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block everything to protect the football business

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It seemed inevitable, and so it has been: football has returned, and with it, LaLiga IPS blocks in Spain. On Friday, the 2025/26 season began, and since then numerous users have been able to verify how those indiscriminate and massive blockages of IPS have also started. The nightmare does not seem to have a solution in sight. The League returns, the blockages return. The beginning of the season last Friday led the beginning of the IPS mass blocks. The first game, held on Friday at 7:00 p.m. It will start To show the message “HTTP 451 – File unavailable for legal resons” on various websites. Blockages, as they point out In Bandanchathey have continued producing throughout the weekend, but in fact they have intensified. Blackhole: We don’t even know what happens. Normally when the operators followed LaLiga’s “orders” when blocking IPS offered some type of message like that to inform users that a certain IP or website was not accessible. This weekend we have seen how Movistar went to the “Blackhole” type blocking in which traffic to that IP address is discarded without more, as if it fell into a “black hole.” There is no error message and the browser or apps are waiting until the “Timeout“And the waiting time is exhausted to respond to the request. The impression for the user is that this server simply does not exist. What operators have blocked. As indicated by various users affected in X, the blockages seem to have expanded: Movistar continues to perform them, but also both Masorange and Vodafone seem to have begun to block strictly. In Vodafone, they point out in Bandancha, a message is now showing that “for reasons outside Vodafone this website is not available.” Complaints everywhere. Several users HE They complained precisely from Those blockages of This operatoras happened in other cases in other competitors. Digi also seems have applied these blockages. After a critic of a user, the operator responded in X Explaining that these blockages are not “a decision of ours, but in compliance with a sentence in favor of LaLiga.” Others that until now did not seem to have applied these blockages, such as lowi, also seem to have initiated this type of actions According to affected users. Just for sinners. As it was happening since March, the impact of the blockages is difficult to measure, but There are many Users With business and legitimate websites on the Internet that have been affected by All sides. The attacks focus especially on CDN platforms how to see or cloudflarewhich make use of shared IPS: when operators block one of those IPS, they not only block the IPTV service that is pursued with that concrete IP, but hundreds and even thousands of websites that share that same IP address. LaLiga FUD. In recent days LaLiga had paid to publish editorial articles In several general media in addition to promoting The video “You have pirate football. They have you.” In these contents the objective was the same: to disseminate the message that those who use IPTV services of illegal streaming end up being potential victims of malware. To these statements were added others that pointed out that these types of activities could also serve to finance drug trafficking. The biter bit. At no time are evidence of this cause-effect relationship, and we are facing a clear chaos of the commercial strategy known as FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt, in Spanish fear, uncertainty and doubt) that disseminates negative, vague or bewoman information in order to harm a competitor. The truth is that anything has never been demonstrated in that regard, but LaLiga was fined a few months ago with a million euros by Collect biometric data Of the spectators without permission. The case is in the Constitutional. Both rootedcon and cloudflare have started various legal actions separately to try to stop the blockages, but for now those attempts They have not paid fruit. At this time these cases have been presented before the Constitutional Courtbut it is not expected that in the short term a resolution will occur. The blockages are going to be a nightmare, but they can dodge. The beginning of the season has therefore demonstrated what we all feared: that LaLiga will maintain (or intensify) those indiscriminate blocks of IPS. This first day has caused Fridays, Saturday, and Sunday, but there will also be left today and tomorrow, which means that predictably There will be more blockages these days. There is a way to avoid them: Use a VPN that allows us to have normal Internet access. In Xataka | “Every time there is football, the website falls”: the collateral effects of LaLiga blockages in thousands of users

The future of the Internet is flooding of ia. And there are those who have already seen a business niche: content made by humans

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Internet has been filled with Searches results generated by artificial intelligence and of ‘Slop‘. The first is already reducing clicks to halfand points to collapse for the media. The second is something that users will have to live if the platforms do not get more serious to improve the filtering. Among all the tangle of new and ancient actors, an old Google opponent has returned to position itself as an alternative to the current in this era. Forks Duckdukgo. What are they doing. Duckckgo is an alternative search engine focused on offering the greatest possible privacy to its users, and for this, use, for example, the Bing searches. After 16 years since its foundation, the company has launched a Filter of images generated with AI that frames in its philosophy of the “private, useful and optional” functions. For the end user, this means being able to see or hide the images generated by the general search of images, something that is already problematic in Google where, for example, we come to see distorted results, even in examples as recognizable as ‘The young woman of the pearl’. The company has already shown that it can be differentiated, with Duck.aian own chatbot that anonymizes conversations and does not use them for training. How do they. To use this filter, the company is not using an engine driven by artificial intelligence or something similar. Those responsible have detailed the method, and is based on using manual open source block lists that the popular content blocker provides Ublock Origin and the Ublacklist’s Hage AI Blocklist, a browser extension created so that users can manually filter concrete websites of their Google results. Effectiveness. One of the big problems of the contents generated with AI is that they not only come from repositories that clearly indicate it, such as Midjourney explore, for example. In this sense, from DuckDuckgo They recognize That the filter “will not capture 100% of the results generated by AI”, but “will considerably reduce the amount of images generated that are shown.” Examples of images generated by AI that do not come out when activating the filter. Some of them is not as obvious as the largest in the first row. In our case, for example, we have sought “dog jumping” without activating the filter so as not to see. And he has found the image of a dog jumping with a suspicious origin: Freepik. It was an image generated by AI that has stopped appearing when activating the filter. Next to him was more of the same source that he has also leaked. The challenge. The filtering works well, but the challenge for companies such as Duckduckgo is capital, because Freepik already serves as “generated with AI”. But what happens when a random image that we find in media like this has no label to indicate it? There they have to play methods that use verification system with detailed analysis of the image, which makes the resources required to do so effectively fire. Beyond images, the difficulty is in the filtering of websites with texts generated by artificial intelligence. Openai, for example, launched A tool to detect plagiarismand then He withdrew it silently. Although according to leaks now they have a tool that operates, They do not throw it. The problem. Detectors do not just work well, and after reaching accuse students of using and erruniversity professors are suffering the phenomenon: To make undetectable texts, students are resorting to rewriting tools that worsen their quality. Google, a strong defender of the generative AI, has opened Its Synthid water brand technology. The inconvenience? We continue needing a universal standard that at the moment does not arrive. And even if it arrives, users will not always want to mark their creation as done with ia. For example, the images generated with Google image indicate its nature with the “AI” icon, but erase or cut it is very simple. The snowball does not stop, The hole. According to the Empty Internet Theory either ‘Dead Internet Theory‘, Much of the content that exists in the network is created by automated bots and algorithms, and with generative intelligence, the thing is going more. In addition, Google’s preview has only been the first step: now it touches Ai mode, which no longer delivers a results, talk. So, although we win comfort, there will be a huge hole for companies such as Duckckgo, looking for that the basic unit of communication on the Internet is still aliveor that knowledge remain something democratized without Loot all Internet content. As an idea, DuckDuckgo can deepen including filters throughout web navigation: it can be distinguished from browsers with AI with a different approach to Your browser. Images | Xataka In Xataka | People did not stop hacking virtual work interviews with AI. Solution: We want to meet you in person

An organized macaque band has mounted the perfect business in Bali: Mangos for your iPhone

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If you saw the soprano series, you will surely remember Junior who left a memorable phrase: “You carry the helm the best you know. Sometimes the trip is quiet, sometimes you get on the rocks. But you keep respect, that’s what matters.” In Bali there are no ships on, but a temple on the edge of a cliff where respect is won in another way: fruit fruit, glasses by glasses. An organized band. The temple of Uluwatu, south of Bali Island, attracts thousands of tourists every day looking for the sunset ceremony and traditional balineas dances. But in the shadows – full daylight – another function takes place: that of thieves monkeys. As He has detailed a report for Wall Street Journalthe protagonists are about 600 long -tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis), considered sacred guardians of the temple by the locals. Their method is direct: they detect distracted tourists, they approach with stealth and take away value objects. A few seconds are enough for a mobile, graduated glasses or even slope to change hands. Jonathan Hammé, a British tourist, remembers the moment with a mixture of disbelief and resignation: “I was admiring my eyes when I felt something on my back. It was a monkey that stole my sunglasses. He got on a tree and started playing with them as nothing.” To recover them, he had to offer him oreos. The animal accepted, but the glasses ended up folded. Economic intelligence at the primate level. It is not random robberies. Scientific studies carried out by Professor Jean-Baptiste Leca’s team from the University of Lethbridge (Canada), They have documented that macaques have a sophisticated sense of value. They steal what humans value more – designs, glasses, wallets – because they know that these objects are more “exchangeable.” For more than 273 days of observation, the researchers documented dozens of cases on the dribbing process, which sometimes lasts up to 25 minutes. In other words, the monkeys not only steal but demand greater rewards for more valuable objects. This phenomenon, known in primatology as “Token Economy” or symbolic economyit is very rare in wild animals. Unlike laboratory experiments, these behaviors are natural, free and socially learned. Young monkeys observe successful adults, mimic their techniques and perfect the art of theft. Thus, the “barter culture” is maintained generation after generation. What if they don’t want to return it? When the tourist fails to recover the object on their own, the Pawanga local mediator specialized in negotiating with the monkeys. Ketut Ariana, 52, has been doing this work for two decades: “Every week we recover between 30 and 50 objects. In high season, up to ten phones per day.” Ariana He explained to the WSJ that monkeys do not respond equally to all foods. For cheap glasses or combs, just a banana. For iPhones, a whole handle bag, rambután or, in extreme cases, raw eggs, is needed. “Eggs love. But if you use one very soon, then they don’t want anything else,” he jokes. It is not something new. Although some believe that the phenomenon arose with the arrival of tourism, Ariana says that robberies began much earlier. “Before they stole bracelets or necklaces to the faithful who came to the ceremonies. When tourists with telephones and cameras arrived, they adapted.” And not only that: they evolved. The 2021 study Published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B He concluded that these behaviors have been in the Uluwatu colony for more than 30 years and that they vary between subgroups. Some monkeys specialize in glasses, others in mobile phones, others in fabric objects. Each clan has its style. Are there other thieves? Although Uluwatu’s case is the most documented, similar behaviors have been observed in other regions of Asia. There is a documentary series of the National Geographic in which you can see how in Thailand the city of Lopburi has faced true “invasions” of macaques that break into houses, they looted refrigerators and face the neighbors. Or in India, several cities suffer incidents with monkeys that enter offices, hospitals and markets. However, what differentiates Uluwatu’s macaques is their structured “rescue robbery” system. They do not take food: they take goods to exchange them. A dilemma on a saturated tourist island. The context helps to understand why the phenomenon persists. Only in May 2025, Bali received 602,213 international visitors, According to the Central Statistics Office of Bali. So far this year, the island already adds more than 2.6 million foreign tourists more than in 2024. This tourist pressure explains in part why the “business” of the monkeys is still alive: every day new offices arrive who become perfect target for Uluwatu’s macaques. Taylor Uter, an American tourist who participated in a yoga retreat, lived the experience intensely since his mobile was stolen. After offering several fruit bags, the monkey released the phone. It was intact, but the experience ruined his visit. “I didn’t see the fire show. I wanted to leave. I felt I was in the middle of a criminal monkeys.” Beyond astonishment or anecdote. Uluwatu’s case forces to reflect on coexistence between humans and animals in tourist spaces. On the one hand, monkeys are an integral part of the temple ecosystem and have spiritual value. On the other, its behavior has generated a whole parallel economy of bartering, losses, recoveries and viral anecdotes. The authorities recommend visitors to save value objects in closed backpacks, avoid visual contact with the monkeys and always follow the instructions of the temple staff. Even so, the risk persists. And the same story. The truth is that in Uluwatu there are no magical solutions: monkeys will continue to steal and tourists will continue to arrive. Scientists see it as a unique case of “symbolic economy” in wild animals; The premises, as part of the day to day. For visitors, the lesson is simpler: better keep the iPhone well … or wear a bag of mangoes in the backpack. Image | Thomas Schoch Xataka | A couple … Read more

There was a day when buying a luxury watch was a very profitable business. The US tariffs are getting it again

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The second -hand luxury watch market has lived a roller coaster in recent years. After a record time promoted by New millionaires of cryptocurrencies and of the bag, the bubble of luxury watches exploded. Now, factors such as the rebound of cryptocurrencies and changes in the commercial war initiated by the US are reconfiguring the recovery panorama of this exclusive market. 2020: cryptocurrency boom and stock market. Interest in luxury watches not only reflects a passenger fashion. The nature of luxury watches, considered as much as works of engineering art as An alternative investment form which sometimes exceeds the stock markets in profitability, also responds to global economic movements and the search for shelter assets. During the pandemic and the later years, the rise of cryptocurrencies and the good moment of the bag generated a new wave of millionaires. Many of them, driven by the need to invest their earnings in tangible assets, launched a tropel to buy luxury watches. This trend especially affected brands Like RolexAudemars Piguet or Patek Philippe, whose most coveted models were difficult to get in traditional stores due to their limited production. That dramatically increased demand by exceeding the supply. The result: a bubble that led to the second -hand market of these exclusive watches to shoot reaching Duplicate the price They cost new. The collapse of the bubble. This bubble It soon exploded. When financial markets began to show signs of weakness, many of the investors who had acquired luxury watches They decided to sell themsaturating the second -hand market with the pieces that had bought at a price inflated a few months before. The oversight and the lack of buyers caused the watches that were previously sold for twice their original price now barely had a way out, making prices fall to historical minimum values. Stabilization and recovery factors. At present, although the second -hand luxury watches market still remains at modest levels, begins to show signs of moderate recovery. Such and as they highlight in Bloombergalthough the figures are far from the levels reached after the pandemic, the sector begins to recover, partly driven by the renewed interest of cryptocurrency investors after The rebound that has experienced In recent months. The uncertainty about tariffs To European luxury products imposed by the US, including Swiss watches, may be braking that boom, since they affect both the final prices of sale in store, and the availability of products in key markets such as the American. Tariff impact. After the announcement of the tariffs that the US was going to impose on Europe, American luxury watches suppliers reacted immediately. According to published data By Bloomberg, after the “Day of Liberation”, in which the beginning of the Trump’s commercial warthere was an increase in the purchase volume in the North American market of 150% as anticipation at the entrance of tariffs. A reaction that Not even Apple could avoid. However, the next month, purchases fell 25% because simply, suppliers had already bought everything they could and the tariff sanctions of Trump had not appliedwhich caused the supply of new watches in stores to cover the demand. So second -hand market prices have remained stable. The diversification of luxury. At the same time, the stagnation of Sales of luxury products in Asiaespecially in China, it has made luxury watches manufacturers have more stock for European and North American markets. That also contributes to stabilized second -hand prices because there is not so much pressure on the availability of new stores in store. In addition, the rise of high jewelry for men is also contributing to the recovery of the second -hand market of luxury watches develop without shocks. Until relatively recently, watches were the only remarkable jewel in male fashion. However, in recent years The trend has changed and necklaces, bracelets and other jewels are part of male outfits. Not even Mark Zuckerberg He has been able to resist. In 2023, the volume of that market was 8,500 million dollars, but by 2025 it is estimated that it will grow to 9,410 million dollars, indicating that male jewelry is gaining ground and watches are no longer the only option for high purchasing power investors. In Xataka | Casio for Gates, Omega Lunar for Bezos, Patek Philippe for Arnault: What the clock of each billionaire says about him In Xataka | Mark Zuckerberg has put on brown and gold chains to grind more. Surveys say it still falls badly Image | Rolex

There is a ‘cover’ in the business that will generate the increase in defense spending: Telefónica

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Telefónica is not just the dean and leader in clients of Spanish telecos: it is also the one who dominates the technological tenders of the Ministry of Defense. It is no accident. AND will go to more. Why is it important. Spain has adhered to the plan to reach 5% of GDP in military spending, although maintains your plan not to invest more than 2%. In any case, there is a horizon to increase that item that will result in more than a dozen billions of euros additional to current investment. And everything indicates that Telefónica will be one of the great beneficiaries of this expansion. In figures. It is not a monopoly because there is plurality of winners, but the concentration is very high. The context. The State is the main shareholder of Telefónica with the 10% that invested –2.3 billion– in May 2024. Marc Murtrathe president who arrived six months ago, came from Indra, another participated by the State, after the SEPI forced the change in management. In detail. In the last two years, Telefónica has multiplied its presence in defense. Among the main recent contracts include: Yes, but. This concentration in state companies has a geopolitical logic. The government wants to shield military communications against foreign technological dependencies. Especially after The recent rupture with Israeli suppliers such as Elbit Systems that advocates the government. The beneficiary, according to an exclusive The confidentialit will be most likely Indra. In any case, national security justifies state control. The threat. For private competition, the panorama is complicated. With the increase in defense spending and preference for companies participated by the State, opportunities for other operators are reduced. It is a market that is nationalized by the back door. The Declaration of Murtra in Congress three weeks ago He speaks for himself: “Telefónica wants to invest in defense, but always subordinated to the defense policy that marks the ministry,” he said. Translation: We are an executing arm of the state, not an independent competitor. Deepen. The new budget of 34,000 million for 31 Special Modernization Programs It will be the great test. Telecommunications, cybersecurity, command and control systems: Everything goes through the digital infrastructure already controls. It is your time to capitalize years of investment. In Xataka | Spain refuses to spend 5% of GDP on artillery. Because what you really want is to sell it to Europe Outstanding image | Xataka

Flying to Mallorca costs only the Caribbean, the problem is that the airline business is no longer your tickets: it’s your clothes

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This week We counted That, if you have not reserved your vacation in the Canary Islands, the Balearic Islands or one of those other “hot” points of the Mediterranean coast, the same may come out, or even cheaper, a stay in the Caribbean. The paradox is that the fault is not of the flights, it is from the hotels. In fact, the price of flying, without more, has not shot how it is usually pointed. What has really changed is the airline business model. Your ticket is no longer as important as what you wear. A billionaire business. It The BBC counted In a report this week that put figures to the business. What was once a standard service (billing a suitcase without cost, choosing a seat or receiving food on board) has been transformed by airlines into a colossal source of income. With the rise of low-cost companies in the mid-2000s, headed by Flybe And then replicated by giants such as American Airlines, collection was institutionalized by invoiced suitcases, a trend that today includes hand luggage (the last resolution in Europe It will bring tail) and with ideas increasingly “creative”. The result is a market of “accessory rates” that only in the United States generated more than 7,270 million dollars in 2024 by billed luggage, and that will globally reach the 145,000 million this yearrepresenting 14% of the sector’s income. This phenomenon has caused indignation between consumers and politicians, who accuse the airlines of applying the so -called Like “Junk Fees” (junk rates) camouflaged in the price End of the ticket. The luggage fever (hand). Given this scenario, millions of passengers have chosen to travel Only with hand luggageshooting the demand for small suitcases that meet the strict dimensions imposed by the airlines. He counted the medium British that marks Like Antler They have seen the searches and sales of compact models increase massively, while in social networks (Especially Tiktok) The content related to “luggage tricks” and suitcases tests in real airline meters has been popularized. Here are influencers Like Chelsea Dickensonwho have turned these types of videos into the core of their online activity, generating more impact than the content on the destinations themselves. In other words, the phenomenon demonstrates how the industry has even influenced consumption habits prior to trip. The legal controversy. We have been counting it. The growing collection even for hand luggage has caused a Formal reaction in Europewhere consumer organizations Like Beuc They have denounced a Several airlines (including Ryanair, Easyjet, Vueling and Wizzair) before the European Commission. They claim that these charges violate a 2014 judgment of the EU Court of Justice that establishes that hand luggage, if it meets reasonable weight and security requirements, cannot be an additional cost. However, the concept of “reasonable requirements” remains that gray area that still lacks a firm legal definition and that the airlines are grabbed, which allows them to continue applying charges according to their own criteria. In fact and as we said, the European Union has approved This week his position in favor of the regulation that will continue to allow airlines to charge for the hand luggage that travels in the cabin (yes, with the vote against Spain). The case of Indigo. The BBC counted that, in the face of the globalized tendency to monetize each service, some airlines, such as Indian Indiathey have remained out. Its executive director defends a policy of not charging for invoiced suitcases, arguing that prevents endless ranks and unnecessary conflicts in the shipping doors. Its operational model, which allows changes in just 35 minutes, demonstrates that an efficient logistics does not require squeezing the passenger for each basic service. This alternative, although marginal, emphasizes that there can be another type of relationship with the client in the air industry, challenging the dominant narrative of the sector. Between efficiency and abuse. In summary, the evolution of luggage collection reflects a paradigm change: the air trip has been fragmented in copper parts, leaving the passenger in a constant search for How to avoid paying further. While airlines defend their model in response to competition and the need for income, consumers and legislators question to what extent this strategy erodes the experience of flying. Thus, the hand luggage boom and the appearance of those “triprs of the trip” eager for visits reflect a culture of the minimum luggage as a form of economic resistance. If you want also, as forced adaptation to an increasingly hostile environment for the common traveler. Flying has ceased to be expensive, because what we carry with us is the real business. Image | Stockcake In Xataka | After the battle between the EU and the airlines for hand luggage, the rates and sizes remain for this 2024 In Xataka |

Onlyfans has made adult content a millionaire business thanks to a different strategy. And now it goes for more

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It started as an alternative to Patreon. He ended up dominating adult content on the Internet. Onlyfans has broken molds, has faced vetoes and has resisted the scrutiny of banks, governments and technological. And yet, he has paid more than 20,000 million dollars to its creators. In the new episode of Xataka presentsour partner Jota García immerses himself in the history of a platform that has challenged the standards of the digital market and now tries to transform without losing its essence. Because what Onlyfans has achieved is not less: professionalizing a historically informal sector, turning it into a profitable industry and doing so without depending on the App Store or Google Play. As Jota says in the video, “Onlyfans has achieved what few digital platforms have achieved: convert the adult content that has traditionally been found on the Internet for free in a source of millionaire income.” The number impresses: 6,600 million dollars invoiced in 2023. But behind that figure there is a key business decision. Onlyfans has remained outside the large application stores. Because? Because entering there would imply deliver up to 30% of each payment to Apple or Google. As our partner explains, “if Onlyfans’s application worked through these stores, the company would have to distribute up to 50% of each payment between two intermediaries. ”The price of that decision: lower visibility. The benefit: total independence and protection of its economic model. Of course, not everything has been growth. In 2021, under pressure from banks, the platform announced the prohibition of explicit content. “The massive reaction of users and creators forced Onlyfans to back down,” Jota recalls. Since then, the company has reinforced verification controls, has diversified financial partners and has tried to reposition itself as a space for all kinds of creators. But can you do it? The brand remains mainly associated with adult content, which is an economic advantage, but also a reputational barrier. Although he has launched Onlyfans TV – a video platform without sexual content, designed for kitchen programs, interviews and training – and has begun to attract musicians, comedians or athletes, many creators continue Feeling the stigma weight. “Many have shown reluctance to link to the brand for fear of rejection of their sponsors,” says the video. Is this effort to renew? Can Onlyfans become a mainstream space like Patreon without losing your identity? We analyze it a little more detail In the new published video On the Xataka YouTube channel. It is a story that is worth following closely because few platforms have generated both debate, so many income and as much transformation like this. Images | Xataka In Xataka | The technological one that generates more money is not Apple or Nvidia or Amazon. It is a porn boutique: Onlyfans

The LowCost airline business is in the accessory. That is why this idea of ​​vertical seats is one of his old dreams

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Would you be willing to travel on a practically standing plane? How long? It is, without a doubt, the first two questions that one assists when he attends, not without some stupefaction, to the invention of Aviointeriors, an Italian company that has been in a drawer for years a new seat concept for low -cost airlines. Skyrider. Perhaps because if you put an English name the precariousness and discomfort sounds a little better. Like when we describe the UPCyCling Or we call Coliving To share floor. Anyway, Skyrider It is the name with which Aviointeriors I tried to place their seats in low -cost companies years ago The company specializes in creating all kinds of environments inside a plane, with seats of all kinds and prices. From the most premium to the cheapest, typical of the tourist class. But years ago he tried to reinvent the tourist class with a seat … that perhaps we couldn’t call him a seat. 20%. Those are your accounts. 20% more occupation if travelers, instead of being completely sitting, simply rely on a completely straight back and yield their weight on an inclined lower surface. Something like traveling by bus with your back resting on the glass or body. The objective, of course, is to sell this format at some point in low -cost airlines. The short duration flights in which there are those who would be willing to go … One or two hours standing? Because it seems clear that we can say that these passengers travel “standing. An old dream. In recent days we have seen the proposition of using these seats be “new” in some media. The truth is that it is something we already knew and that Aviointeriors has maintained in its portfolio for more than a decade. In fact, they weren’t even the first to put it on the table. In 2003, Airbus first proposed a system of seats very similar to that of Aviointerior. Travelers barely sat on a cylinder that crossed the width of three seats and maintained a slight support. Something like a stool. In 2014 they gave him the patent. Three years later, the low -cost company Vivacolombia confirmed that he wanted to get on the dream of what we could call APERUUTOBÚS. It was, for his CEO, an attraction for “working class and vacationers with low budget”. Is it safe? The other big doubt that assails us when we see the image of these Skyrider or Airbus’s proposal. And it seems that. In 2019 the Italian company presented the third version of these vertical support with leg hole. The avant -garde He collected his appearance in Hamburg, at one of the most famous aviation fairs in the world. According to the medium, the minimum security measures required but not with the passenger regulations were complied with. According to this, they must have a space of 28 inches (71.12 centimeters) and the proposition of Aviointeriors was 23 inches (58.42 centimeters). Click on the image to go to the original post Better than not. Following the echo he has had in the media in recent days, the company itself He has published a post on Instagram in which they point to an obvious change of strategy. With a text in which it reads Provocative by Design (Designed to provoke, in English), the company talks about the seat in the following terms: “The Skyridider, often confused with a plane seat finished and ready to take be the air trip someday “ The truth is that Aviointeriors puts the focus in 2012 but throughout the decade the concept was evolving. Now, however, they point out in their communication that it is a company “very aware of the current demands of the market, gathering quality, comfort and the unmistakable touch of the Made in Italy in each product that creates. For now, the Skyrider is not part of the official line. “ A yearning. Although clearly Aviointerior is trying to separate itself from this concept that seems to be part of its past, low -cost airlines have shown their interest in several occasions for this type of solutions. We talk about the case of Vivacolombia but Michael O’Leary, CEO of Ryanair, has expressed himself in these terms on some occasions. Already in 2012 he pointed out that if this concept of traveling was approved could display them in a week. In one television interviewit pointed out that if the price of these seats were low enough they would fill out the space to travel erect than traditional seats. It’s not just the seat. Although the focus has been put in vertical seats, it is likely that the true intentions of low -cost companies do not point to how many more people can strain on a plane by journey. The real business is what revolves around that seat. The own O’Leary said to want to go to the bathroom Because that allowed him to put more seats but, not to mention it, allowed him to generate a new income route. It is what the Ryanair business model has based: put very cheap seats and charge each extra small at a high price. He has segmented the plane in small areas with different prices, charges for carry a suitcase in the cabin and has proposed a subscription. Photo | Wolfgang Weiser and Aviointeriors In Xataka | Ryanair has spent a year selling so cheap that now his passengers will suffer the consequences: expensive tickets in 2025

Tesla trusts the Robotaxi as his next Milmillonario business. China is already in conversations to get ahead in Europe

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Robotaxi is the business of the future in urban mobility. At least that is what technological giants such as Tesla, Google or Baidu believe and what some analysts have been saying for years. Although for now it is a business where profitability does not seem to be in sight, expansionist plans continue. And the next battlefield is Europe. That is what they claim from The Wall Street Journal. The American media ensures that Baiduconsidered the Chinese Google, works to try its vehicles without driver in Switzerland. Türkiye would follow the deployment and would be the first step to hit the table and position himself as pioneers on European soil. The information comes after Baidu has opened conversations with Swiss Post for Postauto, one of its units that provides the public bus service, has vehicles of this type on the street. If everything goes ahead, the goal is to start testing at the end of this year. The project with Türkiye, internal sources have affirmed WSJ It is similar. Objective: Be the first Putting autonomous buses on the market that can make trips for themselves without the intervention of a driver is a shortcut to open the way to a future robotaxis business. While in the United States and China, this business is being tested for a long There are active tests with busesa horizon for a robotaxis service in the street has not been completed. The problem of these services is that, for the moment, they are not generating any profitability. In the United States, General Motors burned so many Cruise tickets that he has preferred Cancel the project Despite having squandered billions of dollars along the way. Waymo’s success is partial because despite working in various cities in the country, its reach is small. And, at the same time, Tesla has also put all the machinery in motion to enter the market. However, the company’s own shareholders They have expressed their doubts on whether this must be the path that the company has to take. The project seems to have surpassed a more affordable Tesla, which has generated doubts. As to ChinaRobotaxis are much more widespread. In fact, Baidu operates in 12 different cities with its apologue service but Face Weride competition that is already available in eight cities, Pony.ai either Momenta that are in full phase of expansion. Given the competition and the hard challenge of profitable services, these companies are in full expansion to third countries. For example, Weride has already reached an agreement with Uber to integrate into its platform and offer trips with autonomous robotaxis in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The objective is to take the service to 15 different cities in the future. In spite of everything, companies that want to enter the European market have it complicated. At the moment, European regulation is very demanding with autonomous vehicles and, in fact, Tesla herself has to save some functions In vehicles that are able to advance without a driver inside the park, offering a service cut in front of what they have on the street in the United States. For now, the closest thing to a robotaxi is what offers Mercedes. The company already has functions for the driver to completely disregard the car, as long as it circulates less than 60 km/h, the environment has previously mapped and the weather conditions are good enough. Despite doubts, as we say there are companies that see in this business a clear commitment to the future. Tesla has joined In the background to the business proposal of Waymo or Baidu, technological giants that aspire to develop their own software for autonomous vehicles and put them on the street associating with a large vehicle company that provides them with the hardware, that is, of the car in itself. The only difference with Tesla is that Elon Musk’s company can manufacture its own vehicles and with their own assembly chains and the acquired knowledge They aspire to earn more money working in vertical integration with proper vehicles and software development that stays at home. Photo | Baidu In Xataka | I have tried a totally autonomous taxi. This is traveling without driver

In Spain there are millions of pets and families wishing to travel with them. There are those who have already seen a millionaire business

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At this point of the year, last May Ecuador and with summer almost (almost) to stone shooting, it is likely that you have already thought about your next vacation. The usual thing: you decide where you will leave, how you will move, who will accompany you, how much you will spend and begin to take a look at the destination in case you need reservations inputs or excursions in advance. To those concerns more and more people Add another: what to do with your pets. And in a country where there is already Many more company animals That children is not a minor issue. In fact that question is the key to a booming business. On vacation with your pet? If you have a pet and you are looking for options not to leave it behind during your vacation, you are not alone. More and more people do it. A while ago the agencies investigated the issue and discovered that between 2019 and 2022 Google searches on accommodations that admit animals had shot 93%with 65,000 searches In the summer months. In fact more than half From those consultations they started from people who seemed more interested in finding hotels Pet Friendly At any point in Spain that in locating them in a concrete city or province, which suggests that pets are key when planning the getaways. That interest also corroborates the travel agencies o Booking, one of the great platforms in the sector: in approximately 2023 eight million of people used pet filters while searching accommodation on their website. Hotels with them or for them. To that growing interest in hotels Pet Friendly The one of the specific residences for animals is added, which according to the marketing agency generated 80,210 consultations on average in June 2022. And the trend does not seem to have declined. A quick search arrives on Google to find a Good handful of news that They speak of The high demand of the Canine Hotels, the diversification OF THE OFFER (WITH ACCOMMODATIONS “deluxe” for dogs) or how your activity He has shot with the Animal Welfare Law. New demand, new business. That interest has not only promoted New businesses focused on taking care of pets while their owners go on vacation. The hotels themselves have decided to adapt. There is estimates They talk about almost One third (30%) of Booking accommodations support pets. If you are looking for a room for two people between August 18 and 24 in Spain, without specifying destination, its search engine showed 70,700 options on Thursday. When using the pet filter stays in about 17,400more or less 25%. “They usually invest more”. A few weeks ago the Palladium Hotel Group gave a The country A key to understanding that interest: admitting pets can lead to certain changes in the operation of accommodation, but also has its reflection on the income sheet. “Travelers who choose accommodations Pet Friendly They usually invest more in their stay, whether in broader suites or additional services, which positively impacts average spending by host, ” Recognize. Other companies have launched to organize trips and activities Designed so that the client can enjoy them in the company of their pet or have even gone further with bets more risky. Cruise Tails and Expedia Cruises of West Orland have organized A cruise that allows you to cross the sea In your dog’s companywith petroat service, hairdressing and veterinary on board. Maybe it sounds strange, but a considerable percentage His pets already accompanied by people. And that despite the fact that airlines and companies in charge of operating railway and bus services do not always make it easy to travel with animals. Even the Imserso It has adapted To the trend. More pets than children. That there are more and more demand and businesses focused on pets is better understood if a key fact is handled: in Spain there are more (Many more) Company animals that children. In September The world He pulled calculator And it came out that there are almost six furry companions for each child under four years. While the latter have fallen during the last decade to represent 3.7% of the population, pets touch the 10.5 million. After contacting all the veterinary schools of Spain, The country contributed Another estimate A few months ago: at the beginning of 2025 in the country there were around 1.6 million cats and 9.3 million dogs. In total: 10.9 million censored pets, without counting reptiles, birds, fish and other species. From the Reiac they point out that the figure “is not real at all” (there are animals without chip and owners who do not discharge them when they die), but it is the one that approaches reality. In any case, it clearly exceeds the number of children in Spain. In 2022 the INE counted 1.8 million about 6.5 million With less than 15 years. A Milmillonario business. Their data is not the only ones that reflect the growing weight of pets in Spanish society. It is calculated that in 80% of the municipalities From Malaga there are already double pets than children and the first They already double to the latter. At an economic level that translates into a lucrative business of thousands of millions of euros. Estimates do not always coincide, but give an idea of ​​their reach and how it has evolved. In 2017 it was estimated that in the EU the pet business invoiced 36.5 billion euroswith the Spanish market occupying the fifth position. Since then, despite the fact that the sector has given some moderation samples, the figure would have increased considerably. ANFAAC talks about almost 2,000 million In 2023 and there are estimates that raise clear that sum. Images | Yux Xiang (UNSPLASH) and Andrey Kremkov (UNSPLASH) In Xataka | The domestication of cats remains a mystery. But we are closer to knowing where and why it happened

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