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The robotaxis did not need a driver, but Waymo has ended up paying delivery drivers to close ajar doors

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What until not long ago seemed the exclusive province of science fiction is beginning to become visible on the streets: cars capable of moving from one point to another without a driver. And you don’t need to buy one to live the experience. In some cities around the world, it is enough to order a robotaxi from an application and see how the vehicle arrives to pick you up, identifying you in certain models with your initials on an LED screen located on the roof, as our colleague Javier Lacort confirmed in San Francisco almost two years ago. Futuristic scene, present problems. In the midst of this transformation of transportation, which aims to offer more safety and comfort, its weak points are also beginning to emerge. We don’t talk about the jams caused by connectivity failures nor of those cars that, for some reason, They start honking their horn at four in the morning. The issue is even more basic: if a user closes the door incorrectly, the vehicle cannot continue operating. The problem is not driving, it is being able to leave. In the case described by CNBC and TechCrunchare blocked if, at the end of the trip, a passenger leaves a door ajar. Waymo confirmed to both media that this detail prevents the car from resuming travel and completing new routes until someone closes it correctly. This is a basic, almost domestic friction that turns a simple oversight into an operational problem and explains why the company has to resort to human support to return its vehicles to service as soon as possible. Pay delivery people. The company is testing a system in Atlanta that alerts nearby delivery drivers of applications such as DoorDash when one of their vehicles is left with the door open. The proposal is simple: approach, close it and allow the robotaxi to operate again. The media even cites the case of a driver who was offered $11.25 for that specific task. They also detail a similar order divided between $6.25 for travel and another $5 after verifying the closure. It is not an isolated case. The Atlanta pilot is not the only example of this specific dependence on human help. Waymo has also turned to users of honka roadside assistance platform, to resolve similar situations in other American cities. In this case, some collaborators received offers of up to $24 to close the door of a stopped robotaxi. More than a local anecdote, these examples draw a clear operational pattern: when the vehicle is immobilized due to a minor detail, the quickest solution is still to send a person. Automatic doors, on the way. Today Waymo operates with a fleet made up entirely of electric vehicles Jaguar I-PACE adapted for autonomous driving, which still depend on human intervention in situations like this. But the company owned by Google assures that this gap has an expiration date, although without specifying it: it announced that its future robotaxis will have automatic closing. Meanwhile, the present of the autonomous car continues to show that double face: sophistication in driving and human dependence on the simplest details. Images | Xataka In Xataka | When San Francisco suffered a blackout, its streets were plunged into chaos for a reason: dumped self-driving cars

clients VS rooms without doors in the bathrooms

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If you travel frequently, it’s probably happened to you. You arrive at the hotel, tired, wanting to take a good shower, and suddenly you realize that the room you are going to share with your brother, a friend or a co-worker has a small problem: there is no door in the bathroom. The beds are soft, the closet is spacious, the room is spacious and well-lit, but there is nothing to isolate the toilet from the rest of the room. So… How the hell do you shower or use the toilet without the other person seeing/hearing everything? There are those who have said ‘Enough’. What has happened? Fed up with finding more and more hotels that do away with the doors that should separate the bathroom from the rest of the room, recently a tiktoker named Sadie had a curious idea: launch a crusade against this trend in accommodation design. Literally. The young woman created a website and several profiles in networks from which he dedicates himself to two things. First, denounce hotels that have banished toilet doors. Second, promote others who remain faithful to the idea that when you enter a bathroom (whether it is your home, office, a restaurant or a hotel located on the other side of the planet) what you want is privacy. After all, you don’t always share a room with people you trust enough to take a shower or use the sink in plain view. @bring_back_doors Hotel Name 👇👇👇 Riu Plaza Times Square New York City, NY, USA I don’t know if I can make a difference, but I do know it’s not too late for the hotel industry. The airline industry is a lost cause, but only a few hotels have really hopped on this glass trend, which means it’s very possible to always make sure you are giving your money to hotels with proper bathroom doors. Find hotels with proper doors visit BringBackDoors.com Hotel submitted by many people, photo from Google images. Submit your own bad hotels by sending me a DM with the hotel name, location, and door type (none, glass, or sliding). If you have a photo I’ll (try to) post it, but either way it will be added to the website. #hotel #bathroom #hoteldesignfail Bathroom doors | hotel bathrooms | hotel privacy | no privacy | travel problems | hotel issues | travel | hotel design | hotel design fail | hotel designers | design fail | concept hotel | bathrooms | hotel recommendations | hotels in NYC | NYC hotels | new york hotels | visit nyc | visit new york city | travel to new york ♬ original sound – Bring Back Bathroom Doors But… Why? Sadie explains it clearly in her Bring Back Doors websitein which he has posted a kind of manifesto in which he proclaims his hatred towards businesses that have decided to do without doors. “I can’t stand arriving at hotels and discovering that they have removed the bathroom door. Something that should be as common as having a bed has been sacrificed in the name of aesthetics,” the young woman laments. “That’s why I created this website, where I compile hotels that guarantee doors in the bathrooms and others that need to work on their privacy.” To that end Sadie assures who has sent emails to “hundreds” of accommodations to ask them two questions: Do their toilets have doors? And if so… Are they glass? “Everyone who says yes to closing doors and no to glass doors has been sorted by price range and city so you can easily find accommodation,” the manifesto continues published on Brongbackdoors.com, which invites all users who come across hotels that leave their toilets exposed to report it by sending an email. Thanks to these collaborations, the website includes a list of businesses in different cities around the world that do and do not have open toilets. @bring_back_doors Hotel Name 👇👇👇 Pendry Hotel San Diego, CA, USA I get it, you save a few inches on every room and eventually you get to make an extra room without any noticing. That doesn’t mean I accept it. Find hotels with proper doors visit BringBackDoors.com Photo submitted by @allisonsmyname (Hotel submitted by so many people) Submit your own bad hotels by sending me a DM with the hotel name, location, and door type (none, glass, or sliding). If you have a photo I’ll (try to) post it, but either way it will be added to the website. #hotel #bathroom #hoteldesignfail Bathroom doors | hotel bathrooms | hotel privacy | no privacy | travel problems | hotel issues | travel | hotel design | hotel design fail | hotel designers | design fail | concept hotel | bathrooms | hotel recommendations | hotels in San Diego | san diego hotels | hotels in california | visit san diego | san diego tourism | visit California ♬ original sound – Bring Back Bathroom Doors Why do without doors? The tiktoker ventures with a theory that explains the increase in accommodations that banish toilet doors. They do it, he says, because it allows them to save on materials and make their rooms look larger without having to invest more money. “And my dignity?” he wonders the young woman, clearly upset. She is not the only one who uses that explanation. A year ago Thrillist already published an article (‘Where have all the hotel bathroom doors gone?’, is titled) in which he slips that the beginning of the trend probably dates back to the Japanese capsule hotelsa notion (that of ‘microhotel’) that has not taken long to expand to Western countries. Behind doorless bathrooms, however, there would not only be a practical issue. The phenomenon is also explained by design and psychology. Without doors, spaces appear larger and this generates a feeling of spaciousness, a highly appreciated value in large cities. Are there so many cases? Thrillist assures that the problem is not just hotels without doors. The same feeling of discomfort … Read more

change house doors

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Changing the doors of the house, a seemingly minor and routine renovation, has become one of the most expensive household items in recent years. To the point that many carpenters are already talking about a “new era of prices” in the sector. As a professional said interviewed by El Español: “Before I charged 120 euros per unit; now they go over 250 without a problem.” And it is not an isolated case: specialized platforms confirm that renewing a single interior door can today cost between 150 and 600 euros. This price increase responds to a combination of factors that has strained the entire production chain. A climb from the forest to the factory. Wood, the base of most interior doors, is primarily responsible. As Maderea explainsa reference platform in the sector, species such as radiata pine or oak have recorded increases of up to 20% in Spain. This variation is not punctual: the market is experiencing a period of volatility marked by international demand, the supply crisis, energy costs and the rise of the bioeconomy. The Basoa reports show high values in the radiata pine in all its categories. Although they are prices at origin, they serve as a thermometer: the cost of raw materials continues to be stressed, with no signs of falling. However, not only does the tree go up: everything around it also goes up, from electricity necessary for manufacturing to transportation. A minor reform that is no longer cheap. The result of these increases is evident for the consumer: changing a door no longer costs what it used to. According to Habitissimothe average price of replacing an interior door is around 350 euros, within a range that can go from 150 to 600 euros depending on the material, type of opening or complexity. The Idealista platform offers similar figures In terms of prices, MDF and solid wood are the cheapest, reaching €600. For its part, the Cronoshare portal raises the national average at 300 and 900 euros, depending on the type of door and installation. On the other hand, if we talk about an exterior door, the figure multiplies. Both Idealista and Habitissimo point out that an armored door usually costs between 600 and 1,500 euros; an armored one can go up to 4,800 euros, and those made of aluminum or PVC range between 200 and 900 euros. That’s not all. Added to the increase in materials is that of professionals. According to Idealistaa carpenter can charge between 25 and 50 euros per hour, and removing an old door plus installing the new one can cost between 200 and 300 euros. For its part, from Habitissimo agrees that The installation adds between 60 and 140 euros per unit. The professionals themselves say it clearly. The carpenter interviewed by El Español He explained that today they do not only charge for assembly: “The client believes that it is ‘just hanging a door’, but behind it there are expensive materials, transportation, higher quality hardware and much finer work than before.” In addition, interior design trends—such as lacquered, sliding, large-format or flush doors—also raise the final price. And what will happen from now on? For now, no indicators suggest that prices will decline. According to Madereathe wood market continues to be highly volatile, driven by energy and logistics costs that are pushing upwards. The Basoa reportsfor their part, show high rates and no significant declines in the price of standing timber during 2025. Neither do the reform platforms they foresee reductions in material or labor costs. The conclusion is clear: unless an unexpected economic turn occurs, changing the doors in your home will continue to be an expensive renovation for years to come. Is there a cheaper way to change my doors? What all the consulted guides do agree on is a series of recommendations to contain spending. On the one hand, request several quotes to compare prices and avoid excessive differences between professionals. Also can be useful Take advantage of seasonal offers, such as Black Friday campaigns or sales of discontinued models, where some stores apply relevant discounts. Another strategy for those who want to renovate without completely replacing is to restore or lacquer the existing doors. And it suits avoid special measuressince ordering doors outside of standard sizes can multiply the final cost. We’ll have to think twice. What was once an affordable domestic intervention—changing an interior door for just over a hundred euros—has become a renovation that can easily exceed 300, 400 or even 600 euros per unit, depending on the material and installation. The rise in the price of wood, the impact of energy on manufacturing, logistics and the growing demand for higher quality designs have pushed this item to unprecedented levels. Image | Unsplash and Pexels Xataka | Even when Spain does it well, it goes wrong: becoming the third most forested country in Europe has become a problem

Gabrielle is at the doors

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He Hurricane Gabrielle It has become what the NHC (National Hurricane Center), the US agency dedicated to the surveillance of tropical storms, calls a post-tropical cyclone. Right now the storm The Azores Archipelago crossesbut the models indicate that their arrival to the continent will be through the Iberian Peninsula. Any Sunday. Meteorological forecasts indicate that former Gabrielle The Peninsula will arrive on Sundaytouching land in Portugal. Of course, its effects could begin to notice hours before this arrival, even during the Saturday afternoon. As explained by the State Meteorology Agency (Aemet), Gabrielle will already become an extropest storm. For now, uncertainty prevails regarding how the arrival of the storm will be, but we can expect instability to affect a good part of the Southwest Peninsular during the weekend. Gabrielle’s itinerary. Gabrielle began his journey as a tropical storm in the central area of ​​the Atlantic and took northwest direction until he approached Bermuda. Before reaching the archipelago, the storm intensified until reaching the hurricane category, and then Make a turn of about 90Âș and put towards the northwest and then in the direction of the Peninsula. The models indicate that Gabrielle’s most likely route will take the storm to touch the ground near Lisbon During the early hours of Sunday. The route would continue to head southeast, in the direction of the Gulf of CĂĄdiz. “High uncertainty. ” As Aemet points out, there is a “high uncertainty” not only with respect to the trace of the storm, also with respect to its possible evolution. The agency for now has issued some yellow notices by risk of rains in Western Andalusia, where accumulated 30 mm are expected in six hours. You can expect the notices to change as the information will be more accurate. What they tell us Aemet’s forecasts We can expect abundant cloudiness. The agency indicates that the possibility of rainfall during Sunday will extend throughout practically the entire territory, although it is in the southwest (also in the Cantabrian and part of the Mediterranean coast) where they are more likely. With respect to the winds, large gales are not expected for now due to the weakening of the cyclone. Aemet speaks of “moderate winds in the northwest coastlines, with intervals of strong and Possible very strong gustsoccasionally moderate in the Gulf of CĂĄdiz, Balearic Islands and areas of the Peninsular Northwest Third ”. Behind Gabrielle, Humberto. While we leave doubts about what Gabrielle will hold, the tropical storm Humberto could take a similar route. For now this formation advances west through the waters of the Atlantic. However, forecasts indicate that the storm will turn north before touching land in North America. This could put Humberto on the course of the east towards the second half of next week. There is still much for it for what we will have to wait to know the evolution of this potential hurricane and the real possibilities that their remnants reach us as those of Gabrielle are. In Xataka | Google has demonstrated with its AI that the prediction of storms and hurricanes is outdated. This is how your new model works Image | ECMWF

Russia has launched its Zircon hypersonic missile at NATO doors. And he has accompanied him with a video so that there is no doubt

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Just a week ago, Russia launched the Greater order to Europe From the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine when entering a swarm of drones in the airspace of Poland. Europe’s response was overwhelming, but nobody escaped then that it was produced at the doors of the Zapad 2025the military exercises that Moscow shares with Belarus and that suppose another headache. How much? For example, the size of a hypersonic missile. Demonstration of power. Because Russia has sent an unequivocal message of strength within the framework of those joint maneuvers. From the Frigate Admiral Golovko, deployed in the Barents Sea, the nation He has disseminated images of the launch of your hypersonic missile 3m22 Zirconcapable of reaching white 1,000 kilometers and traveling to Mach 9. The projectile successfully hit its goal, According to the Ministry Russian defense, reinforcing the narrative that, despite the enormous losses accumulated in more than three years of war in Ukraine, it continues to have strategic abilities that few rivals can counteract. He Video showed In addition the participation of hunting Sukhoi Su-34capable of transporting up to eight tons of weapons and covering long distances without replenishment. The inclusion of such high profile armament in an exercise that develops a few kilometers from NATO borders has been interpreted as a calculated provocation rather than a simple defensive trial. Zircon and his use in Ukraine. The Zircon, along with The Kinzhalis one of the hypersonic missiles that Russia has used in Attacks against Ukraine. Its combination of extreme speed and limited maneuvering capacity makes it a target practically impossible For current air defense systems, generating a sense of vulnerability in both Ukrainian cities and among neighboring countries. Although its operational deployment remains reduced, the dissemination of its impact on a naval exercise seeks Clear answers. The signal is evident: Russia maintains the initiative in the field of new generation weapons, and wants to demonstrate it right in the perimeter where the alliance concentrates Your most sensitive flank. Zircon against China and USA. The Russian missile is a naval HCM that, flying low With Scramjetrun high energy terminal profiles suitable against ships and, a priori, certain land targets. His Achilles heel is not so much the missile and the objective beyond the horizon, which requires reliable cueing by satellite/plane/helo/uav. Faced with this, the Chinese DF-17 Use a hypersonic planner about ballistic booster to overcome defenses with lateral lifting maneuvers (Cross-ngege), while Your DF-27 Expand strategic scope with longer time. For its part, the United States pursues a mix: Hacm (Air-respirate, integration in fighters) for rapid theatrical attacks and CPS (common glide-body with the army) for conventional long-range blows from stealthy maritime platforms. Zirkon Zircon in front of the old continent. Europe accelerates Planning technology (France) and prioritizes interception in planning phase With GPI. In interception, AEGIS/SM-6 It offers the only Western capacity today “On Call” (limited and highly dependent on geometry), while GPI seeks to “paste” the glider when it has not yet descended to its terminal sprint, increasing the successful window. Be that as it may, in all cases the key is not only the missile: it is the sensor chain, the data link and the decision latency for close the cycle “Find-Fix-Track-Target-Engage-Assass” before the vector cross the non-return threshold. About drones and how to answer. As we said at the beginning, the launch of the Zircon coincided with an increase in tension after Drones incursions Russians in Poland’s airspace and RomaniaNATO members. On September 10, Warsaw denounced the entrance of at least 19 devices, demolished by allied fighters, in what described as “Unprecedented violation” and “large -scale provocation.” Three days later, a Russian drone was detected in Romanian territory, reviving the alarms. Poland invoked article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty, which establishes an urgent consultation mechanism between partners to agree on joint measures. From that debate the Eastern Sentinel operationwhich contemplates the deployment of advanced fighters, antimile defenses and military reinforcements in Eastern Europe. NATO He reacted quicklyaware that the escalation of provocations, although without direct damage, is a direct challenge to its credibility as a safety guarantor. Provocation or accident. Versions about incursions They have varied. Moscow ensures that the drones had no Poland target and that they could deviate, while Belarus suggests trajectory failures. However, both NATO and the United States consider that they were Deliberate launcheswith the aim of testing allied patience and giving up western responses. The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, described the facts of “unacceptable, unfortunate and dangerous.” The contradiction between Russian justifications and the forcefulness of Western reactions reinforces the perception that it was a political pressure trial rather than a technical error. An unstable scenario. Thus, the combination of exercises Zapad 2025he Zircon launch or drone raids In NATO space They draw a scenario of increasing instability in Eastern Europe. Although Russia and Belarus insist on the defensive nature of their maneuvers, the location of these operations and the nature of the employee armaments transmit the opposite: a willingness to intimidate and demonstrate that the Kremlin retains the ability to challenge NATO on their own borders. The result points to a new tension cycle, where each military gesture acquires an immediate political reading and where the possibility of unplanned incidents (although with climbing potential) is multiplied dangerously. Image | Russian Defense Ministry, ĐŒĐžĐœĐŸĐ±ĐŸŃ€ĐŸĐœŃ‹ рф In Xataka | Russia and the most fearsome weapon for Ukraine: it is called Orbit and does not shoot, but turns its soldiers into “invisible” In Xataka | Someone has taken a look at Russia’s satellite images and has discovered something: it is running out of tanks

The Morgue of Paris organized “Open doors.” And caused tumults with thousands of daily visits

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The bodies in the Paris deposit lie, motionless, completely naked except for small leather shrouds. Each one has died for a different cause, and all impute the reasons. Some have been stabbed in the belly. Another has drowned, he is swollen and his skin exhibits a obscene violet color. Another has been crushed by a heavy machine in one of the factories of the French city, increasingly industrialized and implacable. They all have something in common. They lie in almost vertical tables, which allow them to contemplate, on the other side of large windows, the thousands of Parisians who spend every day through the morgue. All bodies in the deposit can be contemplated by citizens. And it has become the favorite show of the pedestrians. In the mid -nineteenth century, walk in Paris to pass in front of the deposit and See the bodies It was the entertainment of fashion among citizens. Of course, there was an excuse: to help identify those who still had no name. But the morbid seized the population and went to see the exposed corpses became an entertainment that went far beyond public service, to the point that appeared in The guides of the time of the Parisian shows that the visitor should not be lost. Under the name of ‘The Museum of Death’, it was organized an entire industry around the facade of the body depositand it was easy to find actors, juggers and street artists asking for money in the surroundings of the great windows. He French playwright Leon Gozlan He described it like this: “You will see the drowned just like you go to other places to see the latest fashion.” And the very Emile Zola wrote: “The morgue is a show within the reach of all the pockets and that poor and rich passers -by may see free. The door is open, whoever wants to enter” Paris Danger At that time, Paris was a dangerous city (like all the great cities of Europe): crimes followed and occupied the first flat of the newspapers. And not only that: at this time when Industrialization grew by leaps and boundsthe mortality in the factories was very high, often the injured did not even have family in the city, but they came from rural areas and had arrived in Paris in search of money to feed their families, so that the bodies remained days in the deposit until they were claimed. These exhibitions in the morgue was like an extension of the black chronicle: the Parisians read in the newspaper about a crime or an accident and immediately could Expand the information going to see the bodies to the windows of the deposit. 40,000 people came to go to the dead daily (for getting an idea: Before your fireNotre-Dame received 30,000 a day). A true morbid show without a paragon in the history of the city. An example of what people came to see: on November 8, 1876, two packages containing the dismembered body of a woman were found in the Seine. The body was rebuilt, covered with a canvas and placed its head on it. A grotesque and brutal aging … that four days later of the crimes came to see more than 30,000 visitors, 40,000 on the 13th and 14th, the morgue records reached 68,250 entries. Almost a week after crimes, which makes a state of considerable decomposition. Finally, the closing of the show arrived: the Morgue of Paris closed the doors to the public in March 1907, when Criticisms won the unstoppable increase in morbid. Many newspapers complained, because their chronicles of which bodies were going to be exposed were among the most read of the daily rotations. The new century had just been born, and they were to come much more terrible shows. Although a little more modest. Header | Jstor Daily In Xataka | € 1,200 per body: the funeral home that sold bodies of deaths to universities and charged for false incinerations

We are at the doors of the “shortest” day of our lives

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If you feel that days are less, maybe it is because our planet has stepped on the accelerator. Since 2020, and for reasons that Astronomers are still investigatingthe Earth has been rotating on its axis at a speed slightly higher than usual, beating all records since we have atomic measurements. The next record could happen in a few days. The shortest documented day. According to predictions of astrophysicist Graham Jonesthere are three key dates in 2025 in which the Earth could register its fastest turn since there are records: July 9, on July 22 or August 5, 2025. In one of those three days there will be all the conditions for the Earth to approach or exceed the historical record so far, which is not very distant: on July 5, 2024. Other experts do not have it so clear and believe that the shortest day of this year could remain some milliseconds above the record last year. An anomaly of milliseconds. A solar day lasts 86,400 seconds; That is, 24 hours. However, the rotation of the earth is not perfect and has tiny variations. These fluctuations are translated into milliseconds above or below the reference figurethat we can measure thanks to the precision of atomic watches. Until 2020, the shortest day registered lacked 1.05 milliseconds for 24 hours. But since then, every year has overcome that threshold. In 2021, the shortest day was 24 hours – 1,47 ms; In 2022, it was 24 hours −1.59 ms; In 2023 it rose to 24 hours −1.31 ms and in 2024 he came down again, marking the current record. The shortest day ever documented was on July 5 of last year, which lasted 24 hours -1.66 ms. Why this summer. The dates planned for 2025 coincide with the moments in which the moon orbit places it at its furthest point from the Earth’s Ecuador. The lunar position influences the speed of rotation of our planet, although it is not the main factor of the current acceleration, which remains a mystery. The most fascinating thing about this acceleration is that it goes against the trend. For billions of years, The Moon has been braking the rotation of the Earth. About 4.5 billion years ago, one day on Earth it lasted between three and six hours. The gravitational attraction of the Moon generates the tides, and this constant friction of the oceans has been stealing angular momentum to the earth, which slows its speed. No one expected this acceleration. The models that scientists usually use take into account ocean currents and atmospheric movements, but fail to explain this sudden acceleration. The main hypothesis points to complex and still little understood processes In the core of our planet. The planet’s engine has “changed marching.” If this braking trend continued without interruption, in about 50,000 million years, the rotation of the earth would be synchronized with the orbit of the moon. The result would be a “tide blocking” where the earth would always show the same face to the moon, so that our satellite would only be visible from the middle of the planet. In any case, we will not be here. Within about 10,000 million years, the sun will become a white dwarf. Already by then, the earth will take time being uninhabitable. In Xataka | The second intersects seriously distort our time measurement. But we have no easy alternatives

The Prado Museum closed its doors so that Dua Lipa could create content. That has generated a furious debate

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Even the most venerable institutions are taking notes of the latest trends in communication, and that is why dean museums (but not necessarily anchored in the past and the analog) undertake promotion and communication strategies that come out of the normal. The latest: Pop influencers and stars visit Museums. Often, with the buildings closed for them alone. Dua Lipa likes Bosco. This happened with Dua Lipa, who, taking advantage of the fact that he was going through Madrid with the Radical Optimism tour, published some of his leisure plans through the city. One of them was look at the one who affirms that it is his favorite picture‘The Garden of Delights’. Of course, he did it with the closed building, in a promotional maneuver that was conveniently redifested by The Prado Museum account. Dua Lipa is not the first or the only one. What can be done. These types of actions are a content very desired by museums, since they give them a lot of visibility between an audience that is not the usual of their social networks. Among the activities that are usually carried out and that are analyzed in studies like this company Evespecialized in innovative museum projects, highlights private visits with the closed museum, advertising campaigns in which celebrities lend their image, special events and, as is the case, mutual creation of content for networks, disputed in struggle for every second of attention. More cases. As we say, the case of Dua Lipa is not the only one. In 2020 the influencer Italian Chiara Ferragni visited the Uffizi gallery of Florence, in a session for the magazine ‘Vogue Hong Kong’ and with a guided tour of the director of the Pinacoteca. The museum knew how to make good use of the influence of the influencer when comparing its physique with the Renaissance muse Simonetta Vespucci. The photos of other celebrities of high turns, Jay Z and BeyoncĂ© are also controversial, when they are photographed by eclipsing works of art Like Nefertiti’s headimage for which they needed a special permit of the Berlin Museum Neues. Museums are modernized. Actions such as these obey a task of modernization of museums, which of course affect their contents in social networks. El Prado, in fact, has been Very praised for its studied mixture of entertainment and dissemination with a relaxed tone. They started with house experts that explained the intrĂ­gulis of the Great works and his restorationbut they currently have a very varied content, with all kinds of disseminators expanding the meaning of the works. It is one New form of art criticism. International tendency. It is a modernization of networks that other museums, such as Carnegie Museum of Art wave Tate GalleryThey have also put into practice. Pioneer was the New York Metone of the first artistic institutions with a Tiktok account and that reached a remarkable impact before the pandemic with initiatives such as #Metgalastyle, where they asked users to create their own content inspired by the famous annual gala. The complaints. Of course, sometimes so isolated proposals from your consumer-type as some of these can collide with the usual ones. For example, Dua Lipa’s videos have been Very criticized In networks because they see how he takes photos in the museum, something that is prohibited for normal users. But there is more: there is talk of a Banalization of artif the Influencers And your concern for Figure in the foreground and ahead of the works (as BeyoncĂ© does) is the correct form to disseminate this type of contentand if This type of digital strategies They end up damaging institutions rather than spreading their catalogs. In any case, it is another symptom of the popularization of culture and how after a while, Art molar again. Much of the fault is the trends that dictate Influencers And superstar, but also, let’s not take me out of merit, that the Instagram account of El Museo del Prado is frankly well. Header | The day we understood a Goya picture thanks to an old photograph

Europe is closing its doors

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The Covid-19 Pandemia generated a great migration of US digital nomads towards countries with more lax mobility measures and with a much more affordable cost of life. Many European countries, including Spain, received them with open arms. To them and their investments. However, that has long been for a long time, and the geopolitical scenario It has changed radically. What has not changed is the Desire of Americans migrate to Europe In search of stabilitysecurity and a better quality of life than in the US. The difference is that, now, Europe is closing its doors. So much that even US citizens will need An entrance visa (Ethics) to visit Europe. The American exodus. The interest of Americans to obtain residence in European countries and in the United Kingdom has been increasing. Last year Ireland received 31,825 applications for American citizenship. Only during the month of February this year, 3,692 citizenship applications from the US have already been submitted. In statements to EuronewsArielle Tucker, founder of the Connected Financial Planning migration advisory platform, said that after the arrival in the presidency of Donald Trump, “many people feel that the longer they remain in the United States, the more insecure they are about how their quality of life will be and how that could affect their financial well -being.” Kelly Cordes, founder of Irish CitizenSHIP Consultants, He counted to Bloomberg that he had also noticed a notable increase in requests for citizenship of Americans to Ireland. “It is definitely different from everything we have seen. People are very worried; they have an urgency to obtain citizenship.” Of an average of 10 weekly citizenship requests that this agency processed in 2024, it has gone between 20 and 25 applications a week. Europe and the United Kingdom close their doors. Despite the increase in residence and citizenship requests, the authorities of Europe and the United Kingdom are responding with stricter regulations. Even so, 6,100 US citizens requested British citizens, according to data of the United Kingdom Ministry, taking advantage of its British roots. For its part, Italy, which previously allowed those who demonstrated family ties to obtain residence with relative ease, has carried out an emergency reform To avoid the avalanche of applications and now requires more rigorous evidence and longer processes to protect the interests of the local population. Gold Passports. Another option used by Americans With greater economic resources it is to obtain the calls “Gold Passports” either Golden Visa. These programs allow to obtain residence or citizenship in exchange for significant investmentsgenerally in real estate or the implementation of local businesses. Portugal and Spain were Very popular destinations Among Americans who were looking for this type of visas, but the situation It has changed In recent months due to negative impact In the real estate market and the local economy. New strategic opportunities. Faced with this panorama, some European countries are taking advantage of this migratory current of Americans to attract qualified talent. France, for example, has launched the campaign “Choose France for Science“, With the aim of attracting highly trained international and professional researchers by speeding up the processing of their residence permits. In contrast, Doge’s cuts, with Elon Musk in frontthey are putting in serious trouble the work of researchers in the USthus simplifying the immigration decision for these scientists. In Xataka | Of course, digital nomads love Oviedo. It is not for the way of life: it is because they charge 90,000 euros In Xataka | Digital nomadic visas: the countries hook to attract the best digital talent without paying the cost to keep them Image | Unspash (Global Residence Index)

China probes revenge from the United States closing its doors to Hollywood. And Europe could be the great beneficiary

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China is valuing to prohibit the distribution of American films In response to Donald Trump’s threat to impose additional 50% tariffs About Chinese products. Or that follows, since the original source is a Chinese journalist linked to the Communist Party. A Insider that releases the probe balloons. This measure is part of a retaliation package that would also include blockages to the importation of agricultural and poultry products in the United States. Why is it important. The Chinese government has described Trump’s strategy as “blackmail” and He said that “will fight until the end,” according to the Ministry of Commerce in an official statement. “The Chinese do not look for problems, but they don’t fear them,” added the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lin Jian. In figures. American films generated 585 million dollars in China for 2024approximately 3.5% of the 17,710 million dollars of total collection in the Chinese film market. If the veto materializes, next blockbusters like ‘Jurassic World: Rebirth‘,’The accountant 2‘And the next installment of’Impossible mission‘They could leave a lot of money at the box office. The threat. The confrontation has intensified after Trump’s announcement of an additional 50% tariff if China did not withdraw the 34% of US products. If this dynamic is maintained, total tariffs on Chinese products could reach 104%: Current tariffs: 20% (previous taxes). New tariffs: 34% (announced last week). Extra threat: 50% (if China does not withdraw its measures). Between bambalins. Dan Wang, a specialist in China in Eurasia Group, points out that when tariffs exceed 35%, Chinese exporters lose all profitability in the US market. “After that point, China should not export to the United States at all. Europe is and will be the most profitable market for China now,” Wang explains in statements collected by Daily Mail. To a scrambled river … Outstanding image | Jurassic World, Xataka with Mockuuuups Studio In Xataka | The highest blockbuster movie in history does not come from Hollywood, but from China, and now you can see it in Prime Video

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