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an ‘electrostate’ that continues to feed on coal

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To understand China, it is essential to enter their philosophical roots. A constant that has marked its history is the art of thinking in the long term, of planning with decades in advance. An ideology that is deeply linked to confucionism, which prioritizes collective duty, social stability and sacrifice present for a stronger future. However, it should be noted that Confucio did not explicitly speak of political or economic strategy in the current terms, but its emphasis on meticulous planning can be glimpsed in the country’s current energy policy. An “electrostate.” He 10% of Chinese GDP It is in clean energy, since technologies, such as electric vehicles, batteries, wind turbines and solar panels are growing at a dizzying pace. According to the Financial Timesthe objective is not simply to modernize its energy infrastructure; It is to create an “electrostate.” In other words, that its economy works almost exclusively with electricity generated from low carbon sources. All according to the plan. The transition to an electricity -based energy model is not accidental. It is the result of a combination of state planning, mass investments and technological innovation. It all started more than 10 years two years after Xi Jinping assumed power, when he ordered the Chinese energy system to “revolutionize”. Thus they began with the strategic investments that are expected that within five years another 800,000 million dollars will be added to consolidate the electrical infrastructure, intended for ultraalta tension lines that the country already has 40 transporting solar and wind energy. The expansion of renewables. Planning also had The expansion in renewableswhere the country leads the transition solar and wind With megaprojects. Next to it and at the same vertiginous rhythm, China has taken into account That the greater the renewable capacity, the greater the need for storage systems. The batteries have become a key piece to stabilize the electricity grid and manage the intermission of solar and wind energy, but there is still a long way to achieve the 500GW of storage necessary to completely support its renewable network. Also, like They have detailed In Financial Times, the two largest Chinese companies in the country, Catl and Byd, have allocated 5% of their income to research and development, which has allowed to drastically reduce storage costs. An elephant in a room. Despite all this change, China continues to aggressively invest in fossil fuels. In fact, Keep building new coal plants and represent 80% of construction plants worldwide. This paradox has raised international criticism, especially for the risk of increasing global emissions while the country is presented as a leader in clean energy. From The commercial war with the United Statesthe vulnerabilities of global supply chains have been exposed, which has led To China to reveal their plans on the control of their own coal and oil reserves as of key energy infrastructure. However, he has not stopped his projects outside because He wants to reinforce Its geopolitical influence while minimizing internal risks. The dual strategy. China continues to invest in renewable energy for long -term electrification, while maintaining control of fossil fuels to avoid short -term interruptions. This duality has generated international criticisms that accuse Beijin of flooding the market with subsidized clean technologies and breaking their climatic commitments, as He has collected The Financial Times. A planned future. While the rest of the world debate how to reduce emissions and ensure energy supply, China has chosen not to choose a single path. Instead, he has opted for both. And if we look at its philosophical roots, Taoism summarizes it well: opposites not only coexist, but also need. Renewable and fossils. Yin and Yang. On the energy board, China is playing with both cards at the same time. Image | Kenueone and Palacio do Planalto, CC BY-SA 4.0 Xataka | China is immersed in a nuclear revolution and needs industrial amounts of Uranium. His solution: “fish” in the sea

50 years later the amazing thing is not that Microsoft continues to exist. The hallucinating thing is that it remains (Tan) relevant

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Does 50 years Two young people called Bill Gates and Paul Allen They created the one that has become the largest software empire in history. That April 4, 1975 was born Micro-Soft. The name occurred to Allen, what years later I didn’t remember why he used the script and that capital. The detail has remained in anecdote. One of the thousands which are already part of the history of a company that has managed to be relevant and toe for half a century. There are not many in the world of technology that can boast something like that. How did you do it? Windows 10: 9 very useful and little known tricks Reinventing himself. Microsoft has been lifted after each fall. And there have been many. And very important. But it was not so at the beginning. Microsoft, like all the big ones, was loved long before being (deeply) hate. Gates and Allen were in the right place and moment, but they also knew how to take advantage of their opportunities. The first arrived in 1980, when they reached an agreement with IBM to provide the operating system for its PCs. It is curious how history is repeated again and again, because that is just what would happen to that operating system that would end up calling themselves. Gates and Allen did not create that operating system: they bought the original, QDOS/86-dos, for $ 50,000, and modified it so that it could be used on the IBM PCs. Apple did the same with Nextstep (based on FreeBSD) When he bought Next and ended up turning that operating system in Mac OS X. years later Google would buy a small startup called Android Inc. to take advantage of an operating mobile system that he had created. That said. The story ended up. But those are other stories. That agreement with IBM was a turning point, but above all it was for its terms. Microsoft received $ 430,000 for that product – very less than Ibm hoped to have to pay – but Microsoft maintained the ability to sell its operating system to other companies. From that moment Microsoft was a rocket. One controlled by a Gates implacable and fierce. With their lights and their (many) shadows, Gates and his company would soon begin to achieve the goal that They had marked and that a priori seemed impossible: put a computer in each home. It did not matter others doing things in a different or better way: Microsoft always managed to impose itself. He did it with MS-DOS and of course he did it with his long and erratic Light of Windows operating systems or with its office suite, Office, today maximum expression of the intention of how everything can (but should not) become a service in the cloud. For 25 years, Microsoft was no one to cough him, but then the earthquakes began to arrive. First, Internet, browsers, search engines and social networks. Then the smartphone. Redmond’s company lost all those wars. Always late and bad, and he was convicted of that Innovative dilemma in which David wins the game to Goliath. But there is the really amazing. Microsoft fell and lost those wars, but he got up again and reinvented. Even those that had won – like that of the browsers, With Internet Explorer– He ended up losing them, but we insisted: it didn’t matter. There we saw the true strength of Microsoft. It didn’t matter if the general public hated her: they did not give up and tried one, and another, and again. They failed with bing in search engines, they had to spend 26.2 billion dollars to “compete” on social networks and also shipwrecked (Too bad) With Windows Phone. And once again, it didn’t matter. Faced with these failures, new successes. Not only that: definitive reinvention. After the arrival of new contendliere NadellaMicrosoft changed the image and of strategy. Of being hated and almost ignored it was relevant and even loved. He got it shyly In the mobile segment, but where he has achieved an exceptional triumph has been in the cloud, where Azure marks the pattern with his great rival, AWS. And since then and along the way, many more stories, many smaller and large failures and also many small and large hits. It is impossible to put them all here, but it is also inevitable not to mention legendary products. Among them the Xbox, pillar of a very forty bet But not especially fortunate For the video game segment. Or also the successes that the company also achieved with the devices of the Surface family. The Hololens were Another failureYes, but one that at least showed that the company always tried to reinvent himself. In those is precisely now Microsoft, but this time not to lose what may be the most important train in history: The artificial intelligence. His reaction thus has been faster and more ambitious than on other occasions, but still the unknowns about the result of that bet are enormous. Whatever happens, it will probably give the same. And it will give the same because Microsoft will end up doing what you have always done. Reinvent yourself. Happy 50, Microsoft. In Xataka | Bill Gates has told how he made Microsoft into the giant that is now: “I focused my life only on a single job”

Years pass and television continues to mark the times to Netflix. Montoya’s “signing” is the best example

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The success of the latest edition of ‘The island of temptations’ is difficult to quantify. Already Not only is it figuresfigures that have achieved tame the two great current titans of the AccessBroncano and Motos: The impact between the public has gone much further, turning Montoya into a international scope meme and that transcends languages. The last to surrender: Netflix. Montoya, please. In these same terms the Netflix original and officers In social networks to promote ‘Temptation Island’, a reality which has eight seasons and that will arrive on March 12 to Netflix, after passing through US chains such as Fox and use Network. To promote it, Montoya has launched all its ICT repertoire: shout “no, please”, run from one place to another and kneel with arms to heaven. A very brief video of just thirty seconds but that records the international scope of the Montoya phenomenon. Montoya, the man announced. Montoya has not stopped since the phenomenon exploded in networks. In recent weeks has already participated in nine adsin almost all using their best -known colets and attitudes. Interestingly, it has not only announced trademarks such as the King’s League or Burger King, but also organizations that do not usually interest television characters, such as FP courses or waste recycling. In the height of the Stunts advertising promoted a brand of sweets Just before jumping to the sea at the Gala last Sunday of ‘Survivors’. It is not exhausted. Precisely, the presence of Montoya in ‘Survivors’ is what has made the broadcast of this last Sunday the best premiere of the program in Share Since 2020, reaching a spectacular 19.6% and leading the night strip without problems. 1,683,000 spectators followed the arrival of Montoya to the island, one more evidence that, despite the overexposure and the multiple advertising appearances of Montoya, the phenomenon has not yet been burned. The Talisman of Telecinco. Beyond the anecdote of the announcement, it is clear that Montoya has become a magnet for audiences to such an extent that Telecinco has managed to get Netflix following its wake, and not the other way around, as usual. It is not just the overwhelming personality of the Andalusian, it is also the proof that traditional linear television, so often out of conversation In social networks and tastes of the youngest viewerskeep marking the pace when it manages to house a phenomenon as powerful and international as Montoya. Reality fever. We have commented on occasion that Telecinco, after unsuccessful attempts to emerge with different formats (the failure of the Latin programof ‘Whoever falls fallsor the talent ‘Factor X’ and ‘Next Level Chef’ will mark its grill for years), it has become a producing machine realities. They have happened in their programming, without rest, ‘Big Brother Dúo’, ‘The island of temptations’ and, now, ‘Survivors’. A policy that, again, has taken good Netflix note, since it is easy to find on its grill realities of spicy tone as ‘false love’, ‘playing with fire’ or ‘love with bail’. Montoya’s shadow is being more elongated than we expected. The traditional TV rules. As much as For years An unstoppable decline of traditional TV is being perceived in front of the streamingin many ways that continues to mark rhythms and trends. Let’s not forget that, for example, one of the greatest success of prime video in Spain throughout its history is’Operation Triunfo‘, clone of the legendary talent of the linear TV. Or that, do what the platforms do with their luxurious original releases, the most seen in streaming They are still linear classics as ‘Gray’ Anatomy, ‘Family’ or ‘Law and Order’. The success of ‘the one that is coming’ in Prime Videoeven above Telecinco, it is still the proof that the situation is far from being able to define itself with blacks and blacks, with victorious and defeated. Header | Mediaset – Netflix In Xataka | Ana Rosa’s return in the morning is a rearma

Public opinion continues to hate him the same

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In 2024, a renewed Mark Zuckerberg surprised his own and strangers with A new style when dressing . Facebook’s founding millionaire left behind its boring uniforms Diaries formed by a Texan and Gray T -shirt, and bet on a more “bad” style with gold chains to the neck, shirts with Roman dates and ruffled hair. Nevertheless, A study Pew Research Center has revealed that all Mark Zuckerberg’s efforts to update his appearance and approach the younger audience have been in vain. The public continues to have a negative perception of him, even much more than other millionaires such as Elon Musk that, due toHis new political facet with Trumpthey are more likely to generate negative opinions. The “unpopularity” of the millionaires. According to a survey conducted to 5,086 American adults After Donald Trump’s investiture67% of the participants claimed to have a negative opinion about Zuckerberg, exceeding 57% who stated to have an unfavorable opinion about Elon Musk having become The right hand of the president. Although it may seem incredible, 6% of respondents had never heard of Mark Zuckerberg, and 3% did not know who Elon Musk was, although after the stir His role in Doge, this percentage is likely to be lower at the moment. Both millionaires have been the subject of controversy since Trump won the elections in November 2024. Musk went from be the main donor From Trump to the executing arm of his policies of Administration personnel cutwhile Zuckerberg took a 180º turn in the Business culture target towards a “more masculine energy“ Partisan differences. Pew Research data suggests that opinions on these technological leaders vary according to the political affiliation of respondents. In this sense, it is evident that the political positioning of Elon Musk conditions the opinion of him based on his political ideology. Thus, 85% of Democratic Democrats or supporters have a negative vision of Elon Musk, while 73% of Republican Republicans see it favorably. However, the rejection of the public figure of Mark Zuckerberg is more homogeneous on both sides of the political arch. The data show that 76% of the surveyed supporters of the Democrats, and 60% of the Republicans, express an unfavorable opinion about the Facebook founder. The CEO as a company’s referent. Despite Zuckerberg’s attempts for improving your public imageincluding a radical change of appearance and a growing interest in fashion, these efforts do not seem to have had a positive impact on public opinion, which still does not feel attracted to the Meta CEO. One of the reasons for that rejection of what is popularly known as “Zuckissance“(Combination of Renaissance and Zuckerberg) can be the imposture of this new” updated “style of the Meta CEO so that it personalizes what the company wants to convey. Something that people have received as the nth Marketing campaign of goal to renew their flow of users. A redesigned CEO. Peter Thiel, founder of PayPal with Elon Musk and one of Silicon Valley’s most influential voices, is also one of Mark Zuckerberg’s main mentors. In one Postados chainSent in January 2020, Thiel and the Meta team outlined How the CEO should be shown of a company as a goal to attract new generations to the same networks that use their grandparents. “There is a distinction between the company and I. While our company has a special role in the life of this generation, this is likely to be particularly important for the way I present myself, because I am the best known person of my generation” , Zuckerberg wrote in those emails. Far from being spontaneous or fruit of the personality of Mark Zuckerberg, the change of style that has been experienced is a movement calculated from the Meta Board of Directors, and this has been perceived by public opinion. In Xataka | Mark Zuckerberg would take 550 years to spend all his fortune spending a million dollars a month Image | Goal, dvidshub (Trevor Cokley)

Jannik Sinner continues as number one in the ATP ranking after winning at the Australian Open

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The Italian Jannik Sinner was crowned last Sunday as champion of Australian Open, in the first Grand Slam of the year, and that allowed him to continue at the top of the ATP ranking leadership in its corresponding update at the end of January. Sinner, who beat Alexander Zverev 3-0 in the Australian Open final, commands the list with 11,830 points and has a great advantage with respect to the German that occupies the second box of the list with 8,135 units. As for Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, has managed to stay in the third position of the ranking after losing in the round of 16 against Djokovicwho, despite his withdrawal against Zverev in the semifinal due to an injury, has climbed a position, positioning himself in the sixth place of the table. The American Taylor Fritz, on the other hand, has remained in the fourth position of the classification despite losing 300 points. In turn, tennis player Casper Ruud has uploaded a position on the list, standing in the fifth position and therefore entering the top-5, above Djokovic and Tommy Paul, who has climbed two positions, to the ninth square. The biggest fall came courtesy of the Russian Daniil Medvedevwho now occupies the seventh place after losing 1,250 points in the general table. Look at the Top 10 of the ATP ranking here: Continue reading: (Tagstotranslate) ATP

Starbucks continues to close stores in the United States in 2025

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Coffee giant Starbucks faces challenging year in 2025, marked by the closure of several stores in the United States. The company has attributed this decision to the decrease in customer traffic and worker discomfortwhich have put pressure on its operations and finances. ScrapeHero has indicated that Starbucks operated more than 17,000 authorized and operated stores in the North American country before the end of 2024. However, the company faces difficulties derived from a the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, decreased foot traffic in certain key locations, and worker strikes demanding better working conditions. These issues led to the closure of more than 60 stores in 2024 and continue to influence the company’s operations in 2025. Rachel Ruggeri, Starbucks’ chief financial officer, highlighted in the preliminary 2024 financial report: “Despite our increased investments, we were unable to change the trajectory of our declining traffic, putting pressure on both our revenue and bottom line.”. At the end of this month of January, one of the Starbucks stores in New York will close.Credit: valerii eidlin | Shutterstock Besides, Ruggeri mentioned that Starbucks is developing a recovery plan that will include an increase in dividends to generate confidence among shareholders and ensure the sustainability of the business. Stores closed in 2025 Data from Usearch and StarbucksEverywhere, a blog specialized in the coffee chain, have identified the following stores closed or with scheduled closures: California: 99 Jackson St, San Francisco (will close February 9). 1799 Fulton St, San Francisco (closed). 2222 Fillmore St, San Francisco (closed). 145 W. Santa Clara St, San José (closed). New York: 166 7th Avenue, Brooklyn (will close January 30). Pennsylvania: 1851 Bethlehem Pike, Flourtown (closed). Maryland: 1046 W Patrick St, Frederick (closed). Texas: 1201 Elm St, Dallas (closed). Oregon: 1001 N Arney Rd, Woodburn (closed). 12000 Southeast 82nd Avenue, Happy Valley (closed). Kansas: 10201 W 75th St, Overland Park (closed). Illinois: 751 N Milwaukee Ave, Wheeling (closed). A Starbucks representative explained to SFGATE that “as part of Starbucks’ standard course of business, we continually evaluate our business to ensure a healthy store portfolio.” Impact and Projections Store closures not only affect consumers who lose convenient access points, but also employees who face losing their jobs. This phenomenon also highlights the challenges that food and beverage chains face in a changing and competitive economic environment.. In addition to the closures, Starbucks plans to reduce new store openings in 2025. According to statements from the CFO last October, this will allow “accommodating a redesign, while also unlocking capital to support our broader change.” Looking to the future As Starbucks works to overcome these challenges, its success will depend on its ability to adapt to new market demands and respond to the concerns of its workers. With strategies in place and a renewed focus on efficiency, the company seeks to regain its positioning in the competitive coffee sector. Keep reading: ° Starbucks introduces new spring-inspired coffees and creamers° Starbucks changes the rules to be able to be in its cafes° Goodbye to Wifi and free bathrooms?: Starbucks announces a new Code of Conduct

Businesswoman in Altadena: ‘The store continues, but my entire city has disappeared’

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Adriana Molina, owner of the Sidecca store, bought clothes to donate to the victims of the fires in Altadena. Despite having to evacuate herself and her family, the businesswoman drove from Long Beach to Pasadena to deliver the items to people who were also being evacuated due to the Eaton Fire. Molina’s home and business are located on the shores of Altadena and fortunately ended up intact. However, he had a feeling of guilt about all the destruction around him and knowing that he knows many people who lost their homes, including his brother Hector. “The store is still there, but my entire city is gone,” Molina said. “7,000 houses have disappeared and those are also my clients.” The Latina businesswoman launched a GoFundMe campaign, not for herself or her business, but to provide support to families who have lost their homes, many of them her clients. The future of Sidecca is unknown at the moment, but the entrepreneur says that for now she will focus on supporting families in Altadena. “I know a lot of families, maybe 89 at my children’s school, who lost everything,” says Molina, who grew up in Altadena in a close-knit community. Her parents, originally from Jalisco, still live in Altadena and like her, they feel lucky because their home was not destroyed by the fires. Adriana Molina (c) with two of her employees whom she is trying to support in these difficult times.Credit: Courtesy of Molina | Courtesy His brother Hector and his family who lost their home moved into a trailer that Molina has right outside his home, while they look for another place to live. “He went to his house and brought a bicycle, two chairs, a see-saw and two flower pots and they said: we’ll take this because this is what we have,” Molina said of his brother. Hector’s family put their things right outside the trailer so they could feel like they were home. He has a group chat with his neighbors and says they all plan to rebuild their homes. Molina started working with Sidecca 20 years ago when it was previously a chain of stores. But 13 years ago, when the company filed for bankruptcy, the Latina businesswoman bought the name and has owned it ever since. The entrepreneur opened the store in Altadena in 2020 and the store was full of cardigans, stickers, dresses and more. Molina saw the store for the first time almost two weeks after the fire, and saw its closed sign on the door with ashes over it. The premises around his were completely destroyed, with only rubble inside them. She still doesn’t understand how her business was left almost intact. In a post that the entrepreneur shared on Instagram where she announced that her business was safe, customers and community members expressed happiness and love for Sidecca. Many of them said that as soon as the store opens again, they will be there. The entrepreneur emphasizes that she still needs more time to decide if she would like to open her business again after having difficulties with the pandemic, a lawsuit and now the Eaton fire. Recently, Molina launched a fundraising event to support its employees as they are unable to work; So for now he is selling t-shirts, bags and keychains among other things with the Altadena name, a design that was very popular in his store. Additionally, he is looking for other small businesses or vendors affected by the fire so he can sell their items on the Sidecca website and give them more customers and support. The loss of the community where he grew up has impacted Molina, but he maintains that he will continue to do everything he can to support. She stresses that the support seen so far has been important, but she would like to see more support in the long term. “In a few months, I hope that the support that is being given now will continue,” Molina said. “All the donations and fundraising for the families that are displaced… because it will be more difficult in the future.”

“I hope she continues to be my friend and if she wants…”

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The recent semi-final of Australian Open witnessed an exciting confrontation between Aryna Sabalenka and Paula Badosa. The Belarusian tennis player, world number one, managed to beat the Spanish player with a score of 6-4 and 6-2 in one hour and 26 minutes of play. This victory assured Sabalenka a place in her third consecutive final of the tournament and a £1.7 million reward. However, what captured fans’ attention was not just the skill on the court, but the gesture friendly from Sabalenka towards Badosa after the game. The two tennis players, known for their closeness off the court, have shown that competition is not at odds with friendship. Sabalenka, aware of the harshness of the defeat for her friend, promised to bring Paula Badosa shopping as a way apology for having eliminated her from the tournament. Aryna Sabalenka after beating Paula Badosa and reaching the final of the Australian Open: 🗣 “I hope she continues to be my friend. I promise we will go shopping and I will pay you whatever you want” 😂 pic.twitter.com/u70FqAwsKy — Tennis Time (@Tiempodetenis1) January 23, 2025 “I hope she continues to be my friend. I’m sure you’ll hate me for the next few hours and days, but I can handle it.“said Sabalenka in a post-match interview. “After that, I think we will be friends again, we will go out together, shopping… I promise Paula that we will go shopping and I will pay for whatever she wants,” Sabalenka added, showing her more generous side. The relationship between the two tennis players is a clear example of how competition and friendship can coexist, even at the highest levels of the sport. Sabalenka also shared her plans to prepare for the final. “It’s about having fun the next day and putting tennis aside. Of course, I’m going to practice a little, but for the rest of the day I’ll leave tennis aside. Go shopping with Paula? Maybe, I hope he’s still here and we can go shopping. But I’ll set a limit because she can go crazy.“, joked the Belarusian. For her part, Badosa accepted the gift and the proposal to go shopping together and laughingly acknowledged at a press conference that she would buy “something very expensive” at the expense of Sabalenka’s pocket. A special relationship This closeness and sense of humor highlight the particular dynamic between Sabalenka and Badosa. Despite being rivals on the field, they have decided to keep their friendship intact, an agreement that they have reinforced through several sporting battles. “I think after a couple of battles between us, we talked and decided to put it aside. She really wanted it, we both wanted it, it’s our dream. Here we are opponents and no matter what happens on the court, we are going to be friends after our games. It’s hard to do, but we’ve agreed“Sabalenka explained. The hug between Aryna Sabalenka and Paula Badosa after the semifinals of the Australian Open 2025 Reuters Now, Sabalenka has the opportunity to make history by becoming the first female player since Martina Hingis in 1997-1999 to win the Australian Open women’s singles title three consecutive times. “Just saying that and I get chills. Honestly, I’m so proud of myself and my team for putting us in this situation. It’s a privilege. If I can put myself in the history books, it will mean a lot. At first I dreamed of winning a Grand Slam, now it’s incredible. “I’m going to go out and give everything I have in the final,” Sabalenka concluded. This friendly gesture from Sabalenka towards Badosa underlines the importance of sportsmanship and friendship in sport, reminding us that, at the end of the day, personal relationships can prevail over competition.

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