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After 80 years of peace, the European Union has a future plan for the continent: a new era of the "rearmament"

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Europe lives a convulsive geopolitical situation. For various factors, but aggravated after Ukraine invasion by Russia. There are too many open challenges: economic pressures, commercial and technological confrontation due to the Commercial War with China (who has caught electric car already ASML in between), disunity between member states and the growing tensions with the United States. All this has been intensified in recent weeks and the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, is clear about the way: rearm Europe. To a scrambled river … For his second term as president of the United States, Donald Trump has arrived with everything. In issues related to Europe, the billionaire has ruled on Tariffs to European productsbut has also shown interest in get with Greenland already Ukraine War. That idea of ​​getting with Greenland caused a Danish response movement so that The country will buy California On the other hand, the intention to achieve peace in Ukraine is not an altruistic movement. An objective is to stop investing in security in foreign countries. Another, power Control rare earth deposits. The reports of your presence in Ukrainian soil They seem to be outdatedbut that does not stop the ambitions of a Trump that starred last weekend A curious act with Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski. In Xataka The size of the armies of the main powers, summarized in this interesting graphic The gresca. On February 28 we witnessed an unusual event: a encounter between Zelenski, Trump and JD Vance, vice president of the United States. If something was clear after the heated debate Television in Prime Time is that both leaders have a total lack of tune (before it already declared that it was difficult to reach an agreement with Zelenski and Lo Lo called “dictator”). But perhaps it is more than a lack of understanding among the leaders of two countries. You cannot count on the US. The reason is that, after the event, Europe has closed rows Around Ukraine. Different European leaders have shown support to the Ukrainian leader, with quick responses such as Pedro Sánchez and Feijóo supporting the European country. The American response has not taken long to arrive. A few hours ago, Donald Trump ordered paralyze military aid to Ukraine as a punishment for Friday’s encounter. “Rearm Europe“. The anger among the leaders, who looked like an enclosure in the White House, promoted a feeling in networks among European users: you cannot count on the United States, and Europe has to act to deal with external threats. And it is not a popular runrún, but something that, from the European Commission itself, has just supported. President Ursula von der Leyen has signed a release urging member states to join the European Rearme Plan: Rearm Europe. In it, it begins by expressing two important issues: that Europe is threatened in a “real and tangible” and that it must “assume a greater responsibility for its own security.” The Ukraine War is that of drones … and robots Beyond Ukraine. After different meetings in recent weeks, the community has concluded that “massively increase defense spending”. The president refers to the situation in Ukraine and states that this measure must be taken with “immediate urgency” to support the European country, but must also be addressed to fulfill a “long -term need to assume much greater responsibility for our own security.” The plan. Thus, he has sent a letter to European leaders to raise this issue before the European Council to be held this Thursday. In it, and at the meeting, the option of using “all financial mechanisms will be discussed at reach to help member states quickly and significantly increase their expenses in defense capacities.” The intention of Von der Leyen is that it is immediate and urgent, but that it is formalized throughout this decade. In Xataka Ukraine has registered the first combined offensive of history without humans: drones and robots against Russian troops Show me the money. Of course, this type of movements require considerable investment. United States, without going any further, will invest 850,000 million dollars in defense -40% of global military spending. The way Europe would have to catch up, according to the president, is: Release the use of public funds in defense nationwide, allowing member states to have fiscal margin to be able to invest without activating the excessive deficit procedure. According to the statement, if the states increased their defense expenditure by 1.5% of the average GDP, a fiscal margin of almost 650,000 million euros would be generated in four years. Activate an instrument that provides loans of up to 150,000 million euros to invest in defense. Under the mantra “spend better and spend together”, von der Leyen clarifies that investment in air defense, antimiles, artillery systems, missiles, ammunition, cybersecurity, military mobility and something that the war of Ukraine has brought to the table should be reinforced: the war with drones and the defense against those drones. Redirect funds to investments related to incentive defense for Member States to decide, if they wish, use cohesion policy programs to increase defense spending. Finally, the option of obtaining funds through the European Investment Bank, but also with measures to mobilize private capital. {“Videid”: “X8WLH9Q”, “Autoplay”: False, “Title”: “United States vs. China: The chips war”, “Tag”: “Webedia-prod”, “Duration”: “1611”} NATO message. Among all the noise generated these days, it has survived the idea that United States abandons the United Nations Organization. The North American country is one of those who best fulfill their obligations In this sense and, recently, voices that cry out that the country should leave NATO have been raised. Elon Musk, part of Trump’s government, been One of them. The agreements stipulate that, if someone attacks an NATO country, the rest must immediately mobilize, but the latest movements of the United States and comments such as that of which They will not be foreverThey don’t help. In the statement, von der Leyen comments that the plan Rearm Europe “It could mobilize about 800,000 million … Read more

Honor will try to be a reference in the AI ​​era. Will invest 10,000 million dollars to achieve it

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Honor has taken advantage of his presence in the MWC 2025 to make it clear that he will not miss the AI ​​era. In fact, the Chinese firm has announced its Honor Alpha Plan initiative, aimed at “building an open ecosystem” of AI devices. And it is already very clear how to achieve it and a first example of what we can enjoy on its devices. 10,000 million dollars in five years. The firm will invest a true fortune in the next five years to be able to boost the use of AI systems on its devices, and it seems that the intention here is to raise an open and interoperable approach. It has been associated with Qualcomm or Google to achieve it, which seems to aim especially to Android devices. And a first Agent. The new manufacturer’s AI system, called Honor AI, welcomes “the agricultural era”, and will precisely allow users of their devices to use it to, among other things, reserve a table for dinner with hardly any effort. Reservations in restaurants. In a small demonstration Shared in x Honor showed how it has been possible to integrate its AI with platforms as opening to make a table reservation in a restaurant near the MWC. Honor AI understands you and deduces things alone. In fact, the petition indicated that the reservation would be carried out in order to enjoy local specialties without more, which quickly made the intention “based on location and sought typical dishes of Spanish gastronomy. And it’s just the beginning, they say in honor. From that moment on, the model “begins to reason”, They assured In honor, and after analyzing even traffic to avoid possible delays, it suggests a reservation at a table at 7:30 p.m. The system has been developed in collaboration with Qualcomm and Google to create a functional AI agent that allows you to be connected to APIS dystitnas and platforms to interact with the graphic interfaces of these services without apparent problems. But. The demonstration is very similar to one of those that Amazon made last week when presenting its new Alexa+, which also raises those options of agriculture with which to automate various types of task. It seems clear that these types of options are those that will first reach our devices, and it is very likely that honor is not the only one to offer such an option. Hyperrápidas transfers. In the event, honor managers also talked about a new file transfer system capable of transmitting files between mobile phones from different brands at transfer speeds of 125 Mb/s, but also ensure that this option will also end up reaching Macs, PCs and mobile devices to enjoy those wireless transfers between all those products. AND DEPFAKES detection. With the purpose of protecting our privacy and the security of our data, in honor they have worked in several areas. Thus, they launch their technology to “anonymity” certain data of the photos and prevent them from climbing to the cloud, but they also have another curious system. It is a Deepfake detector, which allows if we receive for example a video or we are in a video call, the system warns us if it is suspected that it can be a video of a person generated by AI and not a real person. Aimage. Honor has also presented a new AI system for image processing taken with its cameras. Called Aimage, it consists in the first place of a kernel of AI. This component uses AI models both in local and in the cloud that will provide various options. For example Improvement of the definition of imagesTelefoto by AI, draft with AI (such as the magic draft of Google) or the “expansion” of images if we need to extend an image for example to be higher or more wide. In Xataka | The AI ​​is not starting on Western phones. China has very different plans with Depseek and its brands

Perplexity is going to launch its own browser. It is one more proof that traditional browsers fall short in the AI ​​era

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Perplexity He has announced Cometa browser specifically designed for the AI ​​era. It is part of something else: of the trend in which several technology seek to reimagine how we interact with the web. Why is it important. The next wave of A -centered browsers reveals an uncomfortable truth: traditional browsers are not optimized for a world in which AI agents will act as intermediaries between information and us. Chrome, Safari, Edge or Firefox can improve whatever they want in these capabilities, but IA deserves a creation from scratch. The Browser Company understood and paralyzed the development of ARC to create something new: day. The context. Perpleplexity has opened its waiting list for Comet, its next browser that promises to “reinvent” our way of accessing the web. This movement comes just weeks after OpenAi will present its operator agentand in the middle of Rumors about a possible OpenAi’s own browser. Current browsers were designed for humans who use keyboards and mice, not for ia agents who need to interact with the website of radically different shapes. Yes, but. The first generation of AI agents as Openai Operator uses chrome modified versions to complete tasks, offering an almost theatrical show: we see a bot by moving a cursor and writing how a human would do. It is effective, but also inefficient. Chrome use as a base poses another problem: what will happen when Google completely integrates Gemini In your browser? Rivals such as Openai and Perplexity will be vulnerable to Alphabet. New era. The race to create the final browser for the AI ​​era remembers the Navigators War of the 90s, when Netscape and Microsoft struggled to dominate Internet access. That conflict initially won Microsoft with Internet Explorer, but Google Chrome, which did not even exist then, ended up dominating the market years later. The lesson is clear: the winner of this new battle can be a company that still does not have a browser. Or that it has not even been founded yet. Several actors are already on stage: Perplexity with Comet, the aforementioned The Browser Company with Dia, and rumors on similar OpenAi projects. The integration of AI models such as Claude, Gemini and GPT directly in the navigation experience will be key. Between the lines. True innovation does not consist of adding functions from AI to existing browsers, but completely reimagining the navigator concept. A browser designed for the AI ​​era should allow both traditional human use and the efficient functioning of autonomous agents, perhaps with different ways according to who is “behind the wheel.” The browsers Ai-first They will probably dispense with interface elements designed for humans when they operate in automatic mode, using more efficient APIS and communication channels to interact with the web. A good simile is that of the autonomous car: if it is able to drive on its own, it makes no sense that it makes a steering wheel, pedals and five seats looking forward: you can and must reimagine the cabin completely. Deepen. For companies such as Perplexity, launching its own browser not only involves diversifying its product offer, but also ensuring their independence from the platforms controlled by their competitors. Same incentives that OpenAI has to launch its own proposal. The browser has historically been the entrance door to the Internet, and whoever controls this door will have a disproportionate influence on our digital experience. Google knows it well: Chrome has provided you a huge strategic advantage. We are witnessing the birth of a new category of software that could transform our relationship with the Internet as much as the original browsers did. The question is not whether browsers Ai-first They will replace the traditional ones, but when they will do it and who will lead this transformation. Openai looks like the great threat to him status quo from Google. And there will be more. Outstanding image | Perplexity, Xataka with mockuuups studio In Xataka | Mozilla’s long crisis: an eternal users and a Google dependency that is still majority

Apple Intelligence beta arrives in Spain. iOS 18.4 is new era for iPhone, iPad and Mac

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The day came. Apple Intelligence It is already available in Spain for users of the Beta for developers of iOS 18.4, Ipados 18.4, and Macos Sequoia 15.4. This first beta brings both the Spanish language and the arrival to the European Union of the AI ​​of Apple, which can be tested for free in the corresponding compatible devices. EU regulationsquite restrictive with the implementation of artificial intelligence functions, has delayed Apple’s plans in countries such as Spain. Despite this, this first beta allows us to enjoy the long -awaited functions. We are going to tell you what functions land in our country, how to install it and what devices are compatible. Apple Intelligence arrives in Spain. In October 2024, Apple Intelligence took his first steps in English through macOS 15.1 Sequoia. Now, it lands in Spanish in the beta for developers (which does not public) 18.4 of iOS and ipados, as well as in the latest beta version for macOS. With the arrival of the Spanish language, Apple Intelligence officially lands in the EU in the main Apple devices. It can thus be tested in all compatible devices in a completely free way, first in beta systems, waiting for the final and stable version. In addition to Spanish, Apple’s AI receives support for French, German, Italian, Portuguese (from Brazil), Simplified Chinese, Japanese and Korean. The functions available. Apple Intelligence lands in our country, with the main characteristics we could already see in other regions. One of the main beneficiaries is Siri, who will finally understand natural language and, in case of not being able to meet our demand well, it will be worth chatgpt to be even more useful in your response. The photos also understands natural language, so we can look for photographs through voice instructions or writing more organically in the search engine. It will also allow to eliminate unwanted people from our photographs, and create personalized memories based on the information about us. It helps when writing emails or any type of text, summaries, priority notifications, intelligent responses, creation of genmojis, generative images in messages, transcription and recording of calls … all the news of Apple Intelligence land This beta. Writing tools Genmojis generation Integration with chatgpt News at the APP photos Image playground Summaries in notifications Apple mail improvements Recording and transcription capacity at the APP Telephone Functions such as Mirroring to Macos are left out, one of the most striking functions of Apple Intelligence and that, for the moment, We cannot enjoy in Europe. Compatible devices. To enjoy Apple Intelligence it is not enough to update to the latest beta version. It is necessary that our device have the right hardware to execute it. Specifically, this is the list of compatible devices. iPhone 16 Pro Max iPhone 16 Pro iPhone 16 Plus iPhone 16 iPhone 16E iPhone 15 pro max iPhone 15 Pro Mac with chip m1 onwards iPad with M1 chip onwards How to use Apple Intelligence. Point, as in all beta, that we are facing test software that We do not recommend installing main devices. If you still dare, you have only Download the developer profile From the official Apple website, thus having a free way to install the last beta on your device. Image | Applesfera In Xataka | I waited for the best of Apple Intelligence on my iPhone 16 Pro. After trying it, I am clear that it is a revolution

The first great fiasco in the AI ​​era is the AI ​​Pin of Humane. HP has put the last nail in its coffin

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He Ai pin Humane was born as the first product of a company founded by former Apple employees, in order to make the smartphone concept obsolete. A 100% device focused on AI functions, with camera, laser projection to read Qualcomm text and processor. In Xataka we were able to throw the glove and, from the first minute, We were clear that I was not going to succeed. Behind him Commercial failure That had the product, the last nail in the coffin has put it HP. The company has bought a good part of Humane And the first decision after sale has been to stop selling and supporting the AI ​​Pin. A product that was just a few months in the market. The purchase. Humane will sell most of your company to HP for 116 million dollars. Both companies have closed an agreement through which HP is made the intellectual property of more than 300 patents of Humane, including its AI platform Cosmosthe AI ​​Pin operating system. What HP is looking for. According to Tuan Tran statements, HP Technology and Innovation President, “this investment will quickly accelerate our ability to develop a new generation of devices that organize without problems the requests for both the local and cloud levels.” In other words, HP wants to accelerate the implementation of AI in its products. A meaningful movement being the PCs with ia a new claim And having told Xataka the Ketan Patel himself, head of the HP PCs and Portable Division, who see the AI ​​as a crucial component for the future of the PC. The immediate consequence. Goodbye to AI Pin, without half inks. Humane has announced that the devices will stop connecting to their servers from next February 28. “We write to inform you that, with immediate effect, we will end the AI ​​Pin consumer service because our commercial priorities have changed.” The company has not shaken the pulse to justify it due to “commercial priorities”, and explained what will happen to the devices already sold. First, AI Pin stops selling immediately. After February 28, he will stop connecting to Humane servers, so he cannot access images, videos or notes taken with him. Similarly, from this day, all the data will be removed permanently. In summary, AI PIN will become a pisapapeles of 700 dollars in which you can only access offline functions such as … look at the battery level. The first great fiasco of the AI ​​era. That a product is 100% based on AI has a potential problem. If the company decides to forget it months later, you will have a Pisapapeles without any function. In the case of Humane have been changes in commercial priorities, but the list of possible reasons (commercial failures, business sale, technical problems, regulations, bankruptcy, etc.) that can be used in the future is unabarcable. The Humane case is a hard blow to the “AI Products” sector, throwing even more doubts about the reasonable (or not) to buy a device that depends 100% on a server. Image | Humane In Xataka | Almost no mobile manufacturer is thinking about his own AI for his devices. It has enough logic

The era of supermaterials is about to begin. And we can thank the AI

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The applications of the artificial intelligence (AI) are presumably unlimited. The rapid development that this technology has experienced during the last five years, and of which we are all being to a greater or lesser extent, invites us to assume that we are probably not yet entirely aware of the impact it will have on our lives. The AI ​​is already being used in the medical diagnosis by images, to elaborate new drugs, to discover exoplanets, or even to filter the data that LHC detectors collect (Large Hadron Collider). These are just some of the applications that are already underway, and we can be sure that many more will arrive in the future. In any case, the authentic protagonist of this article is a discipline in which AI already has much to say: the science of materials. And this technology is already being used to Design new materials with optimal properties for biomedicine, energy, aeronautical or electronic applications. The era of supermaterials is in the hands of artificial intelligence Domenico Vicinanza, who is an associate professor of smart systems and data science at the Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge (United Kingdom), explains in the very interesting article he has published in The conversation that the complexity of many materials at the atomic and molecular level forces scientists to invest a lot of time and effort in their search. Until the arrival of AI, the design of a new material required to resort to specialized equipment and apply the test and error method once after another. Fortunately, AI is changing everything. And is doing it because Automatic learning In particular, it puts in the hands of scientists and engineers the possibility of developing more efficient and better directed strategies. In fact, current AI models are already capable of Generate new materials in a direct wayand, therefore, without the need to resort to the essay and error in the traditional way, from the set of requirements and properties specified by the researchers. Somehow we are facing a technology that allows us to obtain new “to the letter” materials. Automatic learning puts in the hands of scientists and engineers the possibility of developing more efficient and better directed strategies On January 16, a group of Microsoft researchers published an article in the scientific journal Nature in which Mattergen and Mattersim announced. They are two AI tools designed to elaborate inorganic materials, and, therefore, not based on carbon. The first one is able to generate new candidate materials, while Mattersim carries out the filtering of the candidates and their validation with the purpose of ensuring that it is possible to manufacture those materials with the capacities of the real world. The most surprising thing is that Mattergen can generate thousands of materials with specific properties in much less time than it would be necessary to invest using conventional material science techniques. In this way, researchers can explore a much broader fan of possible new materials and then carry out an exhaustive analysis only of the most promising candidates. The implications of this technology are huge. And it is that in the short term in the short term it will have a very deep impact on the areas of battery design, renewable energies, the manufacture of medical devices, implant setting, obtaining new drugs, carbon capture or The administration of waste, among many other possible applications. Image | Oak Ridge National Laboratory More information | The conversation | Nature In Xataka | Solid state batteries will only be a success if they are safe. Superionic materials have reached the rescue

The next the gold era are the data centers and Softbank has seen it perfectly

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In 2025 the technology giants will dedicate a lot, a lot of money to data centers. Microsoft speaks of 80,000 million dollars of investment and google of 75,000 million. Not to mention Stargate projectwho plans to go further and Invest 500,000 million dollars With softbank and openai as protagonists. And precisely SoftBank seems to be preparing an important movement to take advantage of this true gold fever. Ampere in the spotlight. As indicated in Bloomberg, SoftBank is in advanced negotiations for the acquisition of ampere. The firm designs and manufactures processors for servers in data centers, and does so using ARM technology. 6,500 million valuation. Ampere is participated in 29% by Oracle, and the current estimate of its value is around 6,500 million dollars. In 2021 SoftBank already negotiated a possible investment that placed the ampere value at 8,000 million dollars, but since then the competition and evolution of the semiconductor market has made this assessment change. ARM would have a great ally. Wednesday ARM presented Your fiscal results. Although income grew 19%, he warned that he would not be able to reach the maximum income for the income of 2025 he had previously advanced. That caused a fall of 6% of its actions. The company, which is the pillar of the mobile segment, has long tried to make the leap to the market and AI market, and ampere would be an interesting ally in that area. Promising chips. Ampere presented its ampereone processors last year, which is expected this year they reach Have a version of 256 cores. This chip, manufactured with 3 Nm photolithography, will have an important competitive advantage: efficiency, something crucial for data centers. Attracting data centers. Precisely having more efficient chips and that consume less energy is increasingly important for data centers, than They threaten with “swallow” up to 1,000 power in 2026. Truce between ARM and Qualcomm? There is one more interesting factor. Qualcomm is current ampere ally since both are developing an inference chip of the set. The funny thing here is that ARM was involved in a legal process with Qualcomm. However Cristiano Amon, CEO of Qualcomm, He indicated Wednesday At the Conference for Investors, he stressed that ARM had withdrawn the demand for violation of the license agreement. That announcement seems to be able to be related to the negotiations between SoftBank and Ampere: if Arm “has made peace” with Qualcomm, a possible ampere-anm-qualcomm triplet raises important advantages in order to compete in a market as complex as this. Image | Miki Yoshihito | In Xataka | Qualcomm dodges a lethal bullet and is winning his judgment against ARM: that is crucial for the future of his PC chips

The Persian Gulf has dominated the long era of oil. Now he is preparing to lead the era of solar energy

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There is an increasingly more and more evident energy change, and even the countries we would never think are jumping to the renewable pool. Yes, I talk about the countries of the Persian Gulf. However, the tests are there: seven Chinese solar companies were generating more energy capacity than the world’s greatest oil companies. So, now, with their money and a lot of sun, everything indicates that they will give sorpasso. Wild investment. For very recently, Gulf countries have decided to invest in renewable projects. On the one hand, the United Arab Emirates They have announced a solar project 5.2 GW with a battery system, also betting on storage. On the other hand, Saudi Arabia is developing its energy transition plan through the Vision 2030 Plan. Recently, the Saudi Aramco oil giant has announced an agreement to start producing lithium in 2027. In addition, They are developing a plan to extract and enrich uranium For nuclear energy. Likewise, the Saudi country is carrying out different solar energy projects, some in Collaboration with China and others with Spain. And we can’t forget Kuwait, who already started two years ago has develop 17 GW of renewable energy and 25 GW capacity for the production of green hydrogen, which propose to export it to international markets. Data. According to the recent report by the International Renewable Energies Agency, the Middle East has Less than 1% of the world’s renewable capacity. However, from the agency they have detailed that the forecast for the next few years will be of accelerated growth. For its part, An analysis of the consultant Rystad Energypoints out that within five years, more than 30% represents total capacity in Gulf countries such as the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar. From the consultant they detail that this impulse is due to the weather conditions and the favorable conditions of the market. New solar panels will boost electricity generation in the Gulf Favorable energies. In the graph of Rystad EnergyWe observe that the Persian Gulf has two very different parts. The colored areas of orange, blue and green that represent renewable energies we see how they increase exponentially, especially solar. However, we see how nuclear and hydrogen have a slight growth that is maintained over the years. On the other hand, oil and gas, colored gray, although they are currently the main sources of energy, they will fall by 2050. China, ally or competition? The Asian giant has become a double agent in the energy transition, acting as much as a partner and competitor. On the side, Chinese companies such as Jinko Solar, Longi and Byd are providing solar panels, batteries and other technologies for the ambitious renewable projects in the desert region. On the other hand, China is carrying out the development of its own solar and wind projects. Besides, Your dominance over the global supply chain of batteries and solar panels gives you an advantage in the energy market. At the same time, its expansion in the Middle East allows you to gain influence in a region that has historically been dominated by fossil fuels. The change. The Persian Gulf is in the process of investing in renewables to mark its path to sustainability. However, they still have a stretch to travel because infrastructure and energy supply stability are still aspects that must be resolved. Image | Unspash Xataka | In full desert, Saudi Arabia is preparing its next great energy bet with the help of a partner: China

Aitana trusts the makeup artist and Karol G’s hairdresser to create the look of her new era in Miami

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After the stir that has caused the premiere of Your new song, Second attemptAitana Ocaña has confirmed what he already announced months ago: the beginning of His new blue era. The Catalan artist has flooded this color not only her video clip and styles, but also her mane, wearing some strands of an intense klein blue In his last public appearances. © Getty Images © Getty Images The singer has made his bags and set up to the United States to promote her new work and, as expected, has caused true sensation. His first stop was an interview at Siriusxm studios in Miami Beach (Florida), where he was talking about Second attempt and of all the surprises you have prepared for what will be your fourth studio album. © Getty Images For his first promo in Miami, Aitana opted for a tight long black dress with floral print in blue tones, in addition to Its characteristic hair. © DuvanpMakeup As for makeup, he was faithful to his basics: a very juicy and bright skin, Eyeliner Black to tear the gaze and a lot of mascara, in addition to a natural lip bar. © Getty Images However, none of this has caught our attention. The truly new is Who are behindthe people who were in charge of creating this look for Aitana. Normally, the one who was a contestant of Operation Triunfo 2017 He usually works with the hairdresser Jesús de Paula and makeup artist Álex Saint, but this time changed. © DuvanpMakeup To highlight the beauty of Aitana, nothing more and nothing less than two fundamental pieces of the team of Karol g: The makeup artist Duvan Foronda and the stylist Cesar Deleon Ramirez, who are the architects of the most spectacular looks of the Colombian singer. © DuvanpMakeup They themselves have been in charge of ‘revealing it’, sharing all these images in which the makeup and supermelena of Aitana can be seen in more detail. In the case of Foronda, he has been alliance with Karol G for years making the looks he has both in his concerts and in photo sessions, reports and red carpets. © Gtres For his part, Cesar Deleon is an unconditional of the interpreter of Tomorrow will be prettybut also usually works with the singers Demi Lovato, Ciara and Baby Rexha. Among his list of clients are the sisters Kylie Jenner and Khloé Kardashian, Camila Cabello, the multimillionaire Paris Hilton or The Nico Parker actress. (Tagstotranslate) Hair

In full era of extreme heat waves and saturation, Spain has found an engine to boost its tourism: winter

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If a while ago they had asked us (to you, to me or any) where we had to pass the vacations, we would have responded that Bali, Italy either Barcelonadepending on the tastes and budget of each one. What is almost certain is that wherever we imagine we would imagine in short sleeve, wearing shirts, with cap and sunglasses. Normal, right? Except for the Snow loversvacations has always been synonymous with summer and high temperatures. In a Spain that deal chronically with Heat waves, droughts and saturation Of his great island destinations and the Mediterranean coast that is no longer so. On vacation with a scarf. With the sector in record levels and increasingly foreigners in hotels, in Spain the flow of tourists grows throughout the year. In the cold months. And of course in the warm, the most associated with the offer of “Sun and Beach” that so well worked for years to the hospitality industry. The INE data and independent studies They show however that more and more travelers are, when planning their vacations, they look for dates in winter. What do the figures say? That in Spain tourism not only grows during the summer months. He also does it in winter. And at a good pace. Between October and December 2024 The INE counted 24.5 million travelers in their hotel occupancy survey, 35% more than during the same months of 2014 and 72% higher than the same balance of 2004. Between January and March the flow of travelers was 20.6 million, which also leaves increases of 43 and 74%, respectively. Growing more in percentage terms is “easier” when you start from low data, so it is normal for tourist increase percentages to be more bulky during the cold months than summer. Even so, the differences between them are interesting. In 2024 the INE registered 38.1 million tourists between July and September, 25% more than a decade before and 56% above 2004. In both cases they are increased increases than those of winter. The cold weight of the cold. The observatory shows that despite the Increased tourists That Spain has registered over the last years, winter has not lost weight in the sector. On the contrary, they have been reinforced as a holiday period. If in 1999 the coldest months (December-February) brought together 21.7% of the total number of travelers counted by the INE throughout the year, in 2024 that portion of the cake was somewhat larger, of 22.2%. It is not a great increase, but significant. In the specific case of foreign tourists, arriving from other countries, the increase was even greater: the contribution from winter to the annual balance passed in that case from 18% of 1999 to touch 20% in 2024. The data is extracted from the Hotel occupation survey of the INE, with which other types of accommodation exclude. When do you travel? A few days ago the economist Ángel Talavera shared in x Another study, with cross data from Oxford Economics and Aemet, in which it is appreciated how tourism grows at a good pace in winter and autumn, even more than during the “peak” summer weeks. Reading is the same: in a stage of general tourism growth, new travelers who move in Spain do not focus only on the warmest months. They also look at the scarf months. In favor of the flow of tourists in winter he has played The bet of some Spanish cities for Christmas, especially cities such as Madrid, Badalona or Vigo, which have made it one of its main tourist claims. This year the Galician city even launched a promotional campaign with posters in New YorkLondon, Rome or Paris in which he presumed from his Christmas decoration. Not everything is positive factors. Winter tourism has had to deal with The crisis of skiing stations, conditioned (and in many cases forced to reinvent themselves) Before snow shortage and “lightning” seasons. Click on the image to go to Tweet. Great ally to great threat. The data collected by the INE and Oxford Economics are interesting because they are framed in a broader phenomenon and that over recent years have analyzed other organisms, such as European Travel Commission (Etc) or Caixabanck Researchsand that can also be followed with the help of The international press: The heat that for decades served as an ally to the Spanish tourism sector and made Spain a destination coveted by citizens of countries more north now threatens to become an enemy. The reason is simple. Between heat waves and chronified droughts, added to the saturation of Great destinations of the Mediterranean or the Canary Islandsforeign travelers have begun to look with more temperate alternatives. Rethinking the holidays. The data From etc. they are revealing: 33.7% of Europeans avoid places where they are exposed to extreme meteorological phenomena, such as heat waves, and 17.3% directly discards the regions in which mercury can rise too much during Your trips. Moreover, 8.5% of respondents recognize that they have begun to change the months in which they travel. And etc is not the only one to detect that trend. The United Kingdom Tourist Operators Association (ABTA) suggests That the months of “middle season”, such as October, May or June (either icy or achicharrantes) have become the most popular among the British who plan a vacation abroad. One and no more. The relationship between the thermometer and tourism was analyzed a while ago CaixaBank Researchs in A broad study in which he slid another interesting idea: foreign visitors who have to live a heat wave during their vacations are less likely to repeat destiny. To be more precise and in the case of Spain, its willingness to return falls from 14 to 12.1%. And that is the average. The percentage varies between nationalities. Americans, for example, do not seem willing to sweat during their vacations. Among those who have touched a heat wave in Spain the inclination to repeat fate falls 42.5%. Even the foreign press has criticized Sometimes … Read more

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