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Spotify is dealing with an avalanche of songs made with AI. So you have decided to react to mark the limits

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You open Spotify, you run with a song that you cannot stop listening and, nevertheless, the name of the “artist” sounds at all. You wonder if there is a band behind or if it is a Track generated by AIand the doubt is not trivial: the trained ear may detect it, but for millions of listeners the border has become blurred. With generators like Suno either You raising their creation quality, catalogs are filled and the context matters. This week, Spotify announced New policies to stop three fronts: “Slop”, impersonations and transparency on the use of AI. The company states that it wants to protect artists and prevent the public from feeling deceived, without prohibiting responsible use of these tools. In just a few months, music generators have become accessible tools capable of producing thousands of subjects ready to be uploaded to streaming platforms. We do not talk about master compositions, but about songs that meet the minimum to sneak into mass catalogs. The result is an avalanche that makes it difficult to distinguish between genuine proposals and simple algorithmic exercises. For stamps and artists, this saturation not only generates confusion among listeners, it also threatens to dilute income in a system where each reproduction counts to distribute royalties. Spotify’s plan against music made with AI Spotify frames its new rules in a simple idea: music has always been crossed by technology, from the multipist tapes to auto-tune. The current difference is that artificial intelligence evolves at a speed that generates uncertainty. In this scenario, the platform states that it wants to reinforce transparency and shield the confidence of listeners, while respecting the freedom of artists to decide how to incorporate these tools into their creative process. One of the most sensitive spotlights for Spotify is the impersonation of identity. The company has hardened its rules and clarifies that it will not allow songs that reproduce the voice of an artist without its explicit authorization. This includes voice clones generated with artificial intelligence, “Deepfakes” and any unauthorized vocal replica. In addition, new measures are tested with distributors to prevent music from foreign profiles, an increasingly common attack. The objective is that musicians can denounce quickly and maintain control over their own artistic identity. Another front that the platform wants to stop is spam. Spotify explains that some users try to manipulate the system by uploading songs of just 30 seconds to accumulate reproductions with Right to paymentor repeating the same theme with minimal changes in metadata. To combat it, in the coming months will deploy a filter that will identify this type of practices and stop recommending them. The company ensures that the measure is necessary to protect the distribution of royalties and remember that in the last 12 months it eliminated 75 million fraudulent tracks. The third leg of the plan is transparency. Spotify collaborates with DDEX, the agency responsible for setting standards in the music industry, to create a metadata system that reflects the role of AI in each song. The objective is that the credits indicate if artificial intelligence has been used in the voice, in the instruments or in the production, so that the listener knows clearly. As reported by the company, 15 seals and distributors have already promised to adopt this standard, although for now there is no release date. The real impact of the new rules will be measured over time. For artists, reinforcement against impersonation and spam can translate into a fairer environment to compete for attention and royalties. For listeners, promise is a clearer experiencewith credits that allow distinguishing which part of a song has been generated by Ia. Even so, there is uncertainty about its scope: from the possibility of errors in automatic detection to the difficulty that stamps and distributors adapt their processes quickly and homogeneously. Spotify will probably continue working after this announcement. The effectiveness of the filters and the adoption of the new credits will depend on the industry as a whole move in the same direction. AI will continue to evolve and new methods are likely to make control systems. In that scenario, the company will have to demonstrate that its measures not only slow the abuses, but also help maintain the confidence of the listeners and the value of artists’ work. Images | Xataka with Gemini 2.5 | @felirbe In Xataka | OpenAi wants to bill as much as Microsoft in five years. For this

So they have decided to change our habits with an app

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Plug -in hybrid cars have an obvious problem: many owners Do not plug them in. This Toyota knows it, and that is why he has decided to act developing an application which warns the owners of loading the vehicle and offering information about the recharge points. As Admits the brandhe has resorted to behavior science to solve this problem. The amazing thing about all this is that the results of their pilot tests show that your strategy works. The background problem. Plug -in hybrid vehicles offer between 20 and 50 kilometers of electric autonomy, sufficient for most urban displacements. However, when also carrying gasoline engine, many conductors mainly use them as conventional hybrids without taking advantage of their electrical capacity. This ends up significantly its efficiency and increases real emissions with respect to what is promised by manufacturers. Differences between the group that received the intervention regarding what did not. Image: Toyota Toyota’s solution. The Toyota Research Institute has created Chargeminder, a prototype application that applies principles of behavior science to modify load habits. Instead of bombing with constant notifications, the app sends intelligent reminders just at the right time and place, when the owner is more likely to plug his vehicle but could be forgotten or distracted. How the strategy works. The application integrates more than a dozen interventions based on scientific research. It includes gamification elements such as loading gusts, progress graphics and positive reinforcement messages. It also offers educational content through questionnaires that teach when it is cheaper and sustainable to load the vehicle. All designed to create a scaffolding between the intentions of the driver and his real actions. The results are promising. Toyota tried Chargeminder in two controlled pilot studies with approximately 100 volunteers in each market. In the United States, plug -in drivers who received the APP warnings increased load by 10% compared to the group that did not receive them. In addition, according to their reports, their satisfaction with the vehicle grew 16 percentage points, reaching 100%. In Japan, where the app was modified to promote load during maximum solar production hours, drivers changed their behavior by 59%, adding almost 30 minutes of cargo with renewable energy. Why is it relevant now. “Technology is not the only way to reduce emissions: people’s decisions also matter,” affirms Dr. Gill Pratt, scientific director of Toyota Motor Corporation. This approach is especially significant for the company when in multiple reports it is revealed that plug -in hybrids contaminate more than publicized, precisely because drivers do not plug them into. The future of Chargeminder. Although the application is not publicly available, Toyota plans to extend its research program with more personalized and dynamic interventions. The brand will prove Chargeminder in more people and scenarios, with the aim that what they learned helps align the load of electric vehicles with its global carbon neutrality strategy. It is possible that, over time, Chargeminder ends up arriving at your trusted application store. Cover image | Toyota In Xataka | Audi was too Audi to sell its electric cars in China. Solution: Copy Chinese manufacturers

They have decided the future of the country on a discord server

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On September 4, the Nepal government announced the 26 platform closure including YouTube, Facebook and X. It was the drop that filled the vessel for generation Z. What followed was a wave of protests that ended the Parliament in Flames, 30 dead and Government’s collapse. Today, Nepal already has a new interim prime minister, the curious thing is that they chose it in a discord channel. A digital parliament. They count on the New York Times That, after the fall of the government and the consequent void of power, citizens began to organize to discuss the way to follow. They did not do it in a place, but on a discord server. Was organized by Hami Nepala non -profit organization, and had more than 145,000 participants, especially young activists who had participated in the protests. The Army in Discord. When the government announced its resignation, the power passed to the army, which took control of the capital and imposed a touch touch To stop the protests. The Discord group became so influential that several army controls met with the organizers to ask them to propose a candidate who could lead a acting government. The choice. “The idea was to make a kind of mini-elections,” said one of the group’s moderators. Several candidates were shuffled and after several surveys and long discussions, they decided on Sushila Karki, who had been Minister of Justice. Chaos. The group acknowledges that it does not represent the entire country and its goal is only to look for a functions leader who can organize elections. It is the first time that a vote of this importance is made on a messaging platform and some participants have that everything was very disorganized. Even the moderators had to eliminate messages inciting violence or simply looking for trolley. In addition, it was not the only group in Discord, others who tried to gain influence were also created. Origin of the conflict. According to the previous Government, the prohibition of various platforms and social networks was due to the fact that they did not comply with the norms of the Ministry of Communication. However, for critics, the closure would respond to a growing tendency in those networks where Nepalís, especially Young people from gene generation criticized nepotism: The privileges enjoyed by relatives of influential politicians. This, added to an 20% youth unemployment rate led to a great concentration in the capital. Cover image | Wikipedia, Ivan Radick (Flickr) In Xataka | That Japan has 100,000 people over 100 years explains a problem: they are running out of drivers, literally

Bad Bunny has decided not to take his tour to the United States. And so it has generated 196 million dollars for Puerto Rico

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Bad Bunny is, in all likelihood, The most important Latin artist in the world. And among its most striking characteristics is not only not having renounced its roots, but to show them: we all know that it is Portarriqueño because its music presumes its origin incessantly. And that is what has made him one of the most notable financial assets in his country, despite his international draft. An example. One of his greatest recent successes, ‘Newyol‘, it’s a Dembow that sample a song of Andy Montañez and the great combo of Puerto Ricoimportant Portive interpreters of salsa. His video clip shows scenes of the daily life of the Puerto Rican diaspora in New York and shows the statue of freedom with a country’s flag. The lyrics speak of the portorriqueña identity and its traditions. It is just another example in a discography full of winks, but very notable since THE MEME IN SOCIAL NETWORKS He ran like gunpowder, precisely, among Porician immigrants in the United States. 30 days in Puerto Rico. Aware of his power of convocation (in Spain we have also suffered it with the Deluste Fraticide fighting to get tickets For his concerts), Bad Bunny began a 30 -day residence in San Juan, capital of Puerto Rico, which will end on the 14th day before renauding his world tour of Japan and Europe. He does so to compensate that he has not entered the continental United States (many see it as a sign of protest for anti-immigration policies in the country, the artist does not comment and has described his passage through the country as “unnecessary”). Consequence: It has carapacted the tourism and cultural life of the archipelago. 200,000 visitors. They are those that are estimated that this concert will attract Puerto Rico, and at a time when he needs it: when the fertile summer season has just finished. In a The Wall Street Journal article On the subject, a series of fans of the artist talk about how concerts to travel to Puerto Rico far beyond the mere night of the event. Someone will spend six days on the island; Another is going to spend seven thousand dollars on the trip; And relevant personalities such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, LeBron James, Kylian Mbappé Peélope Cruz, Javier Bardem and Jon Hamm have been seen by concerts, with what he has of media echo and advertising for the island. Money for the people. The Non -Lucrative Association Discover Puerto Rico encrypted in 196 million dollars that this flow of visitors will generate in the island’s economy, which is a considerable impulse and that Bad Bunny is perfectly conscious. First -line artists know that their performances move a very important amount of money not only around concerts themselves, but to everything that implies the experience of attending it (consumption, restaurants, hotels). What artists move. Last year, for example, There was talk of the Swiftnomicsthe economy generated by Taylor Swift in its concerts and that in 2024 came to the United States figures. Specifically, around 10,000 million dollars. Bad Bunny has decided that comparable amounts emphasize in his country of origin, which, he says what he says, gives a very special meaning to his decision to dodge the land of the United States for the second consecutive year. In Xataka | Will Smith’s last concert has resulted in enormous public success. Public made with ia

Bugatti decided not to put speakers in a car of four million euros. His secret is a technique of 1881

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Bugatti is giving baby steps in the electrification. Although in 2021 they joined Rimac, the company that manufactures the imposing RIMAC Neverait seems that a 100% electric bugatti It is far. Hybridization is another song and, in 2024, they launched the Tourbillona bestiality of 3.8 million euros in the cheaper and extrasty version. But the craziest is not its specifications, but a car of almost four million euros does not have speakers. It has something better, according to Bugatti: the entire interior is a speaker. And the secret is something called piezoelectricity. Tourbillon. As usual in a bugatti, its specifications They are a real madness. It has a total of 1,800 hp thanks to four engines: a 8.3 -liter V16, atmospheric 1,000 hp that works with three electric motors (two in front and one behind) that provide additional 800 hp. Result? From 0 to 100 km/h in two seconds, 300 in 10 seconds and a maximum speed of 445 km/h. It has a total weight of less than two tons, a T800 carbon monozygasco and is extremely exclusive. There are only 250 units that, together with their price, convert the Tourbillon into A collector’s object. And something curious is that the interior is a minimalist, with three great analog dials inspired by the High Watches and a notable absence of speakers. Dials, not screens Piezoelectricity. It is the name of an effect discovered in 1881 and is a property that has materials such as quartz to allow generating an electric charge when subject to mechanical pressure or tension. When an electric field is applied, they are also physically deform and it is something that can be used in several ways. It is what works Some lighters, watches either even renewable energies. And it is also what allows the Tourbillon not to have speakers because, in essence, the sound we hear is nothing more than a series of vibrations that are transmitted in the air. Mate Rimac, the peculiar CEO of the company, is something that has shown Top Gear in this video in which we can see a ‘naked’ tourbillon: A countercurrent. That the Tourbillon does not have traditional speakers stands out with what the brand did with the Chiron. In that, they presumed Tweeters (the speakers that transmit the acute) with Diamond membrane of a quilate, but in this they have removed them. Mate Rimac, current CEO of the brand, ensures that the Tourbillon has a sound quality “from another universe”, and what it does is use quartz piezoelectric crystals and other synthetic materials that vibrate in a controlled way when receiving an electrical signal. The aerospace carbon and the rest of the internal panels of the cabin act as large acoustic diaphragms. And the sum of all these elements is what makes the cabin generate a surround sound. The monocoque works like a speaker. Sound of other level It makes sense. That is: it does not have the cones, Woofersmagnets and coils that make up the traditional speakerswhich is a huge advantage when it comes to significantly reducing weight. In a hyper -sports, it is something crucial, and it is also something that allows you to free space inside. Structural insulation is also improved by not having to create holes of considerable size to embed the speakers and the deterioration factor suffered by the speakers themselves, which are isolated with rubber pieces so that they do not vibrate when the car is running. Although in cars that are more destined to the garage than to the road, it is not a problem too serious either. 100% bugatti. Turning the car into a speaker is unique. Mercedes already experienced changing the location of the speakers with The SL Roadster Frontbasscarrying the doors speakers to the holes of the feet, but still needing traditional speakers. In the case of Tourbillon, it is a change of philosophy and technology. Mate Rimac has stressed that this movement is 100% Rimac-Bugatti philosophy. “If we don’t do it, Who was going to do it?“Rimac says, who has seen how his Tourbillon becomes another example of the Ultraexclusivity of hypercoches And, in a world in which there are authentic beasts of the road, which is calling more attention is not so much that it is a hypercoche … as the car itself is a speaker. And in the interview he launches a couple of errands to Ferrari and Lamborghini. We will see if they respond. In Xataka | Luxury cars manufacturers already react to US tariff

New Zealand is full of natural treasures. Now he has decided to charge foreign tourists who want to see them

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Mount cook (Aroaki) is one of the most emblematic places in Oceania, a mountain of something More than 3,700 m full -up New Zealand Alps and famous for its snowy peaks. The enclave is fascinating, as is the beach of Cathedral Cove, Milford Track or the Tongariro National Parkall natural treasures of New Zealand. If your government’s plans are ahead in not long foreigners must scratch their pocket to enjoy them. The reason? New Zealand wants to charge them a rate. Surprised friends. The announcement The country’s prime minister, Christopher Luxon, and the Minister of Conservation, Tama Potaka: The Government wants to collect an extra rate to foreigners who visit some of the most popular protected spaces in New Zealand to help conserve them. “Tourists contribute to our economy and nobody wants that to change,” Recognize Luxon. “But many times I have heard from foreign friends his surprise to be able to visit some of the most beautiful places in the world for free.” The great icons. “The places that are special for New Zealand should be protected, so we will give more support to the DOC (Conservation Department) by introducing a position for foreign visitors to access the most crowded spaces “, Confirm The Prime Minister. At least the executive has in mind four of the most iconic spaces in the country: Cathedral Cove/te wahanganui-a-hei, Tongarino crossing, Milford Sound and Aoraki Mount Cookspaces where foreigners usually represent 80% of visits. A figure: € 20. The government not only handles a list of enclaves, it has also thought about a possible rate. In A statement Published this Saturday, the government slides that the “fair” is that foreigners who come to those “special places” pay an extra payment of between 20 and 40 Neozelands dollars per person, which translated into euros is equivalent to a fork of between 10 and 20 euros, more or less. “For the natural heritage that will involve revenues of up to 62 million dollars a year (almost 32 million euros) that will be reimited directly in those same areas, so that we can continue to invest in the places that support much of our tourism sector,” I claim Potaka. The idea is that the fee is paid only by foreigners, not the locals, who can continue to access without costs. “It is our collective heritage and the Kiwis They shouldn’t have to pay. “ Is anything else known? Yes. The newspaper The Guardian Slide That the rates are probably imposed from next year. Another of the keys to which the government is already spinning is how to differentiate foreign visitors from Neozylalands, although it does not seem that this will be a great challenge. “When you go to the Auckland Domain Museum, you have to show that you are from Auckland if you want a different price,” Remember Potaka. The same goes for the differentiated price of the routes. Foreigners pay a little more than the premises and there are different ways to demonstrate it, through passports, certificates, etc. “ Tourism slopes. The government’s decision comes after the Zealander economy Enter technical recession Last year, which has led the government to Search for formulas To stimulate growth. With that backdrop, tourism has revealed a valuable income route. During the last months the government has intensified your promotion, flexible The rules for the arrival of digital nomads and has made it easier for Chinese visitors. As of November, the country will test a visa exemption program for travelers with Chinese passport traveling from Australia with a valid Australian visa. “This will make it easier, cheaper and fast for them to cross the Sea of Tasmania and visit our coasts,” reason Immigration Minister Erica Stanford. The country closed 2024 with 3.3 million of foreign visitors. Are there more changes? Yes. New Zealand not only plans to charge an extra tax foreigners. In it release in which they announce that measure Luxon and Potaka advance their plans to modify the conservation law to facilitate “a new wave of concessions” in sectors such as tourism or agriculture. The reason? The Executive remember That a large part of the territory is protected by its historical, cultural and biodiversity value, and although there are already businesses in that space (shepherds or ski slopes, for example) it is not easy to assemble them. “To do so, a concession is needed, and the concession regime is totally broken. It often has been renewing it for years and leaves companies in a bureaucratic limbo.” The Executive speaks of “obsolete standards” and advances its intention to promote “more employment, growth and higher salaries.” The announcement has already earned you criticism of the environmental organization Forest & Bird. Images | Christian Michel (Flickr) and Bernard Spragg. NZ (Flickr) In Xataka | The north of Spain has been complaining about mass tourism for years. Asturias has discovered the bitter consequences of losing it

A group of friends decided to turn a colleague into an influencer without knowing it. It already has more than 100,000 followers

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Manu Rey is the clown of his group of friends: with a natural ability to make his colleagues laugh, but with no projection outside his intimate circle. Enough to become an influencer overnight? Many of his friends were convinced that yes, and demonstrated it. Influencer by surprise. The influencer Compostelana (this yes, with almost 100,000 followers too) Zoe García He had an illusion: his friend Manu Rey was famous on the Internet. He developed an exposure plan to his friend’s networks and the result has been around one hundred thousand followers on his Instagram account in record time. His friends, headed by Zoe, secretly exposed him, first as a joke and later as a relevant viral phenomenon of summer. In less than a month Manu has almost 100,000 followers On Instagram, to which they join More than 2500 on Tik Tok. 21 Instagram tricks – Tutorial with all secrets! Revelation. “He does not know that this account exists, but he deserves to follow him, because he is that person who deserves 100 % being famous,” said his friends. And the Internet seemed to coincide with them: after their infinite dip in swimming pools and dozenS, in just two weeks I had 30,000 followers, with videos that exceed four million views. His naturalness were undoubted They reveal what they have been doing. The importance of naturalness. The case of Manu Rey demonstrates some things about fame on the Internet. First, that the public appreciates above other characteristics the naturalness and “real being” in front of the camerawhich undoubtedly enters into contradiction with the Behavior of many celebrities. Spontaneity generates a feeling of authenticity that emotionally connects with the audience, especially with the youngest spectators. Collaborative fame. The idea of a person who becomes famous for the collaborative thrust of a group is something absolutely new and typical of the Internet era. Virality is not always a product of a single person: It can arise thanks to the active participation of communities that share, comment and recreate content. The Fans communities, Memes and digital subcultures drive these collaborative trends. @Manu__rey__ Day 19 uploading Manu videos until it finds out 😂 this can be Manu’s last video without being known and it is good that you can see how random it is and what it can do any day because if 😂 he does not know that he exists, but he deserves that you follow him because he is that person who deserves 100% that you do famous 🥹 ♬ Original sound – Manu Rey The fame of all. The fact that social platforms have a network structure (and hence their name), makes the content value increase according to more people share and reinvent it, that is, as collaborate in their creation. This turns fame into a distributed and collaborative phenomenon: those almost 100,000 followers are not only from Manu (which may be unable to maintain the Hype generated now that it has begun to create its own pieces), but A group responsibility. As wine it left. Sudden and not sought on the Internet is a phenomenon even prior to social networks, but has multiplied since, very simple, we can forward videos to thousands of contacts. In many cases, the collaborative activity we are talking about is essential, and so it happened with Multiple protagonists of completely accidental memes (David the child drugged in the dentist to Zöe Roth, the Machiavellian girl of the fire). But we can ride ourselves before the networks, when reaching fame by the force of a meme was an almost titanic task. Our favorites? He Star Wars Kid and Rebecca Black. And he is not a person, but of course, The flame of Ola K ase. Header | Manu Rey In Xataka | 25 memes that have marked the decade from 2010 to 2019

With the battle against the controlled Muslims, the Byzantine emperor Teófilo decided to do something: defeat himself

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Throughout the planet they extend battlefields that have gone down in history. It is estimated that there are some 12,000 localized battles Throughout history, being those of the twentieth century The bloodiest in history. Many of those ‘famous’ wars marked a turning point in one way or another, and the battle of Anzen between Byzantines and Muslims was one of them. But not for being a deed or a great military strategy, but for being an absolute embarrassment in which his army defeated himself. The legend. Between the eighth and twelfth centuries, the Arabo-Bizantine wars. It was a series of conflicts that, for almost 550 years, faced different Muslim caliphath with expansionist eagerness and the Byzantine empire. The conflict changed the political and military landscape in the Middle East and in a large part of the Mediterranean. Legend tells that one of the battles between the Byzantines and the abasi caliphate decided the … spirits. As we read in National Geographicin one of the battles during the ninth century, the Byzantines managed to repel the Arabs, but did not have time to celebrate the victory. At nightfall, the Byzantine soldiers began to see lights moving in the fog, some ‘Fatuos fires‘(flammable gases generated by decomposition matter on the battlefield) that soldiers confused with wandering spirits and souls. In the confusion the Byzantines panicked, they began to attack between them and those who fled were clear by a cliff. Anzen. As history, it is very good, but there are no documents that support it and it seems rather a story so that the soldiers do not get carried away by the Superstitions. The funny thing is that there was a historical episode in which the soldiers were dragged by fear, causing a humiliating defeat. It occurred in the same ninth century, specifically on July 22, 838. In the Anzen battle (current Dazmana, in Türkiye), the Byzantine emperor Teófilo He commanded between 25,000 and 40,000 men against an abasi force under the command of the Iranian Prince al-affshin. The previous year, the Byzantines had made an incursion into the ground of the caliphate, and the Caliph sought revenge. Your goal? Love affairemblem, one of the largest cities in the Byzantine Empire. There are many factors that influence a battle, such as the size of the armies, their armament and even morality, but something definitive is the strategy. And Teófilo came up with a great idea that turned out to be decisive. Galaxy brain. At one point in the battle, and at a point where their troops had the advantage, it occurred to Teófilo to reinforce one of the flanks personally. He took a group of soldiers and left the usual command place. Although in many films we see that leaders are the first to load, the common thing was that they stayed in a remote and privileged position. Not only saved their neck, but they could exercise military tactics in real time. Teófilo sneak away after the defeat Panic and unbalanced. He must have seemed a good idea, but this action was a turn in the dynamics of the battle. The Byzantine troops began to see that Teófilo was not in their command position and thought the most logical (sarcasm): “The emperor has died.” Without its leader, the troops are They demoralizedthey began to act indisciplinedly and there was a disruption in the ranks. Historical chance or strategy, just at that time the Turkish cavalry, with its archers, made a counterattack, which exacerbated chaos in the Byzantine ranks. The attack of the archers mounted and that idea that its leader had died in combat, undermined the morals and cohesion of the imperial army, dynamiting any initial advantage in combat. What do you do? Recall that Teófilo was still alive leading the attack in another area of the battlefield, but their forces had collapsed and the emperor, next to a group of soldiers from his personal guard and the Kurdish allies, was isolated in a hill, the Anzen hill. The Arabs surrounded them, but here there was a Deus Ex Machina de Manual: it began to rain, the strings of the Turkish arches were unused and, while the Arab troops waited for catapults to bombard the position, Teófilo and his personal guard slipped between the enemy lines. Sitío de Amorio for Muslim troops Fatal error. After that, the rumors of his death had already spread and the emperor not only had to fight against it, but against the Arab advance. The defeat in Anzen paved the way to Amorio for the Al-Afshin troops, where the looting of the city that had been a symbol of prestige and imperial power. It was not a definitive blow in the war between Byzantines and Abasíes due to internal conflicts in the caliphate, but of course it was a defeat for the history of the uncoordination of the troops and how important the command figure is. In Xataka | There is a reason why the Canary Islands is not British: the day that United Kingdom invaded Tenerife without knowing what was inside

France needs to cut 40,000 million euros. And he has decided to start for something sacred in Europe: the holidays

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In France there are officially 11 holidays nationals per year, all established through Code du travail (Labor Code). In Spain, on the other hand, we cannot complain: “We enjoy” up to 14 of this type of day. It happens that the French have come up with an idea to refloat their maltrecha economy: start removing holidays from the labor calendar. That Europe trembles. Delete the party. French Prime Minister François Bayrou has presented One of the most radical and politically risky budgetary proposals of the last decades in France: freezing public spending, cutting pensions and social benefits, suppressing two national holidays and applying a new “solidarity contribution” to the great fortunes. Its objective: prevent the country from succumbing under the weight of a public debt that this year It will devour 62,000 million of euros only in interest, an amount equivalent to the combined expense in defense and education. In an appearance that defined as “the moment of truth”, Bayrou warned that France runs the risk of falling into a debt crisis similar to that of Greece in 2008 if it does not act in decision, and launched a message to the citizens: “We have become addicted to public spending. We must all make an effort.” The cost of two holidays. Among the most controversial measures, the holiday suppression of the Easter Monday And on May 8 (Victory Day), with which the Executive estimates Save 4,200 million of euros. France has 11 national holidays, compared to the eight of the United Kingdom or the 14 of Spain, which according to Bayrou is An incompatible luxury With the current fiscal situation. The measure aims to increase the number of working days as an indirect tool To stimulate economic growth. But beyond immediate savings, the elimination of days of deep historical and cultural burden represents a high -voltage political challenge, one that has aroused a transverse rejection in Parliament and public opinion. The attack on collective memory symbols, in a country where the history of world wars is a national identity pillar, has turned the proposal into an emotional catalyst. Structural austerity. Bayrou’s budget plan includes 44,000 million euros In tax and cuts increases. Among them, a general freezing of public spending by 2026 (which has been called A Année Blanche) without automatic inflation reviews, and without increases in pensions or social protection programs. This single measure would save 7.1 billion euros, the second largest component of the plan. The Rationalization of health expenditureincluding medications and low disease, as well as the unification of multiple social aid in a single payment with a stop, focused on low income. Bayrou also wants Cut the benefits by unemployment and reduce its duration. The only exempt from adjustment is the debt service and the defense budget, which will increase by 10 % (6.5 billion euros) In direct order by Emmanuel Macron, in response to the deterioration of the international environment and Russian threat. Suicidal political bet. He counted The Financial Times that, aware of the rejection that its plan causes throughout the political spectrum, Bayrou has been willing to Apply article 49.3 of the Constitution, which allows the budget to be approved without parliamentary vote, although with the risk of facing a motion of censure. This would be the same mechanism that led to the fall of its predecessor, Michel Barnierin 2023, for trying to unlink the pensions of the inflation index, an idea that Bayrou has now resumed. Marine Le Pen, leader of the national regrouping, has not taken long In threatening to censor him If you do not withdraw your proposals, denouncing a plan that “attacks all French, the workers and retirees, instead of ending the waste.” The left considers the project as A “wild austerity” that aggravates inequality and leaves intact the privileges of capital. Mujtaba Rahman, director for Europe of the Eurasia Group analysis group, defined it as “A kamikaze maneuver”: A proposal that has no chance of being approved but puts on the table the magnitude of the fiscal problem. A country on the edge. With a deficit 5.8% of GDP (the third highest in the EU after Romania and Poland) and a debt that is headed towards 115% of GDPFrance is at a critical crossing. If corrective measures are not applied, the cost of the debt could climb to 100,000 million of euros per year in 2029, becoming the largest structural burden of the budget. Bayrou has designed a five -year plan to stabilize that debt/GDP ratio, with the ambition to reduce the 4.6% deficit in 2026 and 3% in 2029. But analysts have warned that such objectives could be “inaccessible” Given the political fragility of the government, parliamentary polarization and the foreseeable social resistance. In Bayrou words: “We know the risks perfectly,” but suggests that giving up the attempt would be even more dangerous. Would it be possible in Spain? In Spain, the possibility of eliminating holidays nationwide is legally possible, but not unilateral or automatic, since it would require a normative reform and institutional negotiation. The reason? It’s not an exclusive competence of the central government and, unlike France, the Spanish system distributes this faculty between the State (fixed 8 days), the autonomous communities (set up to 4 days) and the municipalities (set up to 2 days). Plus: Remember that 14 annual holidays per worker are a right recognized in the Workers Statutebut its concrete distribution is variable. The law allows some holidays to move to Monday, replace them with others or even suppress in specific years, provided that 14 days in total are respected. France and a last act. In the case of France, rather than an economic proposal, Bayrou’s budget plan has acquired the form of a kind of Declaration of principles in front of a fractured country. It is the bet of a veteran politician who seems willing to assume the cost of impopularity to address A structural problem that most of their predecessors have avoided. One thing is clear: parliamentary arithmetic is … Read more

There are those who ask why airplanes have no parachute. This manufacturer decided to stop asking him and putting one

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It is one of those questions that seem taken from an impromptu talk between friends: “And why don’t they put A giant parachute In the airplanes in case something happens? The company that achieved it is called Cirrus Aircraft, and for decades it has designed light airplanes for general aviation. His proposal was as simple as revolutionary: incorporating a ballistic parachute directly into the fuselage, as part of the plane design. Not as an accessory, not as optional. Serial. The system is called Caps, acronym for Cirrus Airframe Parachute Systemand it is present so much In the SR series as in the vision jetan airplane with a turbophah engine for five passengers, plus the pilot. A parachute that is not an accessory, is part of the plane CAPS operation It is as direct as its objective: saving lives when everything else fails. In the upper part of the fuselage, just behind the cabin, a capsule sealed with a large parachute is hidden. If a serious emergency occurs, the pilot only has to pull a t -shaped leverlocated on the roof of the cabin. In a matter of seconds, a small rocket purses the parachute up and it unfolds, braking the fall of the plane until it touches earth. Of course, there are conditions. The system should not be activated below 600 feet of altitude (about 180 meters above the ground), and its effectiveness is much greater if it unfolds between 600 and 2,000 feet. Above that altitude, the pilot has more margin to evaluate and make decisions, but it is still a valid option if the situation demands it. The history of the CAPS was not built from one day to another. In the mid -1990s, the Cirrus engineering team, led by Paul Johnston began to work on an idea that, at that time, seemed crazy: adapt a system of Complete parachute to a light plane. They were inspired by a previous prototype developed by BRS (Ballistic Recovery Systems)a company specialized in ballistic parachutes, which had already tried similar solutions for aircraft such as Cessna 150. A cirrus sr20 displays a parachute in a test In 1998, Cirrus performed his first real testin the southern desert of California. The person in charge of activating the system was a military pilot. That test was key: it showed that the concept worked. From there, Cirrus integrated it as a central part of the design of his first major production model, SR20. Not as an addition, but as a structural element designed from the beginning. Since its certification, the CAPS system has activated more than a hundred times in emergency situations. According to cup datauntil June 2025 they had Registered 136 deployments. Among them there are stories of people who survived motor failures, control losses or extreme weather conditions. Graphical representation of CAPS deployment On its official website, Cirrus states that its system has returned more than 250 people home alive. And some of those stories are especially shocking. Like Greg Huntleypilot and owner of a Cirrus aircraft, which suffered a motor failure on October 22, 2014. Activated the CAPs and managed to land with the plane hanging from the parachute. It was unharmed. Graphic Representation of CAPS IN ACTION Huntley flew every week for work. He had his base in Charlotte, North Carolina, and although he was never passionate about aviation, he acknowledged that he saved him a long time. On October 22, 2014 he took off like any other day. A few minutes after flight, some 5,000 feet of altitudethe engine stopped dry. “Just before declaring the emergency I thought: I have five minutes of life,” I would remember later. One of the many airplanes that used the Caps He made a clear decision: if at 3,000 feet he still did not see the terrain, he would activate the parachute. And so it was. The sky remained completely black through the windshield, so he informed by radio that he was going to display the Caps. “I have taken many children already their parents on their first flights. I always explain that if something happens to me, pull the lever (…) that morning, putting hands on the shooter, I thought: now it is you who is going to check it.” The plane descended and in less than a minute touched land in a grass field. Caps lever The climax of this philosophy came with the Cirrus Vision Jet, a small monomotor reactor certified in 2016. It was the first Jet of the world equipped as standard with a ballistic parachute for the entire aircraft. But Cirrus went further: Safe Return was added to the CAPS system, a function that allows the plane to land only in case of emergency. Button ‘safe return’ The idea is simple. If the pilot suffers a sudden disability, any passenger can press a button. At that time, the Jet Vision takes care of everything: Calculate the routecommunicates the situation to the controllers and performs the descent autonomously to land on a safe track. Caps and Safe Return thus form a fairly complete security package. Cirrus’s parachute system is not designed for all types of aircraft. It does not intend to be. Its effectiveness has to do with the type of plane into which it integrates, with its weight, its structure and the situations for which it was thought. While it is not perfect, it has managed to open a door: demonstrate that there is room to think about security from another angle. Images | Cirrus | POT | CUP In Xataka | They are not fighters, they are planes of the Slovakia government: the day an Airbus A319 and a Fokker 100 stole the show

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