrada experiments: Spacex has eliminated a significant number of thermal tiles of the ship’s shield to test vulnerable areas. It will also test new metal tiles (one with active cooling) and functional capture accessories for future landings in the second tower. In addition, the borders of the tiles have softened to avoid hot points. To top it off, the reentry profile will be more aggressive to deliberately stressed the rear ailerons. The objective is a controlled ameter in the Indian Ocean, where there will already be dawn. Why this flight is so crucial. Starship’s ninth flight is not just one more test. It is an attempt of Spacex to demonstrate the rapid reuse of the super heavy, validate solutions to previous failures in the Starship and, above all, to collect critical data in extreme conditions to approach the objective of a totally reusable launch system. The success in these experiments could accelerate the program, which already has permission to make 25 annual flights. For now, this is the third flight of 2025. Whatever happens, the emotion is guaranteed. Image | Spacex In Xataka | Spacex has been scratching his head for 11 weeks to relaunch Starship. Now he finally has green light to fly again

lose up to 60% of air traffic

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They threatened and fulfilled. Ryanair has left or reduced its operations in seven Spanish cities, leaving semi -vaiors some airports in our country or, directly, eliminating more than half of the routes that came out from them. Now, the exit and without a company that occupies the hole left by the Low Cost Irish, we already know the impact. I set up. They announced it in January of this year. Ryanair made his bags and sought routes, in his opinion, more profitable than the Spanish. In total, 800,000 places less this summer, the closure of its activity in two Spanish cities and a reduction of its operations in five other cities. Specifically, 12 routes that suppose 18% of the company’s activity in our country. Jerez and Valladolid have fired Of the flights offered by the company and in Vigo, Santiago, Zaragoza, Asturias and Santander the operations between 5% (Santander) and 61% (Vigo) have been reduced. The reasons. “Despite the decision of the Spanish government in 2021 to freeze rates at airports until 2026, Aena has tried to increase rates every year and more accentuated in Spanish regional airports, where traffic is maintained below the levels prior to the Covid crisis,” with these words Ryanair explained its march. The decision also described it as “completely avoidable” and stressed that it would be “devastating for regional connectivity, employment and tourism in Spain.” That is, Ryanair directly pointed to the government and Aena rates that are charged for the maintenance of airports. The reasons? Despite Ryanair’s explanations, other reasons float in the air. The most obvious is that Fine of 107.78 million euros that the government has applied to Ryanair for its regulations regarding hand luggage has been decisive in the succession of events. The company’s own CEO, Michael O’Leary, He came to qualify as “clown” To the Minister of Consumption, Pablo Bustinduy. That fine is controversial because For consumption there is no doubt that a cabin suitcase is “essential” to travel. Ryanair defends himself saying that European regulations do not clearly specify what the measures of the “essential” bulk that must be embarked should be. Therefore, they ensure that the government is financially punishing the company for no reason. And justice does not end up being clear. Even in Spain, Ryanair has received favorable and opposite sentences in litigation related to the hand suitcase and the collection of it when it comes to what is popularly known as a cabin troley. Aena’s rates, therefore, seem only the excuse to break the routes. Its impact. In his march, Ryanair knew where he could hurt. He has left behind airports with very little activity, which means the closure of many routes that had the foreigner. Now, many citizens have to travel to Madrid, Barcelona and other large cities to take flights outside Spain. The most affected airport is Valladolid, where 63.2% of its passengers have vanished, according to data collected by Aena. It is the most affected city of the previous list. Together added 779,226 passengers in April, for the 871,070 passengers of the same month of last year. And that specifies in the economic environment, which Holy Week has been held in that period, which adds extra passengers (last year it was held in March). In total, 92,000 passengers have been lost in the sum of all airports and, according to Expansion75% of these operations correspond to trips offered by Ryanair. Zaragoza grows. Of the cities where Ryanair has reduced its operations, only Zaragoza manages to grow Regarding the month of April 2024. Its traffic grew by 13.6% despite the fact that the company had announced the withdrawal of 20% of the operations on the soil. Contrast with any other city that has reduced its operations to a greater or lesser extent. Jerez has lost 25% of passengers and Santiago 16.8%. In Santander, the decrease in passengers has been minimal with a 0.3% fall and in Asturias it has been contained in 1.7% decrease. In spite of everything, the average in reducing operations has been 10%. And in the future? Who knows. Because Ryanair continues to tension the rope And only a few weeks ago that he threatened to continue withdrawing routes if from Aena they do not yield to his demands regarding airport rates. A declaration of intentions of which Aena defends himself ensuring that these are very low in regional airports, almost testimonial. The truth is that Ryanair has operated, Also in Spainwith regional aid disguised as advertising campaigns which has allowed him to hold routes that were not filled. In his march he has applied that same strategy On routes that, for example, have Morocco as destination And in which nobody is traveling. Photo | Marty Sakin In Xataka | The great secret of Ryanair’s success is that he does not earn money to fly: he does so squeezing you in everything else

WhatsApp for iPad has just launched

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WhatsApp finally has application for iPad. More than 15 years have passed since Apple’s tablet reached the market And, until now, there was no official way to use the most popular messaging app in it. The only alternative was to use WhatsApp Web From the browser. That is over: goal has launched the Native app for iPad, already available at the App Store. The initial announcement has been discreet. No press releases or promotional videos: simply A message posted in X (Before Twitter) For the official WhatsApp account. In it, the company wrote “WhatsApp for iPad Now”, having hinted at the arrival of the app With an eye emoji shortly before. An experience adapted to the iPad. The new application allows to do practically the same as the iPhone version, but adapted to the screen and iPad ecosystem. It is possible to participate in voice and video calls with up to 32 people, use both cameras of the device (the front and the rear), and share screen during a video call. In addition, the app takes advantage of the multitasking functions offered by Ipados, such as Split View, Slide Over or Stage Manager. This means that you can maintain a conversation by WhatsApp while navigating the Internet, consultations documents or see a video, all from the same screen and without the need to change application. Synchronization, privacy and encryption. The messages, calls and files are synchronized between devices, maintaining end -to -end encryption that characterizes the service. If you use WhatsApp on your iPhone or Mac, everything will also be linked to the iPad without compromising privacy or security. Click on the image to see whatsapp for iPad in the App Store A promise fulfilled. In 2022, Will Cathcart, director of WhatsApp, He affirmed that “They would love to develop a native experience for iPad” and that “many people had asked for for years.” Although he did not offer concrete dates, his statement was one of the first official signals that at some point we would see the application land on the tablet. Today, that has materialized. Instagram is still pending. With this launch, target a historical debt with iPad users. But it is not the only one. Instagram still does not have an optimized version for Apple’s tablet, although its mobility use and audiovisual content edition fit perfectly with the format. In 2021, Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, acknowledged that an IPAD app “would be great”, But it also made it clear that It was not a priority in the company’s roadmap. Images | Goal In Xataka | OnePlus was the last bastion of the silence button. He has just replaced him to get into the AI ​​car

We promised them happy with the 7,000mah batteries. But Android is still Android

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I have been able to try the Realme GT 7one of the first phones in the market (generalist, no gaming) with 7,000mAh battery. A full -fledged mobile with a battery whose duration is good, but not superlative. The point is that this is not the first time something like that happens to me. I have tried mobiles with 4,500mAh batteries that lasted a lot more than others with 5,000Mah. Mobile with 5,000MAH with completely disparate durations, and then we have Apple with a 4,600mAh battery that lasts more than some much larger. Not everything is the ability. Welcome is the ability. Between 7,000mah and 5,000mah I have it clear: big horse. A battery with greater nominal capacity, to equal optimization and consumption of the components, is a battery aimed at having a longer duration. A clear example is the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge With its 3,900mah battery. Miracles do not exist and, with that capacity and the screen of a Galaxy S25+I was destined to have a battery that lasts little. Android is very Android. Android is a relatively free system, and this has as many advantages as inconvenience. There is nothing more efficient at an energy level than an AOSP ROM, based on “Pure Android” and with hardly any background processes. The issue is that manufacturers want to put their icing: customization layers. Although they provide added value, starting to build on Android is not simple, and adding both applications and extra processes, sometimes, does not work out. If a version is not optimized, it will devour resources, have the physical battery that the device has. There are even more elements. To the optimization that each manufacturer has to do in the system if you want the ROM to work well, you have to add that each phone element (screen, modem, Bluetooth, Wifi), has its associated controllers. A bad optimization or adjustment in the software that manages basic hardware elements can translate into triggered consumption. And, beyond optimization, hardware elements themselves can consume more or less. There are more or less efficient screens, there are more or less efficient processors, thermal management … The cocktail to create a mobile with a battery that lasts what must last is complex. The solutions. Sometimes, it is best to admit that there is no solution. If your mobile lasts little because milliamps are missing, there is no way out. In the opposite case, there is hope. If a telephone has a brutal battery, but it does not last enough, it is necessary to know the manufacturer to work in an update that solves it. It is not something, unfortunately, too common. But it is neither the first nor the last time that a phone does not work as fine in launch and, within a few weeks, it all starts stabilizing. In fact, this is not just an Android problem, although the system is more prone to these instabilities in the battery. I still remember The terrible battery of the iPhone 12 Pro. Yes, he had “only 2.815mah”, but the iPhone 13 pro lasted much more with 300mAh more. Super -healing problems, a total (health) capacity that touched 80% in just one year of use … Image | Xataka In Xataka | Save battery on your mobile: 28 things that increase their consumption on Android or iPhone and you can avoid

The Inditex formula for Zara’s success is not new. The new thing is that they tell her

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Inditex has put numbers and letters to its operation. His CEO, Óscar García Maceiras, presented the group’s formula in an academic forum, according to Expansion: (m + c + s + p) · v Fashion, client, sustainability and people, all multiplied by values. The idea is simple: translate half a century of business evolution into an understandable structure. And give clues about what is coming. The context. Zara turns 50 with difficult figures to discuss: more than 38,000 million income and 6,000 million benefit. But the environment has changed to the point of rethinking priorities before The rise of online sale. It is no longer enough for the model to work; Now you also have to explain it. And do it well. The formula does not provide revelation, but a signal: large companies not only compete in products, also in a story. And in a sector under greater pressure than ever – by its environmental footprint, its consumption model, its public exhibition – that story has to be clear, assumed and, above all, credible. In detail: m: Fast but reactive fashion. c: Customer as a sensor and motor. s: Sustainability as a process, not as achievement. p: People as the basis of the system. v: Values ​​that cohesive culture and direction. It is a frame. And as such, more useful to align inwards than to convince out. Between the lines. The equation comes at a time where companies need to seem as transparent as efficient. Converting complexity into formula is a form of story control: decides what to tell before others count on you. The relevant thing is not that Inditex has a formula, but that it believes it is necessary to communicate it. In that is the key: fashion is no longer defended only in catwalks or balances, also in the frames that build their legitimacy. In Xataka | Inditex has been opening Zara Megatiendas for years throughout the world. The problem is that they are ceasing to be so profitable Outstanding image | Praswin Prakashan in Unspash

A complete range in which a 98 “model with a groundbreaking price stands out

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Haier is no newcomer. This Chinese company landed in the Spanish market more than two decades ago and we followed the track very closely For almost twenty years. During this time we have had the opportunity to thoroughly analyze several of its televisions, such as the model HQLED S800which, despite being a mid -range TV, left me a good taste for its ability to perform well in any use scenario. Anyway, this manufacturer’s commitment for 2025 is more ambitious than The one of previous years. Although it has presented a range consisting of nine series in this article we will investigate in the six families that seem more interesting to us for their price/benefits ratio. There goes a small advance: there is everything from an OLED model to the last to several very interesting mini-read televisions, through a 98-inch giganton with an approachable price. C95: The flagship model proposes an OLED panel up to 144 Hz Haier C95. On paper, the specifications of this television are at the height of which the models equipped with a more advanced organic panel of the competition propose. Your OLED matrix works a maximum soda frequency of 144 Hz and live with an image processor capable of dealing so much with DOLBY VISION IQ CONTENTS such as HDR10+, HDR10 and HLG. Nothing to object to here. The heart of this C95, beyond its organic panel, is a socote with four nuclei that works side by side with a main memory map of 3 GB. On the other hand, Haier has resolved the sound of this TV betting on a 2.1 channel configuration and the ability to decode audio Dolby Atmos. Soon it will reach Spanish stores with a price of 1,999 euros for the 55 -inch model and 2,799 euros for the 65 -inch version. M96, M95, M90 and M80 Series: Total Bet for Mini-Led technology Haier M96. The M96 model is the LCD TV with the most ambitious mini-read retroilumination of Haier. Your panel can work at a maximum soda frequency of 144 Hz with videogames and incorporates a SOC that works in Tandem with 4 GB of main memory. The 100 -inch version proposes us 5.2.1 Sound channelswhile those of 75 and 85 inches have a slightly more modest audio hardware (2.1.2 channels). Haier M95. Just below the M96 model in the Porfolio de Haier resides the very interesting M95. Its Mini-LED backlit matrix is ​​capable of delivering a maximum brightness of 2,000 Nits according to this manufacturer, and, as in the M96, the panel refreshes a maximum of 144 Hz with video games. Its four -core socates coexists with 3 GB of main memory and is able to process Dolby Atmos sound. The 65 -inch version costs 1,999 euros, while the 75 -inch price has a price of 2,599 euros. The M90 ​​series, on the other hand, is committed to an LCD panel and MEMC type image for, as well as the other models we have reviewed, give ourselves a maximum soda of 144 Hz. With regard to the HDR contents it is compatible with all the formats currently used: Dolby Vision IQ, HDR10+, HDR10 and HLG. And a hardware of 2.1 channels is in charge of the sound. The 55 -inch model costs 1,099 euros, while 65 inches is priced at 1,499 euros. Haier M80. The most affordable mini-read retroilumination series that Haier is currently in catalog is the M80. However, although its price is lower than that of the other families, it does not sacrifice the ability to process all the HDR formats currently available or the Dolby Atmos audio reproduction through its 2.1 channel hardware. It also implements VRR and Allm technologies linked to the standard HDMI 2.1so, on paper, it is an adequate television for video games. This series is available in 55, 65, 75 and 85 inches with a starting price of 899 euros. S90: 98 inches at a very competitive price Haier S90. The S90 model is one of the gigantones of the Haier catalog. He proposes an LCD panel with nanocrystalsa 120 Hz soda and FALD type backhoration (Full Array Local Dimming), so its ability to control light is not as precise as that of the mini-led models in which we have just inquired. Even so, on paper it is an interesting TV. And it is because it costs 3,299 euros, an attractive price if we are in mind that it is a television of no less than 98 inches. In Xataka | China is devouring the televisions market. So much that Panasonic considers abandoning it In Xataka | The television market has been dominated for years by Korea and Japan. Now they have a new rival: China

Spain has its own Mykonos. And share with her something more than the coast and the wrapped houses: mass tourism

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Its wrapped houses, terraces, alleys and landscapes of the Mediterranean coast earned him Binibeca Vell The nickname “Mykonos Español”but over time this small town in Menorca has ended looking to the famous island of the cycles for another different reason: the Tourist saturation. As is the case in the Greek destiny, The town It fills every summer of thousands of visitors, an avalanche that is not always easy to fit in the routine of its neighbors. Hence they have decided to take action. A Spanish Mykonos? Yes. In fact, this informal title is disputed by several locations in the country, such as Frigilianain Malaga, or The Moorish Isletin Almería. Both stand out for their low houses of enchanted facades, narrow alleys, terraces and coastal landscapes bathed by the light of the Mediterranean. Exactly the same as Binibeca Vella small urbanization located in the south of Menorca, within the municipality of Sant Lluís. Its landscapes have made time win the nickname “Mykonos Menorquín” and a hole on the websites of the travel agencies, Blogs And even in The promotion of the Balearic institutions. What is its origin? Binibeca is not only known as “Mykonos de Baleares”. The locals also usually refer to it as “fishing village”, although in reality its origin has little to do with the people who make a living in the Mediterranean. The settlement is located in an old sailor shelter, but what we see today rose in the early 1960s as a residential urbanization driven by the rigger Antonio Sintes and the architect Corsini beardwho were inspired by Greece. The result is a picturesque populated with white houses glued to each other, 165 constructions distributed by an built surface of about 8,000 square meters located in a privileged environment, just in front of the sea. The Binibeca owners community stands out Another of its peculiarities: the settlement is “an urbanization”, “a private property” in which it is the residents themselves who are responsible for paying a fee for the maintenance of the area. And do tourists receive? Yes. Many. The community of owners ensures that in recent years visits “have increased significantly” to overcome the 800,000 annuallya considerable fact if one takes into account that in the area they reside just 200 people And during the winter months that figure is minimized. Maybe this disproportion between the number of residents and the great flow of visitors, but makes enough sense. To start with the tourist success of the Balearic Islands in General and Menorca in particular, which receives each year hundreds of thousands of tourists. Secondly, due to the visibility and promotion of the town, both in the networks and through Agencies, Forums And even Balearic institutions. “If you put the Menorca word on Instagram, of every 10 images that appear, three are from Binibeca Vell,” assured last year to The country Óscar Monge, president of the community of owners. What is coexistence like? If the neighbors of Mykonos island know something (the authentic, the one located in the cycles) is that living in a Mediterranean paradise is not always simple. On the website of the urbanization the residents themselves They recognize That the avalanche of tourists has a direct effect in its day to day, “complicating coexistence.” “Port adventure looks like, but they at least charge you the entrance,” summarize Monge. In practice that translates into dealing with tourists eager to achieve the best Selfie They do not hesitate to sneak into a private terrace to get it. “Tourists touch everything. One of our neighbors has many plants in pots and tourists move them to get a better photo. They sit in chairs in private porches,” explained a few months ago to The Telegraph one of the inhabitants of the urbanization. “They speak very high and the noise resonates because the town is small and closed. They sit on the stairs and, when the owner asks them to move, they refuse because they want to get the perfect photo.” And what have they done? Move token. That Binibeca is a private urbanization with a community of owners, not a real town of fishermen, makes its residents face tourist saturation with a different approach to that of other Balearic residents. Last year The community decreed that would allow visits only in a certain time slot, during the day. The rest of the time the space would remain closed with chains with notices. In The urbanization website A small plane can be consulted in which the visible areas, passage areas and the visiting schedule are detailed, restricted from 10.00 to 22.00 h. There are also certain guidelines for visitors: they are silent, keep the environment clean, not take photos for commercial purposes or inside the houses and, of course, that they do not enter into private homes or feel on the terraces. “When you visit us remember that you have entered a private property and you must respect the privacy of the neighbors,” They underline. Is there more? Yes. In 2023 the community and the Consell de Menorca reached a pact to lighten tourist pressure on the town, which passed among other issues to regulate the arrival of buses or help in the conservation of the area. The agreement It was not renewed However and a year ago the community threatened to go further and Vote the total closure From urbanization to tourism, a drastic measure because the flow of tourists is key to the businesses located in the area. “We pay expensive to be the most popular tourist attraction of Menorca”, Monge lamented. “Binibeca is promoted by the island administration and tourism companies, but what benefit do we get from it? We have nothing against tourism, but sometimes it seems that we live in Disneyland.” Their complaints of 2024 have served for the moment to promote a change in tourists, among which they appreciate (except exceptions) an attitude “a bit more moderate.” And what do they plan to do? A few days ago residents shared with … Read more

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Housing is, by differencethe greatest economic expense for households in Spain. According to dataof The countrythroughout 2025 more than 300,000 households in Spain will see how their rental contracts signed for 2020 expire, the year in which the pandemic promoted a large number of renewals and new leases. The renewal of these contracts will bring an increase in their fee to update to the market price, which will not only raise the economic pressure of householdsbut will initiate a process of deepest changes As for the population and availability of rental housing. THE GREAT RENTAL REVIEW. In 2019 the Urban Lease Law (LAU)extending the duration of the contracts of three to five years (or seven if the landlord is a company). Therefore, 2020 contracts signed after the approval of that law will begin to expire throughout 2025. This mass review is a kind of “funnel effect” in the rental housing market that will increase in the monthly installments that were signed in 2020, or the cancellation of these contracts. There is no exact figure of the number of contracts that will be affected by this review in their quotas but, according to The data collected by The countrythe figure would range between 220,000 and 300,000 lease contracts. Bad news for tenants. Many of these tenants signed in 2020 rental contracts With moderate pricesconditioned largely by the uncertainty generated by the pandemic. Five years later, and with the rent market for the clouds, the tenants face revaluation that can range between 20% and 30%, increasing even more in very tension or tourist areas. According to data From idealist, the average price of rental housing in April 2020 was 10.7 euros per square meter per month. In the same period of 2025, its price has increased up to 14.3 euros, which represents an increase in the monthly fee of 38.3%. That assumes that a tenant paid average in 2020 a monthly rental of 856 euros for an 80 square meter house, but in 2025 that same house will cost 1,144 euros per month. The cities like Madrid or Barcelona, ​​the current price would have doubled. Tensioning areas. The Government approved aProtection measures package for tenants before the disproportionate increase of rental fees, following the wake of the measures that already had been taken in Catalonia. This new regulation established limitations to the increase in the rental price by renewing the contracts and linked those increases to the Lease reference index which varies month by month. At present, it places that increase in 2.09%. The problem: 1. The regulations only apply when the rental housing is in a tension zone and its contract is in a renewal situation. So the measure does not apply to new contracts. 2. The declaration of tension zone depends on Each autonomous community. In April 2025, only Catalonia, Navarra, Asturias, the Basque Country, the Canary Islands and the Valencian Community had declared municipalities as a tension zone. So, the homes located in the rest of the communities that they have not declared themthey cannot benefit from the limitation of increases in the price of rentals and renewal is done according to market prices. An unprecedented situation. The conjunction of the entry into force of the Housing Law with the extension of the duration of the contracts and the price escalation in the rentals of recent years leaves an unpublished scenario in the real estate market, but which will be repeated from now on. Now, the landlords of those rental floors, in their Most small ownersare faced with two options: or renew the contract with an increase in limited price or cancel the current contract and put the house in the market again with current prices. The decision is not so obvious. The dilemma of the landsters. If the house is in a tensioning area, the owner is obliged to respect the increase marked by the lease index in renewal, but ceases to be canceled and signed a new contract. That is, as Javier Gil, a researcher at the CSIC and in the Urban Critical Studies Group (GECU) to El País, these episodes always facilitate the circles of speculation by the homemade. ” The homemade could prefer to risk not renew the current contract and put the house again in the market to Obtain greater profitabilitysell it or allocate it for tourist rental. On the other hand, those little owners who are satisfied with your tenants They might choose to apply moderate increases below the market value, even in non -tensioning areas where the law does not force it, in order to maintain stable and guaranteed profitability, although it loses short -term profitability. Greater rental demand. One of the effects that this large -scale renovation is that, if many of these contracts are canceled, the pressure on the rental market will increase more since more tenants will be forced to look for an affordable rent, and each time they will have and move away more from the urban nuclei to get them. In turn, the rental offer will be reduced with those properties that pass for long -term rental for tourist rental, seasonal or that goes into the sale market. According to data From idealist the number of interested parties in each rental offer that was published on the platform had increased by 20% during the first quarter of 2025. that is, a greater demand for a Lower rental offer long lasting. In Xataka | In Catalonia a house of 12 square meters for 600 euros per month is rented. It is a garden booth Image | Unspash (Anton Khmelnitsky)

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