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Since 2024, Greece has had a six-day work week. Now, it is planned to establish a 13-hour day

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Economic recovery became a top priority for the conservative government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis. His strategy to try to improve Greece’s low productivity was apparently simple: work more days. However, extending the working day to six working days it doesn’t seem enough and now the Greek executive proposes increasing the daily work day to 13 hours. Unions and worker associations have not been slow to respond to the measure by calling for protests and a general strike. The working day in Greece. In 2024, Greece approved new labor regulations that allowed for six day work week for certain industries that operate 24 hours a day, increasing the weekly working hours from 40 to 48 hours. This measure already generated social and political unrest in its day due to the impact on the lives of Greek workers. The Eurostat Q2 2025 data reveal that 20.9% of Greek workers between 20 and 64 years old work more than 45 hours a week, compared to 9.7% in Spain or 11.4% in Italy. According to 2023 data recorded by Eurostat, Greece would have the longest average working day in the EU, with 39.8 hours per week, followed by Bulgaria with 39 hours and Poland with 38.9 hours. With 36.4 hours per week, Spain is just above the European Union average of 36 hours. 13 hours with limitations. After allowing the establishment of the six-day work weeks For certain sectors, the labor controversy in Greece has reignited with a Government proposal to allow working hours of up to 13 hours a day in certain cases. The expansion seeks to improve flexibility and reduce bureaucracy, but just as it says GuardianGreek workers denounce that this measure represents a historic setback and an increase in burnout and work stressreaching unsustainable levels. “You can’t push people like that; at some point there will be an explosion,” Makis Kontogiorgos, a trade unionist at a major technology company, told the British newspaper. The law stipulates that this extension can be applied only 37 days per year per worker, which is equivalent to a maximum of three days per month. In addition, extended hours are voluntary for the employee and overtime will be paid an additional 40% over the standard rate. The regulations maintain other established limits, such as a mandatory rest of 11 hours between days and a maximum average of 48 hours of work per week in a period of four months. A “voluntary” measure. According to has manifested to the Greek press Niki Kerameos, Minister of Labor and Social Security of the current Greek government, “this is an exceptional provision. The employee you have the right to refusewithout being threatened with dismissal or unfavorable treatment. However, union forces see this “voluntariness” of the measure as an open door to coercion by companies, retaliating against those employees who choose not to extend their working hours. “That is not possible without consequences, since the employee has minimal bargaining power,” assured to D.W. Theodoros Koutroukis, Professor of Labor Relations at the Democritus University of Thrace. Much ado about nothing. The union response to the measure has not been long in coming, with the call for various demonstrations in the main cities of the country and a general strikedenouncing that “this law will not improve anything”, assured to France24 Panagiotis Gakas, member of the construction workers union. In one interview with a local mediathe minister highlighted that only 0.1% of businesses used the provision of the emergency shift allowed with the six-day work week, which shows a low adoption of this measure despite the imedia impact it had before being approved in 2024, equating it with the commotion caused by the specific increase of 13 hours. The key to avoiding abuse. In the previous labor reform of the Mitsotakis government, the implementation of a digital card for labor control and overtime was approved. A very similar system to which has been raised from the Ministry of Labor in Spain and which is in the public consultation phase before its approval. As stated According to the Greek Minister of Labor, this measure has the function of recording real working time and has made it possible to detect overtime that was not previously declared: “In 2025, 1.8 million more overtime hours were declared than in 2024, just in the first eight months.” This will help ensure that the number of overtime hours does not exceed legal limits and that workers are compensated fairly. Minister Kerameus defends that this regulation protects employees by guaranteeing adequate compensation and avoiding abuses by employers, accompanied by safeguards such as guaranteed days off and protection against unjustified dismissals, presenting itself as a key tool to enforce the law. In Xataka | The working day is no longer enough: interruptions are forcing us to work during free time Image | Unsplash (dole777, Thomas Kinto)

A Japanese city has had enough of its neighbors spending the day on their cell phones. So he has set a limit: two hours

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“When you get on a train in Japan, most passengers are looking at their phones. They don’t do anything else.” Speaks Masafumi Kouiki, mayor Toyoake (Japan) and probably the country’s most recognizable face in the fight against addiction to smartphonesthe sleep hygiene and life away from the screens. The reason is very simple: despite the suspicion on the part of his neighbors, Kouiki has promoted an ordinance that limits the use of cell phones and tablets to two hours a day. The measure was launched October 1 and for now it has served one of the objectives that Kouiki pursued: to move consciences and generate debate. What has happened? That October has arrived with a curious legislative novelty in Toyoakea city of almost 70,000 inhabitants in Aichi Prefecture that in practice functions as a dormitory city for Nagoya. On Wednesday the 1st, a new rule came into force that restricts the time that your neighbors can spend in front of a screen for recreational reasons: maximum two hours. 120 minutes. Not one more. The measure was announced months ago, in Augustwhen it was still a proposal, and despite the huge stir that it generated has managed to move forward: in September it received the endorsement of the municipal assembly with 12 votes in favor and seven against. What does the standard say exactly? Roughly speaking, the ordinance, 2,400 charactersestablishes a limit on the recreational use of smartphones, tablets, consoles and computers. The rule applies to Toyoake residents and sets that limit at two hours a day, not counting time spent studying or working. There is an important nuance, of course: although it is an ordinance endorsed by the municipal assembly, in reality what it offers is a guidelinenot a mandatory rule. No one will check whether the residents of Toyoake conform to that standard or not. No sanctions are foreseen either. This is just a recommendation. Is it wet paper then? At all. To begin with, because Japanese culture exerts strong social pressure to follow official guidelines. Beyond its real impact, the rule has also served to open the debate on the excessive use of screens and its influence on aspects such as sleep. In fact, the same ordinance advises that younger children stop using their devices at 9:00 p.m. and those in secondary school and those under 18 should not drive them after 10:00 p.m. The objective: guarantee your correct rest. That’s all? No. On October 1, coinciding with the entry into force of the rule, the Toyoake Government sent emails to young people and parents in the city to insist on the same message. Primary and secondary school students were in fact urged to “take care of their rest and health hours” and agree with their families how much time they would dedicate to their devices. “The main objective of the ordinance is to guarantee sufficient hours of sleep,” underlines the organism. The City Council has also carried out a survey among 250 residents registered in its monitoring system and wants to find out the real scope of the guideline: whether the use of smartphones during free time, the duration of sleep or the hours of family conversation changes. TO beginning of next yearIn fact, the authorities want to do a new survey among their students. Why have they done it? To change habits. “It’s very sad to end the day looking at your phone all the time at home,” explained a few days ago Kouki a The New York Times. “I hope citizens change their behavior.” Rather than strictly limiting the recreational use of screens to 120 minutes a day, its purpose is to invite “reflection and debate” and make people think about how much time they spend on screens and until what time they do it. In 2024, a state study revealed that, on average, younger Japanese (those in primary or secondary school) invest about five hours up to date on their mobile phones. And not only that. More than 80% of Japanese people between 15 and 24 years old consider themselves “dependent” on smartphones and 14% already show symptoms of addiction. How have people responded? Depends. Not everyone has reacted equally well to Kouki’s attempts to restrict screen use. Although it is not a mandatory rule nor are there fines for breaking it, there are those who believe that the mere existence of the ordinance means an intrusion in the lives of the people of Toyoake.”In one sentence: it’s none of your business”, claims Mariko Fujie, one of the local politicians who voted against. In his opinion, there is no “scientific evidence” to support a norm that, he warns, also does not take into account the perspective of young people. “Many of my supporters find it condescending. This ordinance is complete nonsense.” Is Toyoake a unique case? Yes. And no. The Town Hall assures that theirs is the first standard of its kind in Japan. This is also presented by media such as The Japan Times either The Mainichiwhich have highlighted its pioneering nature. Whether or not this is the case, the truth is that it is not the first attempt by a Japanese public institution to put limits on the use of screens among the population. Especially among young people. A few years ago Kagawa promoted another ordinance that aimed to restrict young people’s access to video games. Their objective: that minors do not dedicate themselves to them more than one hour daily during the week, a margin that the authorities were willing to extend to 90 minutes on holidays. In Yamato, another town, they also prohibited use mobile to pedestrians while they walk. Images | Yifei Wong (Unsplash) and Launde Morel (Unsplash) In Xataka | In Europe we have a problem: we are becoming the Japan of the 21st century

The French Revolution proposed dividing the day into ten hours. It didn’t catch on, but an artist has created watches that respect that idea

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Apparently it is a normal clock: its division by hours, its two hands (yes, we already know that if you are from Generation Z it is very possible that you do not know how to read time in this device, but let’s start from the fact that it seems to all of us that this looks like a traditional watch)… However, as soon as you look closely you will see that there is an extraordinary difference: the dial is divided into ten spaces instead of the usual twelve. In the name of Lewis Carroll, what the hell is this. Ruth Evans, provoking. The clock is the work of artist Ruth Ewan and is part of a series of similar creations, called ‘We Could Have Been Anything That We Wanted To Be’, originally presented at Folkestone Artworks in 2011. It is a triennial of urban art works that, in its latest edition, includes 91 works by 52 artists. Ewan, a Scottish artist whose works always contain a social message, has retouched for the occasion some of the watches she created almost fifteen years ago for the contest. How they work. The strange arrangement of the numbers is not an aesthetic decision, but rather we are looking at clocks that divide each day into ten hours, each hour into one hundred minutes and each minute into one hundred seconds. Midnight takes place at ten and noon at five. Currently, you already know: a day has 24 hours, each of which has 60 minutes, each with 60 seconds. From there we also use decimals: a second has ten tenths of a second, one hundred hundredths or one thousand thousandths. But Ewan’s is an absolutely rational division of time that is not capricious: it has a historical basis. Making history. As we already said in its day, The ten-hour system was officially implemented in 1793 as part of the radical reforms spurred by the French Revolution. This decimal system was intended to simplify calculations and break with the past, aligning itself with other revolutionary aspects such as the republican calendar that divided the year into 12 identical months, of 30 days each and 10 days per week. The use of decimal time was mandatory from the end of 1793 until April 1795, when its use was suspended after only 500 days, due to great popular resistance and the difficulty of adapting daily life and existing clocks to this new system. Some watchmakers attempted to create watches with dual numbering (decimal and traditional) to help the transition, but the change clashed with customs and business needs that depended on the traditional system. What does it mean? Ewan’s intention with this watch is to show how changes in the organization of time can also symbolize profound social transformations, and proposes a new way of perceiving the world and questioning current systems. Let us remember that revolutionary France sought to introduce reason, equality and efficiency in all aspects of social life, including the measurement of time. With something as simple as reminding us that time can be perceived very differently with a simple change in the artifacts with which we measure it, Ewan proposes a possible new social order, and an invitation to imagine alternative futures. The work questions the rigidity of capitalist chronological time, and that is why Ewan prepared and distributed some pamphlets that spoke of the utopian concept of time in the Revolution. In Xataka | Physicists do not know precisely what time is. Still, they suspect it’s just an illusion.

Aliexpress Choice Day ends tonight, but these chollos are still available

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It is true that today we are already in full Amazon Prime Offers Partybut that does not mean that it is the only place to find offers and chollos. Although he doesn’t have too much, we still have Until 23:59 today to take advantage of the Choice Day of Aliexpress. As usual, we have a very good selection of offers in technology. Next, a selection of the most prominent that are still available: Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra (2025) by 447.28 euros With the ESCD50 coupon, the best Samsung watch to date. PlayStation 5 Slim Digital by 390.67 euros With the ESCD50 coupon, the most economical version of the Sony console. Realme GT 7T by 451.16 eurosa telephone that stands out for its huge 7,000 mAh battery. Nintendo Switch 2 by 464.05 eurosthe pack that includes Mario Kart World. Xiaomi Redmi Pad by 103.51 eurosa very economical tablet that is perfect to study or see multimedia content. If you have found something you want to buy and you are not on this list, you can use the following discount coupons to save your purchases: Discount Minimum purchase coupon 2 euros 15 euros ESCD02 4 euros 29 euros ESCD04 7 euros 49 euros ESCD07 10 euros 69 euros ESCD10 15 euros 109 euros Escd15 20 euros 159 euros ESCD20 35 euros 279 euros ESCD35 50 euros 389 euros ESCD50 65 euros 529 euros Escd65 75 euros 659 euros ESCD75 Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra (2025) We started this selection of offers by a clock, in this case the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra. This version is orna review that the company launched just a few months agowhich also comes with a new blue color. Its PVP touches 700 euros, although if we take advantage of Aliexpress these last hours, we can take it by 447.28 euros With the ESCD50 coupon. It is undoubtedly the best smartwatch that Samsung has manufactured to date. It stands out for offering A 1.5 -inch AMOLED screen with a maximum brightness of 3,000 nits and protected by sapphire crystal. It has a very good performance thanks to its exynos W1000 and can already be updated to One UI 8 Watch, which includes Gemini. Samsung Watch Ultra (2025) The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links PlayStation 5 Slim Digital We continue with a console now. On this occasion, it is the PlayStation 5 Slim, specifically its digital version. It is the most economical version of the Sony console right nowalthough Aliexpress Choice Day leaves it a little cheaper. If we use the ESCD50 coupon, we can get it for 390.67 euros. It is a console that still has rope for a while, capable of moving games to 4K and up to 120 fps. Its video game catalog, both exclusive and third companies, is impressive. This version of the console does not bring record reader, although we can acquire it later if at any time we want to move on to the physical format. PlayStation 5 Slim Digital The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links Realme GT 7T We have a mobile now, one that also has a few months. It is about Realme GT 7Ta very interesting phone that stands out without a doubt by offering A battery that very few devices can match. If we take advantage of the last hours of Choice Day, we can take home for 451.16 euros. As we say, if this mobile stands out, it is to come with A 7,000 mAh batteryone that we can also carry in a sigh thanks to its fast charge of 120 W. In addition, its 6.8 -inch AMOLED screen offers a very good experience, it offers plenty of power with its Dimensity 8400 by MediaTak and has a very interesting double rear camera system. The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links Nintendo Switch 2 Turn of another console, although this time we jumped to one that has very little with us. We are referring to Nintendo Switch 2a review that comes with a hardware update that was already necessary. We can take this console home for 464.05 eurosa very interesting price if we consider that it is the version that comes with Mario Kart World. As was the case with the first version of it, this Nintendo Switch 2 continues to bet on a hybrid format that allows you to enjoy its games both on a television and portable mode. Of course, it has a more powerful hardware that allows you to enjoy better performance and greater resolution. Its exclusive catalog, in addition, is increasingly adding more interesting titles. Nintendo Switch 2 + Mario Kart World The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links Xiaomi Redmi Pad We close this selection of offers with a tablet, in this case The Redmi Pad Se of Xiaomi. It is a device that stands out for offering A very high value for moneybut on top of this offer it leaves it even cheaper. Only for a few hours, we can take home one for alone 103.51 euros. It is a perfect tablet for the most tight budgets, no matter if it is to study, play or even see multimedia content. It stands out for having An 11 -inch screen that has a 90 Hz soda rate. In addition, it comes with an 8,000 mAh battery that offers quite remarkable autonomy. All without forgetting that, in addition, it is most manageable thanks to the fact that it barely weighs 483 grams. Xiaomi Redmi Pad SE (4+128 GB) The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Xataka, Sony, Samsung, Nintendo, Xiaomi, Realme In Xataka | The best mobiles, we have tried them and here are their analysis In Xataka | The best smartwatch: their analysis and videos are here

Mediamarkt celebrates the day without VAT in its outlet and is liquidating iPhone mobiles from 174 euros

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Although the iPhone se It is a discontinued model and that Apple no longer manufactures or sells on its website, you can still buy it in a store. If you want to have an Apple terminal that keeps the Touch ID button, Mediamarkt is celebrating the Day without VAT Also in your outlet on eBay and you can buy it for 174 euros. Apple iPhone SE (3rd Gen.), 64 GB, 5G, 4.7 “Retina HD, Chip A15 Bionic The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Although this is the great bargain in the Mediamarkt outlet on eBay During the day without VAT for those who want an Apple terminal, we can find Other iPhone on offer that may interest you, as are the following: A good, beautiful and cheap iPhone He iPhone Se 2022 It is a bargain today without VAT of Mediamarkt in its outlet on eBay. This mobile rides a 4.7 -inch HD Retina With Truetone technology. In addition, it is an exhibition terminal, so it is in a new state. Your brain is the Apple A15 Bionic Chip and has a single 12 MP rear camera and another 7 MP front. Its battery offers up to 15 hours of video And it comes with a wide connectivity section, with Wi -Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.0 and 5g. In addition, it only weighs 144 grams, so it is a very light mobile. Some accessories to protect this mobile Oretech Transparent case for iPhone Se 2022/Se 2020/7/8, with (2x screen protector) The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links Yisica compatible with iPhone SE 2022 The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Webedia and Apple In Xataka |The best mobiles quality price: your analysis and videos are here In Xataka | Best wireless headphones: which buy and 19 models from 20 euros to 450 euros

Five of the best offers in technology during the day without VAT of Mediamarkt, today October 6

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Just one day for Amazon to begin his Prime Offers party, so many stores have launched some quite powerful campaigns in terms of quantity and quality of offers. Mediamarkt now has a Day without VAT which will end in a few hours (October 7 at 09:00 hours), so in this article we wanted to gather five of the best offers we can find in the campaign. Google Pixel 10 Pro XL by 1,049 euros By adding it to the cart, the lowest price that Mediamarkt has had to date. Portal PlayStation by 181.81 eurosa very practical accessory for the PlayStation 5. Kobo Clara Bw by 123.14 eurosa good price for one of the ereader with the best value for money. Honor 400 by 412.40 eurosa mobile with a good value for money that also includes gift headphones. ‘Donkey Kong Baniza‘ by 50.40 eurosa much more adjusted price for one of the last video games released by Nintendo. Google Pixel 10 Pro XL One of the best mobile offers during the day without Mediamarkt VAT is in the Google Pixel 10 Pro XLan excellent model that combining the discount of the campaign offered by the store by adding the mobile to the cart is left by 1,049 eurosits minimum historical price. He Google 10 Pro XL It is one of the last mobiles that the company has launched, and it is also the most big with a screen of no less than 6.8 inches. Incorporates the Google Tensioner G5 processor, its operating system will receive seven years of updates and its camera module consists of a 50 MP main sensora wide angle of 48 MP and a 5x telephoto of 48 MP. Google Pixel 10 Pro XL (256 GB) The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links Portal PlayStation The Portal PlayStation It is very practical for certain moments, as when traveling. It does not usually lower too much price, but now mediamarkt has it for 181.81 euros instead of 219.99 euros. It is a 8 -inch screen with integrated controls which allows playing playstation 5 videogames, although you can also play cloud games if you have the highest subscription level of the service, PlayStation Plus Premium. The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links Kobo Clara Bw After the last wave of offers in Kindle, other Ereader have also dropped in price. In Mediamarkt we can find a good discount the Kobo Clara Bwby 123.14 eurosone of the models with the best quality-price ratio of Rakuten. It is a 6 -inch screen ereader that is ideal for reading at home or outside it. Includes adjustable light, the letter can be customized (source, font, etc.) and offers excellent performance. The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links Honor 400 He Honor 400 It is another of the mobile phones with the best offer during the day without VAT of Mediamarkt. By 412.40 euroswe talk about a model that, in addition to including headphones Earbuds Gift Clipstands out mainly for its light design and with very good construction, its photographic section, which is excellent, and for its autonomy of almost two full days of use. The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links ‘Donkey Kong Baniza’ There has been much talk about the price of games for Nintendo Switch 2. Although they are still very expensive, some stores usually launch good offers. During the day without VAT, Mediamarkt has dropped the price of ‘Donkey Kong Baniza‘, one of the last video games launched by Nintendo that came out for approximately 50 euros, but is now reduced by 50.40 euros In physical format. Donkey Kong Baniza (Nintendo Switch 2) The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Mediamarkt and Buyardcion (header), Google, PlayStation, Kobo, Honor, Nintendo In Xataka | The best mobiles (2025), we have tried them and here are their analysis In Xataka | Best electronic books. What ebook buy and 11 recommended models

October starts with a new aliexpress day choice with technology at bargain and discount coupons of up to 75 euros

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Huawei Band 10 by 32.98 euros With the ESCD04 coupon, the most recent activity bracelet of the Chinese manufacturer. Little x7 pro by 232.57 eurosa quite affordable phone with very good characteristics. Nintendo Switch 2 by 414.60 euros With the ESCD50 coupon, the pack that includes the Mario Kart World. Sony Wh-1000xm6 headphones by 271 euros With the Escd35 coupon, one of the best headphones of headband we can buy. Samsung Galaxy A56 5g by 264.86 eurosthe best mid -range phone in the Korean manufacturer. If you want to buy something that is not in this selection of offers and want to do it at the best price, we leave you below the new discount coupons that Aliexpress has. Discount Minimum purchase coupon 2 euros 15 euros ESCD02 4 euros 29 euros ESCD04 7 euros 49 euros ESCD07 10 euros 69 euros ESCD10 15 euros 109 euros Escd15 20 euros 159 euros ESCD20 35 euros 279 euros ESCD35 50 euros 389 euros ESCD50 65 euros 529 euros Escd65 75 euros 659 euros ESCD75 Huawei Band 10 We started this selection of offers with a device released just a few weeks ago, The Huawei Band 10. It has a rather affordable price right now in almost all stores, but we are interested in it, We can take it even cheaper in Aliexpress: Specifically, by 32.98 euros with the coupon Escd04. It is an ideal device for which he wants to measure his training or his daily steps, but does not want to buy an intelligent clock (which are more expensive, of course). To stand out from this, There are your more than 100 sports modesits resistance of 5 atm or its new sleep metrics, very useful to measure and improve our rest. The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links Little x7 pro Now it is the turn of the first of the mobiles of this selection of offers. We are talking about Little x7 proa device that is the clear example of what should be A phone that bet strongly for the quality-price. It only has been available for a few months, but this Choice Day already leaves it at a very good price: 232.57 euros. This Xiaomi has a very good 6.67 -inch screen with 1.5 K resolution. Its power is more than guaranteed with the Dimensity 8400 processor of Mediatek, which is accompanied by 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage. Its 6,000 mAh battery is hugebut it is also loaded in a sigh thanks to its compatibility with the fast charging of 90 W. The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links Nintendo Switch 2 Aliexpress Choice Day also leaves us very interesting offers if we are looking to renew console. In fact, we have available the new console of Nintendo Switch 2at a great price: 414.60 euros With the ESCD50 coupon. The price of this offer is great, but it is even more so if we take into account that This is the pack that includes the Mario Kart World. This new switch generation comes with more power, since it is able to move 4K games. Of course, this version of the console (the only one available so far) counts With the same hybrid capabilities of the previous consoleso we can enjoy their games both on a television and in portable version wherever we go. Nintendo Switch 2 + Mario Kart World The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links Sony Wh-1000xm6 headphones The next of the offers we have selected is ideal if we look for the best sound. They star Sony Wh-1000xm6, one of the best headphones we can buy right now. They arrived at stores with a 469 euros PVP, but this Choice Days can take them home for much less. Specifically, 271 euros with the coupon Escd35. From it we can expect a sound of honor registration and a large system of active noise cancellation, ideal to isolate ourselves completely from abroad. In addition, they also yield very well when making calls, even if there is background noise. Autonomy are left over: They are able to offer up to 32 hours with the cancellation of activated noise. Sony Wh-1000xm6 headphones The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links Samsung Galaxy A56 5g We close with one of Samsung’s most popular phones and with The best mid -range that the company has manufactured to this day. We are talking about Galaxy A56 5ga very interesting phone that, thanks to this offer from the Choice Day of Aliexpress, goes out only for 264.86 euros. This phone stands out for many things, among which are The six years of guaranteed updates that Samsung assures him. In addition, it has a battery of 5,000 mAh (compatible with fast charge of 45 w) and a very good 6.7 -inch screen whose soda rate is 120 Hz. The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Alejandro Alcolea in XatakaHuawei, Xiaomi, Nintendo, Samsung, Sony In Xataka | The best mobiles, we have tried them and here are their analysis In Xataka | The best smartwatch: their analysis and videos are here

Science has discovered what is the best time of day to be more concentrated and T0mar better decisions: at noon

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As with the muscles, the brain offers its best version the more rested it is. For that reason, the experts recommend Identify the most productivity hours According to the chronotype of each person to carry out the most demanding activities and tasks at that time and have a better cognitive performance. Recent studies have revealed that fatigue affects remarkably when it comes to being more productive and even in decision making. Understanding this relationship helps to better plan schedules and improve performance. An example: Jeff Bezos never program meetings Beyond five in the afternoon Because doing so would imply raising the risk of making erroneous decisions. The moment of higher performance: noon. A study carried out by researchers from the universities of Messina and Bologna (Italy) analyzed more than 104,000 oral exams and found clear patterns at the time of the day when the students had more likely to approvehighlighting a peak that was not related to the difficulty of the exam but to the time in which the exam was taken. The researchers found that the global approved rate was 57%. However, the chart of probabilities to approve drew a bell shape, reaching its maximum point in the hours near noon, especially between 11:00 and 1:00 p.m. In comparison, the approved rates were remarkably lower early in the morning (between 8:00 and 9:00 hours) and the first hour of the afternoon (between 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.) without finding outstanding differences between those two moments. Without realizing it, we lose capabilities. To rule out that the downturn registered by the students at noon is conditioned by Knowledge of the subject of the examThe researchers also studied the behavior of teachers. The results of both groups led to the same conclusion: both students and evaluators experienced changes in their mental state and fatigue levels in the same time strip. This could contribute to the afternoon of the approval rate in exams is lower, since both the evaluator and the examinee are more fatigued and the teachers become more irascible and intolerant due to tiredness. If it’s 16:00, you’re guilty. The same conclusions arrived A group of researchers of the University of Columbia and the Ben Gurion University of the Neguev on the importance of the schedule in which judicial sentences and the increase in the severity of judicial decisions are issued. The investigators analyzed the behavior of several judges during the day and found that the favorable sentences to the defendants reached their peak as the pause to eat was approaching, reaching up to 70%. However, as the early hours of the afternoon progressed and the judges approached the next recess, this percentage progressively decreased to almost 0% by increasing the hardness of the sentences imposed. The “Baba” after the meal. This pattern suggests that our brain works best in mid -morning, and maintains that performance until eating. The explanation is found in the combination of biological factors such as Circadian rhythmswhich regulates energy and alert states during the day releasing more or less melatonin to the body to induce sleep state or activate alert and attention mechanisms. Researchers hypothesize that cognitive function continues This time curve naturallyimproving until noon and decreasing after eating, which coincides with the feeling of support after food. After lunch, there is a small increase in melatonin that can cause drowsiness and lower performance. Revitalizing naps. According to The published by Harvard Health Publishinga short nap after eating can improve the concentration and alert state if it lasts between 10 and 30 minutes. According to research in this regard, this type of naps increase the alert by more than 50% and competition by more than 30% compared to those who do not. However, the duration is key, and sleep more than the account It can be counterproductive. The study analyzed the behavior of Mediterranean adults and observed that making a short nap of less than 30 minutes is associated with a lower probability of high blood pressure (21%), while long naps (more than 30 minutes) are linked to the highest metabolic and cardiovascular risk (41%), as well as the higher perimeter of waist and blood glucose. Therefore, a brief nap after food, contributes to energy and maintaining mental acuity in the afternoon. In Xataka | Some neuroscientists believe they have found the trick to solve the most complicated problems: take a nap Image | Unspash (Sinitta Leunen)

go from 24 prices a day to 96

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As of October 1, a historical change starts in the European electricity market. That day, light prices will stop looking every hour to do it every 15 minutes. This means that there will be 96 different prices every day instead of 24, an adjustment that seeks to bring the rate closer to the reality of production and consumption in real time. And if, After several delaysnow European market operators have confirmed the entry into force of the so -called Cuarto Horario market. The measure is not new or improvised. Already in 2017, The 2017/2195 regulation And later he EU Regulation 2019/943 They established that the deviation settlement period should be reduced from 60 to 15 minutes. This will force each electric company to declare how much energy it will produce or consume in every quarter of an hour and, if you deviate, receive a penalty. In our country, the tests began last year Under supervision of Electric Red and OMIE. The CNMC designed a phase transition: First in the continuous intradiary market (March 2025) and then in the daily market (June). But the lack of preparation of some participants forced to delay the start -up until September 30, with a real effect on October 1. In addition, the change has meant redesigning auction systems coordinating with neighboring markets such as France, Portugal and Morocco. What changes for the consumer? The short answer is little or nothing. To start there is a technical problem since current domestic counters only record consumption for hours. To avoid replacing millions of equipment, Electric Red A method will apply of linear interpolation that estimates fourth -hour consumption from time readings. Therefore, people subject to the regulated rate (PVPC) will continue to see average prices per hour in their invoice. For their part, users of the free market will not notice changes, since their contracts are at a fixed price or with time discrimination. In other words, you will not have to look at the rate every quarter of an hour to put the washing machine. As long as the counters do not change, the invoices will continue to function for hours. The other face. The real impact is in other areas. According to Galicia’s voicethe main beneficiaries will be the electro -intense industry, storage facilities and self -consumption projects, which can better adjust their consumption to take advantage of the cheapest moments of the day. Also SMEs with management capacity could win. For another type of consumer. For households with solar panels or small self -consumption facilities, the fourth time market opens a window of opportunity. These consumers can better optimize when to consume their own energy and when to pour it into the network, taking advantage of the lowest or highest price sections. For that reason, storage will be key. With prices that change every 15 minutes, domestic or industrial batteries can be charged in the cheapest moments and download in the most expensive, multiplying savings possibilities. In addition, the new system fits better with the intermittent nature of solar and wind: a cloud that passes or a windfire will be reflected in the market almost in real time. This will allow a more fluid integration of renewables. Of course, the counters are still schedules. The majority of households with self -consumption will continue to see average prices per hour, at least until the measurement systems are updated. Less deviations, more renewable. Until now, the market set an hour price, but neither consumption nor generation are linear for 60 minutes. With 15 -minute intervals, these variations can be better adjusted, reducing the cost overruns of the adjustment markets that end up impacting the invoice, As the newspaper details. In addition, the new system fits better with renewable energies. Its production – very variable in short periods of time – is integrated in a form More natural at intervals of 15 minutes. Not everything is advantages. After the blackout of April 28 in the Iberian Peninsula, the Government It has had to rethink The measure for fear that the greatest granularity would cause instabilities in the network. The transition has also meant a huge technical and economic burden. Operators, distributors and marketers have had to redesign their computer systems and with a persistent problem of network distribution. A new energy chapter. Europe thus premieres a new era with 96 daily prices. A more flexible and sensitive market to the real variations of supply and demand that, According to Brusselsshould reduce costs and facilitate the integration of renewables. The unknown is if that benefit will reach the domestic consumer’s invoice or if, as many times, it will remain in the hands of the great actors in the sector. Image | Unspash Xataka | Where there was lead, now there will be rare earths: Jaén revives his mining past for the energy transition

Russia’s order has triggered anxiety in Europe. Germany and France are already preparing for the worst: 1,000 injured per day

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To the incursions of Russia in the European airspace that took place last week In Poland, Romania and Estoniaanother in Denmark has joined with chaotic consequences for airlines. NATO has raised the voice while Moscow seems to test the allied cohesion in the Baltic. In the background: a series of movements that indicate two things: anxiety has shot in Europe, and some begin to prepare for a war scenario. Denmark does not give credit. Denmark has described As an “unprecedented attack” the incursions of drones that have forced to close the airports of Copenhagen and Oslo for hours, leaving tens of thousands of stranded passengers, in an episode that encompasses the wave of aerial rapes and drones attacks in past days To Poland, Romania and Estonia. The aircraft appeared from multiple directions, alternating lights and then disappearing, and the Danish authorities attribute them to “a capable operator”, while the Kremlin denies it. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen He talked about The “more serious” aggression against a critical infrastructure of Denmark and did not rule out any hypotheses, opinion supported by leaders such as Ukrainian President Zelenski and by EU spokesmen, who see a pattern of reckless actions by Russia. NATO celebrated meetings Under article 4condemned the violations and stressed that Rwill effort capabilities and deterrenceand some officials already contemplate the possibility of more forceful responses (even demolition) if these provocations are repeated. France and preparations. In France, the controversy has exploded after a Publication of Le Canard Enchaînéwhich revealed a letter sent in July by the Minister of Health, Catherine Vautrin, in which she asked French health agencies to prepare for a possible “major commitment” In March 2026. The document urged hospitals to be ready to serve several thousand soldiers during periods that could extend 10 to 180 dayswhich included both French and foreign troops. The news, despite proceeding from a satirical environment, generated accusations that Emmanuel Macron would be secretly planning the country to the war against Russia. The extreme right, represented by the Eurodiputa Thierry Mariani, It went further suggesting that a conflict would allow to suspend the presidential elections of 2027. The official clarification. The Ministry of Health He did not deny authenticity of the letter, but he clarified his goal: it was a Preventive Planning Faced with possible risks and threats that could affect the hospital system, including the arrival of a large number of victims of an international conflict. The measure, according to the Ministerial Crisis Center, sought to guarantee the capacity of the civil health system to absorb a massive flow of military patients in case France, as a member of NATO and ally of Ukraine, was indirectly involved in a war set. It was not, therefore, a war plan per sebut an exercise in advance of contingencies. Germany and preparations. It happens that Germany It has begun To explicitly plan how to face an eventual large -scale conflict between NATO and Russia, the scene that many alliance analysts place Around 2029. Reuters explained That the calculation that marks this preparation is as sober as disturbing: up to 1,000 soldiers Germans wounded per day may require medical care in case of an open confrontation, a figure that the inspector general of Health, Ralf Hoffmann, qualifies as realistic based on the intensity of the fighting and the units involved. Ukraine lessons. The war in Ukraine has radically changed the nature of the injuries. If the bullet wounds predominated before, today the panorama is dominated by the devastating drones effectsMERODERE AND EXPLOSIVE MORMERS, which generate amputations, burns and multiple trauma. Hoffmann Underline That the “death corridor” of ten kilometers on each side of the Ukrainian front, plagued by hostile UAVs, shows how immediate medical evacuations have become almost impossible: injured should often be stabilized for hours under constant fire before being able to be transferred. How to evacuate. With this horizon, Berlin is studying Expand your abilities of flexible medical transport, inspired by the Ukrainian experience with hospital trains. It is considered to incorporate trains, buses and a greater number of sanitary aircraft, with the aim of guaranteeing staggered evacuations: initial attention in the front, intermediate stabilization and final transfer to hospitals within the German territory. This medical logistics chain demands a robust, decentralized and capable system under air and electronic threat. The plan contemplates that the injured receive definitive care especially in civil hospitals, with an estimated volume of 15,000 reserved beds within a national total capacity of 440,000. The coordination between the military medical service and the civil health system will be essential, and the medical body of the Armed Forces, currently 15,000 troops, must be extended significantly to face the magnitude of the challenge. The Kremlin and article 5. Explained the Financial Times That all this climate of extreme anxiety in Europe possibly responds to a Moscow tactic: to demonstrate that the NATO collective defense clause, Article 5it lacks real value. A hesitant response to a provocation could open the door to Russia trying to “break down” small European states without facing the block as a whole. Scenarios such as a land incursion under the pretext of protecting Russian minorities in Baltic countries are part of the recurring fears of military planners. To do this, Moscow has uncertainty that surrounds Washingtonwhose contribution represents about 40 % of the military capacities of the Alliance in Europe. The unknowns Trump. The American factor is decisive. With units of Himars Artillery And tanks already deployed in the Baltic, the military presence is significant, but the key question is what Donald Trump would do in case of open aggression. Distrust is mutual: in Washington some see the Baltic as excessively ideological and aggressive against Moscow, while in Tallin the vote of the United States is remembered with Russia in the UN as An alert signal. The president’s volatility adds an unpredictable element: as well as surprising authorizing Attacks to IranI could react unexpectedly in a crisis in Eastern Europe. Between fear and dependence. 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