A company tested the four -day work week. Now your workers think it is best to work seven days

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The debate on the Reduction of the working day It is more alive than ever and many countries are reconsidering their working day model with alternatives such as four -day work week. Lumena small Cardiff SEO services consultant, tested the four -day work week obtaining outstanding results. However, his CEO, considered that the idea could still be improved, so he decided to go one step further and try a model even more flexible: Work seven days a week. From the four -day week to 32 hours. As Aced Nelmes, CEO of Lumen, counted In his LinkedIn profilethe company had changed its four -day workday for a 32 -hour. The difference can be underestimated, in that change the elimination of an important barrier is implicit: the company will not impose if its employees have to do those 32 hours In a certain number of days or at a certain schedule. It will be the employees themselves who decide when to work. According to his CEO, two years ago, Lumen implemented the four -day work week. The results exceeded all expectations: staff rotation fell to zero, productivity increased and employees felt more rested and committed. According to Nelmes, “our workers reported to be happier, have better health and be more productive.” But the model It could be improved. Seven days to meet your day. “The idea of ​​the 32 -hour week is to go further in the flexibility offered by the four days,” Nelmes explained. In the system proposed by Lumen, the only condition is that employees meet their projects and objectives, managing their time with total autonomy. Nelmes clarified in statements to The confidential that “what I require is a lot of self -discipline, capacity for concentration, self -regulation, initiative and independence.” The company seeks workers capable of directing their own time and offering the best of themselves. “I think we microstal the day -to -day life of our workers, we assume what kind of day they should have to be productive. My argument is that it is not, we do not know, and we need to delegate that decision in each individual,” said the young manager to El Confidencial. The exception: meetings and training. According to The publishedby him Financial Timesthe only exception to the total flexibility of Lumen is the time that the company dedicates to Team meetings in which the mandatory projects and formations are defined. Together, the CEO ensures that they do not exceed three hours per week. This guarantees the connection and coordination of the team without sacrificing individual autonomy. For all others each of the employees distributes their work week with total labor flexibility and No entry or exit schedules. Results and surprises. During the three months of proof of this new flexibility model, Nelmes observed that, in reality, the employees did not make major changes in their schedules. Most had routines similar to conventional ones, adapting only small details to enjoy personal activities. “People like to have routines and structure, so many … still prefer to move within a standard schedule,” explained the CEO to The confidential. The flexibility had limited itself to adapting their working hours to certain personal activities (playing sports, medical appointments, etc.) or to coincide with The schedules of their childrenand then recover that time at another time of the week. According to Nelmes, the most extreme case is that of one of its employees, who took advantage of that flexibility to adjust their rest days during the week according to the climate or their personal needs. Then, I worked on Sunday, because it was the time when I found greater concentration and less interruptions. Flexibility with clear values ​​and limits. As has counted The CEO, this model does not imply total disconnection of the company. Lumen takes great care of your team to ensure that everyone shares Commitment values and responsibility. “We would not hire someone who only wanted to work 16 hours in two days,” says Nelmes. In fact, the manager assures that they have had to leave people who did not adapt to this level of freedom and demand. The objective is to allow employees to have enough flexibility in their workday to be carried out as people and take care of their familieswhich also helps them save in nurseries, cleaning or extracurricular activities. According to Nelmes, “if you let your employees be good parents, they will also be good employees.” The company seeks to attract fathers and mothers, convinced that flexibility improves both productivity and the quality of life. An adaptable model, but not for all. Although the manager ensures that the results obtained by his staff have been positive, he acknowledges that this model is not viable or For all companies Not for all sectors. Consultants, banks, law firms or marketing companies can benefit from this approach since they allow combining the flexibility of teleworking with the organization by objectives. However, it acknowledges that it is a difficult implementation option in sectors such as the manufacturing industry, construction, the hospitality or tourismwhere physical presence and fixed schedules are inherent to the nature of work. In Xataka | Spain already has its first municipality with four -day work week. It is not in Madrid or Barcelona, ​​but in a corner of Cádiz In Xataka | Three Spanish companies tell us how it has gone after implementing a job utopia: the four -day week Image | Lumen

The battle to relocate it in Ifema

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A few years since the pandemic has been so Horribilis as the present for the veteran Madrid Book Fair. And we just have the first weekend. The most important editorial event of the year in the capital has already suffered a few setbacks, whose motivations and nuances are understood if we go to the history of owners, situations and plans around the fair. What’s happening this year. The Book Fair has encountered two unexpected closures of its doors. The first, The day of the inaugurationMay 30: a few hours after the visit of Queen Letizia, the organization announced that the Directorate of El Retiro told them that from 4:00 p.m. the park would be evicted because, From 18:00, the red alert was going to be activated by adverse weather phenomena. Specifically, a maximum temperature of 35 degrees. At 18 it was announced that the park reopened, but that the fair remained closed. Fair complaints. The next dayon Saturday, the opening in the afternoon was delayed an hour, with cancellation of firms planned between 17 and 18. two relatively unusual days in the trajectory of the fair, and that have unleashed the complaints of the booksellers and the organization of the event itself. Lola Larumbe, from the Alberti bookstore, I asked for explanations Given these closures: “The park was open but the booths were closed, that discrepancy is what is not understood very well.” He also considered that “something is doing wrong” when the Reabre park and the fair no, but did not want to see “hidden motifs or strange things.” Penguins benefits. It is logical that the organization and booksellers and publishers will solve themselves with these closures. The fair is an important business for all of them, and for the smallest participants, an essential event to save the accounts of the year, since in many cases the fair can mean 20% of its annual billing, or even more. To this is also added the important value of the visibility they grant This type of event. Visits in Madrid are around two million people and the business figure exceeds 5 million euros, according to Official data. Even so, these closures are relatively common: last year there were also partial closures two days, but what makes them unique this year is the lack of explanation and coordination of the City Council. A certain instability. This phase of doubts and complaints related to the location in the retirement has served to reinflate the rumors about a possible change of location of the fair. These do not come out of nowhere: Already in 2019The country spoke of “difficult and tense” negotiations between the organization and the City Council. This dozen meetings to negotiate were settled with a reduction of meters and the disappearance of 10 booths. According to the City Council, to “preserve the fragility of the Park from the pressure of the fair.” He gave way to the requests of the organization, since the initial intention of the Consistory was to remove 60 booths, equivalent to 200 meters from the total 1300. Manuel Gil, then director of the Fair, put on the table a new location: “The Madrid City Council has not asked to take out the retirement fair, but in private conversations they do raise the possibility of sending it to Ifema.” That same year, Freedom Digital also talked about the unofficial possibility of A transfer to Ifema. Different site. Although today Madrid identifies the Book Fair with Retiro, has gone through other places: it started in 1933 at the Paseo de Recoletos, where it was until 1967, when it moved to the retirement. In 1979 he was held at the Casa de Campo, but was a failure of assistance, so the following year he returned to the gardens of the center of Madrid. A couple of years was even held outside Madrid (1946 and 1952 in Barcelona, ​​1948 in Seville), but when the fairs were spreading throughout the Peninsula, the Book Fair ended up centralizing. At the moment, the retirement. IFEMA, on the other hand, already has its own fair: BASTwhich alternates its headquarters between Madrid and Barcelona, ​​and is celebrated in October, oriented to professionals. LD entitled his note about the fair in 2019 with a resounding “The City Council declares war”, which is more metaphorical than anything else, but that makes clear the nature of the clash between the institutions, and that with the excuse of the preservation of the retirement, it could be hardened in future editions. Header | Leticia Roncero in Flickr In Xataka | Opposite is the boring dream of millions of people. And the Spanish fashion writer has made him a book

to produce your own phone

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If you do with One of Sony’s latest models You may find an unusual message in the box: “Made in China.” Six years ago the company He closed his last factory in Beijinto transfer manufacturing to one of its own plants in Thailand. With its new Xperia, Sony ends an era: some of these high -end models, for the first time, are not even manufactured by Sony. The Xperia of Discordia. In Reddit, an image began to run like gunpowder. One in which the Xperia 1 VII box It showed a “fact in China” Unusual in the family of high -end devices of Sony. It is easily verifiable in the documentation of manufacturer manufacturingin which it specifies the product categories and production centers outside and within Japan. The “smartphones” category has disappeared. Until now, Thailand has been the epicenter in the manufacture of the company’s best mobiles, in its Pathum Thani factory. The company left China and began to cut production in Japanfocusing on Thailand for its low labor costs and, denying any intention to flee from geopolitical tensions between the United States and China. Why is it important. That this latest generation Sony is made of China is an important clue about what is happening with Sony phones. And it is not by the manufacture itself there, but because the company does not currently have plants in China dedicated to smartphones production. Japanese sources They collect the key point: Sony has outsourced the production of its high -end xperia. In other words, the company has stopped producing some of the lots of its best models in its own plants to leave the manufacture of the product to third parties. Sony has been controlling the production of its high range in his own range for years, and this movement is goodbye. Sony is in good health. Sony is not doing well with smartphones. But can afford to manufacture them. PlayStation and everything around her is being more profitable than everit is still one of the Leaders in the photographic sensor industryand even grows near the 20% in industries such as the musical. Although its Xperia division dominates less than 1% of the global market, it remains an important technological showcase for Sony, which has been within this industry for more than 20 years. A common practice. Despite the concerns that may arise in this regard, there are no reasons to doubt the manufacturing quality of the Sony Smartphones. In fact, it is usual not to produce your own phones and leave it in the hands of external factories. The only plausible doubts have to do with what will happen to the volume of production of a telephone (or a family of telephones) that It fails to sneak into sales rankingsand what is the future of a division that It has been reporting losses about ten years. Samsung is the last bastion. Samsung is the last bastion of smartphones production. The company has its own factories and only relies on ODM companies (Original Desing Manufacturer, companies dedicated to production and design for other brands) for the manufacture of its input range products. It is one Common practice to reduce costsbut Samsung found in Vietnam The best ally to almost completely control its manufacturing. Manufacturers such as Apple rely on giants such as Foxconn, Xiaomi outsourcing almost all the production of their phones, and even giants such as Honor and Huawei They rely on ODMs like Wingtech. Image | Xataka In Xataka | Sony Wh-1000xm6: When the biggest challenge is to play the right a product that already did almost everything well

All your Riders will be used before the end of the year

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“This is a transcendental day for platform workers.” Those were The words of the European Employment Commissioner, Nicolas Schmit, After approving the European Rider Law. One of the companies clearly affected by that law was Glovo, which leaves the model of false freelancers after 250 million euros and bring to trial its founder. That decision is the conclusion of a long process. The aforementioned European “Rider Law” was proposed in 2021 based on the Spirit of the Rider Law approved in Spainbut it was not until December 2022 when, under the Spanish presidency of the Council, an inter -institutional agreement with the community government and the European Parliament was reached. Was Great cuts in its content and protection, but Spain maintained its support for the text. Glovo announced last December that he would totally change his labor model and would directly hire the distributorsinstead of keeping riders as self -employed. The measure will apply to all cities in Spain where Glovo operates and in all its verticals. It is the company that has taken the most to adapt to the “Rider Law” and the one that has suffered the most In the process. Others such as Just Eat adopted it from the first moment, which has allowed to avoid numerous fines. For Glovo, however, reaching this point has been as we comment especially complex. This has been the chronology of this transformation process: May 2019: UGT files a complaint Against Glovo After the death of A deliveryman In Barcelona. According to the union, the company violated the rules of Occupational Risk Prevention. November 2019: The Superior Court of Justice of Madrid Solve that Glovo’s Riders are false freelancers. By then Glovo had 1,000 employees and presence in 26 countries. September 2020: the Supreme Court Judgment that Glovo’s distributors are false freelancers May 2021: The Government Approves The Royal Decree-Law known as the Spanish Rider Law. September 2022: Glovo receives the first great Fine of 78.9 million euros applied to a company for breaching the ‘Rider Law’. It wouldn’t be the last. According to the Ministry of Labor, Glovo had 10,614 workers as false freelancers at that time. November 2023: The entry into force of the Rider Law in August 2021 does not seem to change too much Things: two years later the companies continued “stretching the gum not to hire any rider. “ December 2023: Europe begins the project Create a European ‘Rider Lawand takes as a Spanish model to make it a reality. The objective: protect 5.5 million false freelancers. March 2024: A European pre -agreement for the approval of the European ‘Rider Law. The CEO of Glovo, Oscar Pierre, He recently promised that “we are going to complete the transformation towards a 100% labor model this year.” However, He continued to maintain that the freelancer model is “the one that best suits our orders curve”. The demand, he explained, is very volatile, so “having a flexible model Allows you to pay more and give more work. “ The government does not share that opinion, and in fact Pierre is in the midst of an investigation for crimes against the rights of the Riders. Testified Last December accused of adopting the model of false freelancers with the aim of “reducing their business costs,” the Prosecutor’s Office describes. The process follows its course, and may have been one of the triggers of that radical change in the Glovo labor model. That statement and that change in the labor model are adopted in Glovo by obligation, but its CEO He already declared In February that “we will hire 20,000 workers, but they will gain less than as self -employed.” It remains to be seen if that promise is fulfilled, but there is a striking fact: Delivery Hero, the company owner of Glovo, has provided a total of 400 million euros for face possible fines In Europe for anti -competitive practices. In Xataka | The fight to take pizza home is a multinational war

We have been concerned about what companies with our data do. Brazil will allow money with them to win

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Brazil has just crossed a line that promises to change forever the relationship between its citizens and their personal digital information: digital wallets to moneture their data. Why is it important. The South American country has announced The first national program in the world which allows its citizens to own, manage and monetize their fingerprint. Brazil has decided to convert this information into economic assets for those who generate them instead of simply seeing how their citizens give data to technological ones. The initiative, administered by Dataprev – state technology company – in alliance with the Californian Drumwave, will create personal data savings accounts. Users may deposit the information generated by their daily activities and receive economic offers from companies interested in buying it. In detail. The system works like cookies of third partiesbut with a turn: instead of simply accept or reject, users can choose to make money. When they request a loan, for example, the contract data will be stored in their digital portfolio, and companies will be able to bid for them. “People don’t get anything from the data they share,” explains Brittany Kaiser, co -founder of Own Your Data Foundation and Drumwave advisor, according to the official statement. “Brazil has decided that its citizens must have property rights over their data.” The pilot starts with a small group of Brazilians who will use loan portfolios. After accepting an offer from a company, the payment is deposited in the portfolio and can be transferred immediately to a bank account. The context. This movement places Brazil ahead of the United States, where a similar initiative of the governor of California, Gavin Newsom, It was raised in 2019 But he never took off. If it is completely implemented, it will be the first public-private association that allows citizens-not to companies-to obtain a personal data market share. Yes, but. Some specialists in Brazilian data protection have expressed serious doubts. In a country where three out of ten people are functional illiteratesaccording to official data, there is a risk that vulnerable populations sell their data without understanding the consequences. “We will be asking for half of the country that you don’t know how Rest of World. “People in vulnerable situations will say yes, and that could be used against them.” The background. The Brazilian Congress works on a bill that would classify data as personal property, exceeding the current legislation that considers them an inalienable right. The new regulations would give people complete rights about their personal information, especially that generated “through the use and access of online platforms, applications, Marketplaceswebsites and connected devices “. And now what. If this is consolidated, Brazil will sit a precedent that other countries can follow. The proposal promises “a correction in the historical imbalance of the digital economy,” according to Rodrigo Assumpção, president of Datapre. The idea: transform personal data into assets for those who provide them. For companies such as Google, Meta or Amazon, accustomed to obtaining valuable data “simply” offering their platforms also for free, this proposal is an earthquake. For users it could be the first step towards a world where each clickeach search and each digital movement has a tangible market value. Outstanding image | Samuel Costa Melo and Campaign Creators in Unspash In Xataka | The AEPD already knows where the data of millions of freelancers who were on sale on the Internet have come from: the Chamber of Commerce

Ten years ago, we were happy with microSD cards on mobile phones. The manufacturers have killed them for a good reason

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Far was that time when buying a MicroSD card It was practically an essential for our mobile phone. The mobiles from ten years ago They came with a scarce internal memory (8, 16 GB), insufficient for devices that, despite their limitations at the hardware level, recorded Full HD video and had an ecosystem rich in applications. Today, it is increasingly difficult to find devices compatible with this memory expansion. And, yes, this is good news. The golden age of the microSD. There was a time in using an SD was the best possible option on an Android mobile. In fact, the operating system itself allowed to move some of the apps to external memories, releasing the local memory of this load. In 2010, Android 2.2 Froyo He had this option as a native from the adjustments, something that remained immovable until years later. The key was that Android was a much more insecure system than is now. In fact, with Android 6.0 It was possible to expand system storage using microSD cards. The party is over. There are two milestones that mark the progressive disappearance of MicroSD cards on Android. The first is the Popularization of Unibody mobiles: The end of the removable housings. The extra groove to incorporate the SD next to the SIM (or double SIM) hinders stagnant designs, somewhat incompatible with the Current IP protocols They protect the water and dust device. The second reason is imposed by Google with Android, and that is that the operating system was progressively restricting the permissions until they prevent them from moving apps to the SD, limiting it only to the passage of files. Reading speed. As internal memory modules have been improving progressively, reading and writing speed has shot in recent years. A UHS-1 micro SD around 200 MB/s reading speed (speeds that are never reached). EMMC’s most modern standards (slower technology in internal memories, only used in low range) can double this figure. If we talk about UFS memories, standards such as UFS 2.2 around real writing speeds close to GB, something that doubles with UFS 3.1 and almost quadruplica with UFS 4.0. Next to nothing. The size of the apps has increased considerably in recent years, as well as their requirements, and moving them from an SD is not too realistic. The focus on security. By default, the memory of any commercialized Android mobile comes encrypted, something that protects the local data of the device. SD memories do not come with this protection layer, nor do they meet the requirements to do so. Android is an increasingly sure system And, according to the latest data, it is exposed to 90% less malware than in 2016 thanks to the Play Protect scanguaranteed windows of security patches, Automatic reset and constant purge of fraudulent applications in Play Storeamong others. The microSD today. Although relegated in general terms to low -cost mobiles, The MicroSD continues to give a dummy In 2025. If your mobile has support for them, you can continue moving simple apps such as Telegram or Instagram (giants such as WhatsApp do not allow it), and even some games allow you to send part of your reading data to the SD. The same goes for multimedia: nothing prevents us from saving and reproducing content from a microSD card externally. The limitation of speed and stability (if you use a low quality microSD) will be present, but the function has not died at all. A necessary evil. Smartphones manufacturers and Google itself have been closing the door to microSD cards. It is a evil necessary to improve the stability of the system, to make Android a safer platform and continue allowing the apps to grow (in size and requirements) to the frantic rhythm to which hardware evolves. Image | Samsung In Xataka | It is 2024 and I still use an SD card on my mobile: what can I do and what is different about the storage of my phone

Starbase residents voted to be the city of Spacex. Now a letter has reached the right to their property

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In May, the residents of the small community that surrounded the SpaceX headquarters in Boca Chica, southeast of Texas, carried out A historical vote. An overwhelming mass was done in favor of constituting the city of Starbase, which most or less became that Elon Musk’s company became “almost” owner of the enclave, with levels of autonomy Never seen until now. That’s why, The letter That has just arrived at residents has been a surprise. Urban experiment. The transformation of the former Texano of Boca Chica village in the corporate city of Starbase represents much more than a simple name change. Conceived as the epicenter of Spacex’s space operations and, as we said, vmostly For a large -compound population for company employees, Starbase has now moved to a new phase of territorial reorganization. The problem. Than a disseminated memorandum by him city ​​administratorKent Myers, warns many residents who could “lose the right to continue using their property for current use” due to a rezoning proposal that will be debated on June 23. He Document is explicit: Those who have land in the affected area could be forced to modify or abandon them if they do not conform to the new urban plan. The city plans to become a mixed area of ​​residences, offices and services, although in practice the development model is almost exclusively oriented to support the Spacex expansion and its launch facilities. City-business. They counted in Fortune That the Starbase Urban Project recovers, with technologically sophisticated, but politically disturbing features, the model of the old ones “Company Towns“North American: cities where the owner company was also the employer, regulator and in many sovereign spaces of space. In fact, the current mayor, Robert Peden12 -year -old veteran in Spacex, and the majority of the electorate It is composed of company workers. This structure creates a fusion between civil governance and corporate objectives, where the public interest is subordinated to the industrial plan of a single entity. In this context, key decisions such as rezoning, mobility restrictions or access to common goods such as beaches are no longer settled in a Public Square open, but within the perimeter of a private logic protected by local legal structures. Public space restriction. One of the most visible consequences of Spacex’s advance in Starbase has been the progressive Restriction of access to Boca Chica Beacha coastal strip of great environmental and spiritual value, especially for the Carrizo/Comecrudo tribe. With the argument of guaranteeing security during the releases, the restrictions have been multiplied, and recently the Texas Senate approved legislation which allows local authorities to close the beach during the week and limit their use during weekends. Ecological organizations They have denounced That, under the security pretext, a “system designed to give them a de facto private beach is consolidating.” The appropriation of a public good for corporate purposes awakens criticism and calls into question the compatibility between economic investment promises and collective rights. Global implications. It is the last of the legs that appears with the drift that is taking the case of Starbase. Its consolidation not only constitutes a local experiment, but also A possible model For future business colonies with functional sovereignty aspirations. Fortune explained that if a coastal settlement can be transformed into A corporate municipality With the right to issue land use, condition the permanence of non -affiliated residents and manage public infrastructure Like a beachdoors are also opened to an advanced form of territorial privatization. In a world where megacorporations such as Spacex, Tesla or X (yes, all of Musk) concentrate each time More economic power And symbolic, Starbase could serve General trial For similar projects in other regions with lax regulations. If you want also and put to think about Musk keyif the promise is that these cities are platforms for interplanetary expansion, the Texan experience suggests that, before conquering Mars, the conquest can begin with the political geography of the Earth. Image | Alexander Hatley In Xataka | Texas has a new city. Until a few days ago, it was only Spacex’s base in Boca Chica In Xataka | Leaving California is just the first step: Spacex has started the procedures to create an independent city in Texas

Lego sets ‘The Lord of the Rings’. Five ideas to organize books and decorate the house

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There are few sets who have launched Lego over the years. We have seen collaborations with many brands, being the one of ‘The Lord of the Rings‘One of the most ambitious for its particular constructions. There is currently a lot to choose from, so we have reviewed five sets that can currently be found in stores. Corner between books by 116.03 eurosa set oriented to organize books that adapts the iconic Gandalf scene with the Barlrog. The region by 269.99 eurosan exclusive set of the official store with several constructions and minifigures. Rivendel by 499.99 eurosa large horizontal set with many details and minifigures. Barad-dûr by 459.99 eurosa huge vertical set that adapts the iconic Torre de Sauron. Frodo and Gollum by 29.49 eurosa set with two figures Brick Headz of the two characters of The Lord of the Rings. Corner between books The last set that has come from the collaboration between Lego and the Lord of the Rings is that of the Corner between booksa striking construction not only for its design that adapts the iconic Gandalf scene fighting the balrog, but also serves as organizer (or separator) of books. Its price is 119.99 euros, but in Amazon it is slightly cheaper: by 116.03 euros. The set includes a total of 1,201 pieces to build both the structure and the balrog and the platform. It also comes with a gandalf minifigure and with the corresponding accessories of both characters (a whip, a cane and a sword). In addition, the structure can be opened in the event that you want to place the set to decorate the house and not as a book organizer. LEGO RINCÓN BETWEEN BOOKS * Some price may have changed from the last review The region Another of the last sets that have come from the collaboration between both brands is that of The region. Its price is 269.99 euros And adapt the stage with great detail: includes 2,017 pieces, it comes with nine minifigures, includes many accessories and Bilbo and Frodo’s house can be opened To see the interior of the rooms. In addition, it is a fairly large set, since it has dimensions of 20 centimeters high, 45 cm of width and 27 cm deep. * Some price may have changed from the last review Rivendel One of the best sets that Lego has launched in collaboration with the lord of the rings is that of Rivendela fairly large horizontal construction that has a price of 499.99 euros. Includes a total of 6,167 pieces, includes 15 minifiguras and is Played detail: from the flora to the reliefs of the stones. In this case, we talk about a set that has dimensions of 39 centimeters high, 72 cm of width and 50 cm deep. * Some price may have changed from the last review Barad-dûr Shortly after launching the previous set, Rivendel’s, another spectacular (and slightly cheaper) arrived. It’s about Barad-dûrthe Sauron tower, which has a price of 459.99 euros. It includes a total of 5,471 pieces and comes with 10 minifigures. It also includes many details and the set is built by three modules. In this case, we talk about a large set in vertical format, since its dimensions are of 83 centimeters high45 cm width and 30 cm deep. * Some price may have changed from the last review Frodo and Gollum Finally, LEGO has been launching a good assortment of Figras under the line Brick Headzwhich are basically larger minifigures that can be mounted with pieces. Although it is discontinued in the official store, the set of Frodo and Gollum It is available on Amazon at a price of 29.49 euros. This set includes a total of 184 pieces to mount the two characters and each of the figures has an approximate height of five centimeters. * 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 | LEGO In Xataka | Your favorite series, comics and movies also in Lego: 15 ideal construction kits to mount yourself or give away In Xataka | Lego constructions to another level: the Technic series has the models with which any collector would dream

The blackouts of Spain and London are a good example

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A couple of months ago, a fire in a substation left without electricity To a part of London and temporarily paralyzed Heathrow airport. A month later, the Iberian Peninsula suffered a mass blackout. Two incidents separated by kilometers, but united by the same question: how fragile is the electricity grid? More than is thought. The energy expert, Simon Gallagher has addressed this topiccategorically discarding the theories of sabotage or systematic negligence relying on data provided by UK Power Networks (UKPN) and Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN). According to Gallagher, the failures in transformers are not only common, but also expected in such a complex system. UKPN, for example, reported about 400 failures of transformers a year, although only about 30 affect more than 500 customers. Although these failures can affect from small transformers in rural posts to large urban units, the figure has remained stable. Is it stable? Simon Gallagher is based on The 2024 UKPN annual reportwhere the average customer was without electricity just 29 minutes throughout the year, which is equivalent to an availability of the service of 99,994%. This level of reliability is the result of years of investment and continuous improvement. Since 2010/11, UKPN has reduced its lost minutes by client by 55% and interruptions by 43%. A very controlled system. The British electrical system is designed with a high degree of resilience. When a component fails, there are alternative routes through which electricity can be redirected, avoiding interruptions. This capacity is complemented with automatic failure detection technologies, which isolate the breakdowns in seconds and, in many cases, restore the supply without human intervention, Thanks to self -refrarable networks or Self-Healing Grids. To this is added Predictive maintenancewhich allows to replace or repair components before they fail, and a hierarchy of equipment that minimizes the impact of the failures: a failure on a low -load transformer affects little, while high voltage those receive greater protection. This robust architecture It is backed by the Riio-Ed2 regulatory frameworkpromoted by Ofgem, which forces distributors to maintain strict standards of reliability and response. So the blackout of Spain? While the British electrical system relies on a hierarchical network with high redundancy, predictive maintenance and self -repair technologies, the recent blackout in the Iberian Peninsula has shown that the resilience of the Spanish system needs to evolve in another direction. The more you know about the incident, less weight has the initial explanation focused on the lack of inertia by renewables. On the other hand, the absence of distributed storage, The lack of micro -redes capable of temporarily isolation of the main system and low capacity of local response. The blackout, even in the absence of official information so far we know that it was not due to a generation failure but to A chain disconnectionaggravated by a centralized architecture that could not contain the domino effect. This has revived the debate about the need to modernize the network; In that sense, the British model not only stands out for its technical robustness, but also for its regulatory anticipation against high renewable penetration scenarios. How invisible it works. In a world where what fails attracts more attention, it is worth remembering how extraordinary that, despite hundreds of daily technical failures, electricity continues to reach our homes without interruption. As Simon Gallagher concluded: “Everything fails … and yet the lights remain on.” Image | Senate Agr Xataka | Saving the network after the blackout has had a side effect: more expensive light and marketers to the limit

War has ceased to be a geographical issue

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It happened a few hours ago and is already considered by most analysts such as most important blow Kyiv from the beginning of the conflict. However, and beyond the reach that will have for the contest, the unprecedented attack of a swarm of Ukrainian drones in Russ The localized war. Remote surgical blows. We have told it for months. The fight that is taking place in Ukraine has changed forever the War concept For the use and appearance of an actor who has even created an unpublished military industry: The drones (low cost). In that sense, and although both sides have been developing their swarms, Ukraine, motivated by the lack of artillery and resources, has been elevated as a pioneer In many ways. Spiderweb. As We count todayin the last of them, in the operation baptized as “Spiderweb”, more than 40 aircraft were reached in various Russian air bases, including strategic bomber Tu-95 and TU-22m3, as well as one of the few early a-50 alert planes that still retains Moscow. The operation not only decreases the Russian offensive capacity tangible, but it compromises its long -range fleet, fundamental for missile attacks launched from Russian territory beyond the reach of Ukrainian defenses. However, the “distance” attack is just one more in the history of the contest. War has ceased to be a Purely geographical matter. The heart of the Russian Navy. In fact, in parallel to air attacks, Ukraine also He has managed to damage Seriously at the Black Sea fleet, a key source of Russian naval pride and power. A particularly symbolic example was the attack that left in flames A Russian Lanzamisile Cruisewhose ammunition exploded after a fire on board, forcing the ship to evacuate and causing serious structural damage. The analysts They compared their loss with the sinking of an American battleship in World War II or a modern aircraft carrier. Shortly after, at the beginning of 2024, a swarm of naval drones driven by aquatic motorcycles destroyed the ship missile launcher Ivanovets. Night images showed Russian soldiers fiercing frantically while at least two drones hit the ship’s helmet, causing massive explosions. These setbacks marked a chain of naval losses for Moscow that undermined the operational capacity of their fleet in the black Sea. Kerch attack. Another of the blows that serve as an example for this war “without soldiers or borders” was the attack to Kerch bridge In July 2023, one of the most symbolic infrastructure of Russian domain over Crimea. Inaugurated after the annexation of the Peninsula in 2014 and built for about 3.7 billion dollars, the bridge was essential for both the military supply and for everyday life in Crimea. The SBU, in coordination with the Ukrainian Navy, achieved bombard the structure through the use of an experimental marine drone. Although Moscow minimized the impact, he admitted the death of two civilians and considerable damage on the road lanes. The attack, beyond its practical consequences, was a direct blow to Putin’s personal prestige, who He had personally promoted The project as an integration symbol. A few weeks ago and as we counted, another unpublished action converted the first unmanned boat In war history: Yes, a marine drone threw missiles and knocked down a Russian hunt. Of Ukraine to the rest of the world. The war in Ukraine, therefore, has become The biggest laboratory Contemporary of Non -manned combat. From FPV drones launching mines to suicidal water motorcycles, new strategies are tested every day. The impact is not only tactical: the visibility of these systems and their low cost have accelerated the global race to dominate them. In Nagorno-Karabajfor example, the Turks allowed Azerbaijan to obtain A decisive victory No terrestrial superiority. United States, meanwhile, Impulsa Fleets of USVS under his Ghost Fleet initiativewhile China displays mother ships for unmanned sea swarms Like the Zhu Hai Yun. Russia Bet on UUVs for undercover mining and intelligence in the black Sea. All these actors share an objective: reduce human risk and increase the strategic scope without scaing conflicts visibly, because There are no borders. What is coming: ia. Given the limitations imposed by the electronic war, natural evolution points to the use of mass drones with artificial intelligencecapable of identifying and setting objectives without the need for direct communication with an operator. These UAVS They cannot be interferedbecause they do not depend on external signals. Although its deployment is still limited, pilots and manufacturers agree that they represent the immediate future of the air war. The possibility that electronic protection extends so much that conventional FPV makes obsolete drives a career for Develop tactic Able to guide drone swarms with full autonomy. Under that prism, drones will not only be more precise, but also more difficult to trackfaster in reaction and less vulnerable to remote deactivation. A point and apart. Many of the operations carried out in the Ukraine War have shown that there are no longer safe areas within the borders of a country at war. In SpiderwebUkrainian FPV drones were transported in camouflaged trucks such as mobile houses, crossed thousands of kilometers of Russian territory and were thrown just a few meters from strategic bases such as Belaya and Olenya, destroying or damaging those more than 40 bombers. These attacks were not only tactically successful, but they broke the notion of depth Strategic: even areas such as Siberia or the Kola Peninsula (considered for decades as impregnable) were available to improvised and economical armament. The operation, therefore, marks a radical transformation in the modern war: the rear has ceased to exist. There is no invulnerable nation. The phenomenon, in addition, is not exclusive to Russia. As The Wall Street Journal countedcurrent technological abilities (long -range drones, embarked, autonomous navigation systems) are eroding traditional geographical barriers. United States, China, Iran and Türkiye are developing swarms of drones that can be launched from civil, underwater or land platforms without depending on real -time operators. In short, war, as conceived in terms of delimited fronts and “combat … Read more

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