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Carrefour has an outlet price (for less than 350 euros) this 65 -inch TV with Google TV

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If you are thinking of buying a new TV for your home, Carrefour is one of those stores that, lately, has very good offers on televisions. Now, we have found a bargain that will interest you. This is SMART TV TCL 65P61KX7which is now available for 339.15 euros. * Some price may have changed from the last review A big TV and with good performance This TV of the TCL firm meets the three “B” (good, beautiful and cheap). Mount a 65 -inch LED panel With 4K UHD resolution. In addition, it is compatible with formats such as HDR10 and presents a 120 Hz soda rate. In the audio section, it comes with two speakers with a 20 W RMS power and compatible with Dolby Audio. Works under the operating system Google TVfor what comes with Chromecast and Google Assistant Integrated. As far as connections are concerned, this cheap TV from the TCL firm, comes with three ports HDMI 2.0, two USB 2.0, 3.5 mm audio and Jack optical output. In addition, it incorporates Wifi 5 and Bluetooth 5.4. Some accessories that may interest you for this TV HS2100 – Sound bar 2.1, 240W * Some price may have changed from the last review Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K (last generation) * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Webedia and TCL In Xataka | How to choose the ideal television size: what manufacturers say vs. What experts say In Xataka | Better sound bars in quality Price: which to buy and seven recommended models from 140 euros

“You can pay 150 euros to fix your air conditioning or you can do it yourself”: Scotty Kilmer, mechanic

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It is the song that returns to your head again and again. That, without any reason, comes to your head early in the morning, while showering. And that does not abandon you for days. And although the situation is more than known, and we know how it works, it does not cease to surprise us. A summer. And another. And another one. The same goes for air conditioning. Summer arrives and the air conditioners break. It is always at the worst moment and, almost always, it is because We have not looked at it well for the rest of the year. Without correct maintenance, car air conditioning cools for spring temperatures but is not enough to a heat wave. It is there when we demand most and, pum, it breaks. The Calvary arrives to look for someone who can repair a system that seems essential to travel on vacation. All this experience is well known by my partner Amparo Babiloni, who has left in writing Everything that has happened to him and how he has had to act. To prevent this from being repeated, the council is simple, short and direct: maintenance. Maintenance that we can do ourselves, which will take some time but that taking the appropriate indications can save us good money in the pocket. Do it yourself That is the message of Scott Kilmen, an American mechanic who with decades of work behind him has a YouTube channel with more than six and a half million followers how we can keep our car in the best possible state, some tricks to avoid and how to act in case of breakdown. In the video you can see in this link, explain what to do if your air conditioning does not cool enough. Something common when we have been making a timely use of it with temperatures softer. Among the tips that Kilmer provides is, in the first place, to replace the air conditioning filter. This filter is recommended to replace each car review but if you do not make it difficult to pass the cabin. Only this small detail will significantly improve the amount of air that arrives and the quality of the same. It is a simple operation And it usually has easy access, so we can change it without much difficulty for a handful of euros (less than 20 euros, generally). In addition, this not only has its advantages in summer, it is also especially useful for Avoid allergies in spring. Then, Kilmer proposes to improve the quality of the air we breathe. It is as simple as using An antibacterial product Since, as he explains, a dark and humid place such as the cooling system of a car has everything so that bacteria and microbes are developed that fall from the air we breathe. Especially if we live in a wet zone. With the air lit at full performance, select the air inlet outside. Now, Kilmer recommends going to the air intake under the hood and spraying it with the antibacterial product to reach all corners of the system. He also recommends throwing it overnight and letting him act without fear until the next day. Finally, if all this has not ended by solve the matter We only have to recharge the air conditioning gas. In that case you have to buy a Compatible with pressure gauge and apply it to the low pressure system. The pressure gauge is important because it will give us an immediate response of system pressure. While it is green, says Kilmer, you can continue adding gas and we must stop if it reaches the red zone. In spite of everything, remember that these are more or less simple tricks that require a minimum of knowledge. Each driver is the one who must value whether or not it is worth investing money in a professional mechanic. Photo | Magnus Östberg In Xataka | Solving one of the great debates of the summer: if the car consumes more with air conditioning or not

Fine of 7,500 euros if your boss sends you messages outside working hours

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With the arrival of teleworking and the hybrid day, the line that separates the working life from personal life has been made increasingly thinand fades even more when the electronic devices that the company facilitates enter stake. As remember The sports worldthe use of company mobiles and messaging applications such as WhatsApp or Telegram has resulted in many employees receive messages from their bosses even after working hours. To stop this practice, the Workers Statute Includes an article in which employees are protected (Already the bosses) with him Right to digital disconnectionunder sanctions that can reach up to 7,500 euros. First of all: who is the mobile? Before starting to designate the limits of data disconnection, it is convenient make use of your device staff For work purposes. That means that, if the company has not facilitated a mobile and a company telephone line, the employee’s personal telephone number cannot be included in WhatsApp groups or other similar apps by the company. This would mean an infraction of article 5 of the Data Protection Law by spreading without consent personal data such as the worker’s phone number. In the event that both the device and the telephone line are owned by the company, they can implement this type of communications because, in that case, the data that is shared do not belong to the worker but to the company. Right to disconnection out of the day. However, although communications do not violate data protection regulations, article 20 bis of the Workers’ Statute, explicitly recognizes the Right to digital disconnection Outside the workday, prohibiting the company from carrying out any type of communication with the employee, although the devices from which it is carried out are of its property. According to the regulations, the worker is not obliged to respond to these communications. A recent sentence From the Superior Court of Xustiza de Galicia it goes a little further and establishes the absolute prohibition of companies to send communications to workers outside their working hours, not even should when when An answer is not expected. Digital intimacy and business control. Article 20 bis too Protects explicitly The “intimacy in the use of digital devices placed at your disposal by the employer.” This means that, even when used Mobile or company portablethe activity of the employee outside their working hours should not be monitored without justification or consent. The only case in which the company could Supervise these devices It would be if there is a clear and justified internal policy based on the labor control that allowed it. However, article 20 bis warns that this supervision can never invade the life and personal communication of the employee, so any attempt to geolocate or monitoring out of time would be out of law. Sanctions for offending companies. Failure to comply with the right to disconnection enables the Labor Inspection to impose A series of sanctions In the event that the company maintains repeated contacts outside working hours, especially when they occur without justification or compensation. Depending on the severity of the case and the size of the company, fines can range from 751 euros to 7,500 euros according to the severity of the faults or the size of the company. These sanctions seek to stop abusive practices that violate the rest and intimacy of the workers. In Xataka | 55,245 euros for eating a sandwich and a beer: Mercadona must compensate an employee for unfair dismissal Image | Unspash (Firmbee.com)

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

We thought that the law against the so -called spam had not served at all. But we already have the first fine of 5,000 euros

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Facing telephone spam is complicated, it seems even impossible. Nor the Robinson list nor the Call filters They manage to eradicate them completely. In 2023 we thought we were close to the arrival of The antispam lawbut hopes were diluted today We continue to receive commercial calls. It has taken two years, but something could happen: already They have fined the first company to make unwanted calls. The case. It happened in July 2023, only one month after the law entered into force. The Digital Marketing company Adverbis Spain SL made a call to an individual, who was also registered in the Robinson list. So far as normal, except that this person decided to report him to the Spanish Agency for Data Protection that, two years later, has sanctioned the company with 5,000 euros. Notice a spammers. Although we have talked about Other telephone spam finesthis is the first that applies after the entry into force of the new law. For two years the feeling that the law had not served at all was installed among users and it seems that spammers also, since Calls increased shortly after. It has taken a long time, but this fine feels an important precedent and could be the change we had waiting. The law. The known as antispam law establishes that companies cannot make commercial calls without prior consent And it establishes fines that could reach two million euros, depending on the size of the company that commits the infraction. In the case of Adverbis Spain, it is a small company, so the fine is much lower, but if the offender is a larger operator can find a sanction of many more figures. How to report. We have already seen that, although they take, denounce the AEPD works. Yes too You receive commercial calls and want to reporton your website you have a section called “Receipt advertising phone calls” Where can you do it. You have to take screenshots in which the phone is seen from which they call us and record the call as proof. Image | Mikhail Nilov, Pexels In Xataka | Spam calls are a problem for everyone and Apple knows. Its solution with iOS 26 has been stopping braking

A fine of 3,000 euros

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They are not exactly like agents under the orders Gil Grisson or HORATIO ‘H’ CAINEbut Alcalá de Henares has its own CSI, a body of experts that is responsible for traveling the city with latex gloves, isopos and test tubes. In the scenarios of the crime in which they work, yes, there are no corpses or blood, but cacas. Literally. Their work is to examine them, take DNA samples and facilitate that the weight of the law falls on the owners of uncivic pets. His work does not end murderers between bars, but in large fines. An “carelessness” that comes out expensive. That dogs are the best friend of man does not mean that men are always at their height. Sometimes he arrives with a walk in the park to verify it: although the municipal ordinances often force the owners of the dogs to collect their cacas, there are those who are a blind eye and disregard them. A few years ago in Alcalá de Henares (200,700 neighbors) They decided to avoid it in a peculiar way: with the help of DNA and a ‘CSI’. At the beginning of 2020 the plenary approved modify your ordinance to include a “census Through ‘DNA’ “genetic footprint on which all the dogs living in the municipality are included. The objective? Have a more precise idea of the total number of pets, identify abandoned or stolen dogs, have more information in cases of bites and … locate the ‘owners’ of abandoned cacas on sidewalks and parks, which can derive in fines of fines Between 300 and 3,000 euros. And how do they do it? The process explained in detail this weekend The Spanish newspaper in A report in which he speaks of “the detectives ‘Cazacacas’” by Alcalá de Henares. The system is actually quite simple and relies on two pillars. The first is the veterinary consultations, where saliva samples of the dogs are taken that is then analyzed in a specialized laboratory. When the process is completed, they end up registered in the census and the animal happens to have a “DNA identification card” and a sheet with a QR for the pet. The second leg of the system are Special controls made from time to time by the City Council to ‘hunt’ to offenders. From parks to the laboratory. That is when the game enters the ‘canine csi’. A specialized technician and the Local Police are responsible for looking for abandoned bugs in the street and taking samples with a baston and then sending them to a laboratory in Xàtiva, Valencia. There they have a database with more than 150,000 animals from all over the country that allows them to collate the sample. If there is Match Find out who is his ‘owner’ and (most importantly) the owner of his owner, who will face a mild infraction with fines of Between 300 and 3,000 euros. Have you put fines? Yes. The ordinance that forces dogs to censor DNA was activated just two years ago and since then the City Council has processed a few fines. In February 2024, 221 collected samples already resulted in 75 files Sanctioners Last year they were counted in total 206 fines. In 97 cases for abandoned bacons. In the remaining 109 the reason was a more common infraction: not censor the animal. At the beginning of the year the canine municipal register through DNA accounted for 9,099 dogsa figure that now is around 9,500, according to The data that manages The newspaper. The newspaper also states that since the measure was launched by the Complutense City Council collected more than 500 samples and opened 245 sanctioning files, 120 for not collecting the cacas and 125 for breaching the obligation to register the animal. In both cases the fine is the same: 300 to 3,000 euros. Beyond Alcalá de Henares. Alcalá de Henares is not the only one who has resorted to DNA so that its pedestrians stop being dog -cacas in the parks. Other municipalities such as Mislata, Malaga, Collado Villalba, Cornellà They have also set the possibilities of the genetic census to hunt the owners of uncivic dogs. Moreover, in December Pipper on Tour calculated that in Spain there are 81 municipalities that register the DNA of macotas to keep its streets clean. Images | Wikipedia and Jack Lucas Smith (UNSPLASH), M. hairstyle (Flickr) Via | EPE In Xataka | If the question is how to prevent people from throwing garbage outside the cubes, in Galicia they have had an idea: rummage into it

Sweden is investing millions of euros in a silent war. The enemy to beat: an epidemic of solitude

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Sweden has declared a war, one that seems to worry especially to its authorities, which has been speaking for years and in which it is willing to invest millions and millions of euros. The enemy to beat? The loneliness. It makes all the meaning if you take into account that A sensitive part of its inhabitants suffers unwanted isolation, especially between the younger and older layers of society, and there are who considers To Sweden the loneliest country in the world. After all, loneliness is a “Public Health Problem” And something else: complicates the efforts of the authorities for Strengthen your defense civil. The loneliness numbers. It is not the same to live alone than feeling alone. Just as not all societies face loneliness in the same way. Throughout the last years, however, different agencies have published studies that give us an idea of ​​the scope of both phenomena in EU countries, including Sweden, a nation that has declared war to unwanted isolation. In 2017 Eurostat published A study which shows that more than half (52%) of Sweden households are formed by a single person, the highest percentage of all EU countries and significantly above the community average, which is around 33%. If what we are talking about is a population, statista calculates that 26% Of the Swedes live without any company, data that only exceeds Finland (32%). Do you feel alone? The thing changes slightly if we talk about loneliness, unwanted isolation. The percentages can dance based on the source and the approach, but confirm that the sensation is present in Swedish society. CE surveys show that most or all the time feel alone in the country Between 16 and 17% of the people, while The data of 2024 of the public health agency reflect that 13% of the population claims to have that feeling “occasionally” and 6% invades “often or constantly.” “Almost two million Swedes over 16 suffer isolation. 26% of children from 3rd to 6th year say they feel alone in school. One in three young adults experiences loneliness and isolation, as well as 40% of women and almost 30% of men over 85 years old,” needed The Government in 2023. “A health problem”. Sweden is not the only one country that deal with loneliness, but there the data is consistent enough for its government to have declared that involuntary isolation is “A public health problem” And want to stand up. “It is a growing problem and the elderly experience it more frequently,” warns The Minister of Social Security, Anna Tenje. On the table the executive has reports that show that the isolation affects above all to certain groupsas elderly, young people or unemployed people. A fact: 27 million a year. Convinced of the challenge that supposes, in Stockholm they have decided to move from words to the facts. In 2023 the government activated A triennial plan (2023-2025) that is around 300 million of annual Swedish crowns (around 27 million of euros) to support initiatives that “fight and prevent” isolation. In February the Public Health Agency even presented A strategy “Against loneliness and favor of the community.” And what are you doing? Your strategy touches several sticks. The government a few months ago advertisement For example, the distribution of 49 million Swedish crowns (4.4 million euros) between organizations that work precisely to reduce loneliness. It is not the first initiative in that line. Over the last years he has allocated funds to campaigns Health -centered, promote The socialization of the elderly, their stake in sports activities or The study of the phenomenon and its approach from different areas, such as The business either The educational. “Taking care of friends”. For now, Sweden has received recognition from WHO, which He has cited it as an example for initiatives deployed in the country. A few days ago the newspaper I monde He dedicated a report to a specific one: “Vanvard” (“Taking care of friends”), which is taking pharmacies employees to dedicate part of their day to fight loneliness. At the end of 2023 the Ministry of Social Affairs also promoted the creation of A business network With about twenty companies that work with the same purpose: to end marginalization. Defense earrings. I monde Slide Another key idea: loneliness is not only “a public health problem”, it also implies an obstacle in a country that He is strengthening your civil defense system, as well as Other nations Nordic. That effort collides with a complex reality: isolation. More than half Of the Swedes they barely know their neighbors. With that backdrop, last year the Swedish Civil Contingency Agency promoted a campaign with A slogan That speaks for itself: “When we know each other, it is easier to help us.” Images | Magnus Östberg (UNSPLASH), Eurostat and EC In Xataka | Loneliness is already a matter of public health. We have more and more evidence that animals help us to placate it

Having more security in your company during a whole year costs less than 6 euros per month with Kaspersky

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Computer attacks are the order of the day everywhere. It is difficult to maintain the safety of our devices aware, but we are already used to using tools such as VPN. Now, it is even more important to raise security if we have a company, since customer data also come into play. A good cybersecurity solution for companies is Kaspersky with its Small Office Security: a year can leave us from 76.95 euros. And that’s not all, because with the Afbiz code we will have an additional 10%discount. Kaspersky Small Office Security – 1 year * Some price may have changed from the last review An affordable cybersecurity option and available to everyone This Kaspersky Small Office Security (or Ksos) package is a most interesting quality-price option. Thanks to the same and for very little money, we will be able to have An extra security layer for our company. The package includes many interesting and easy -to -use tools, so it is a safety software for companies that are worth having in the radar. Another point that stands out of ksos is how easy it is to install and use. It is not necessary to go to any expert to configure them, since it is a very intuitive software. In addition, it not only serves for PCs, but also We will be able to use it on Mac and Android devices. Now, what tools does Ksos include? With this solution of Kaspersky we will have software that protects us from possible attacks Phishingas well as a password and documents manager, an antivirus and even a VPN. Everything together forms a very complete pack that also has a price that we cannot consider expensive if we take into account that it serves more than one team. In fact, the price will depend on two different factors: the number of years we hire the service and the number of different users who can use the tool. As we have said above, the cheapest option is priceless now 76.95 euroswhat will give us A year of service for up to 3 different users. Everything without forgetting that we can further lower the price if we use the Afbiz code. Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Microsoft 365 in Unspash In Xataka | Wi -Fi, configuration fund guide: everything you have to know to improve your connection In Xataka | These are the two things I recommend doing if you want to improve the safety of your accounts and you are not sure how to start

This is worth just 2 euros per month

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You just have to take a quick look to the Internet to find several free VPN. There are quality and that can serve us quite well, although as is normal, They have several limitations. If we are looking for the best experience, the best thing we can do is bet on a payment, even more so when we can find several at really attractive prices. Imagine that you are on vacation in a hotel where the coverage is bad. Most likely it counts Free wifi, But these types of networks are not the safest in the world. There can be great a payment vpn such as surfshark, one that has a great value for money: barely costs 2.19 euros a month Surfshark Starter Subscription – Monthly * Some price may have changed from the last review Very easy to use and available on all the devices you want Using a VPN is perfect if, for example, we are going to make some online transaction or we have to access our bank’s app on a Wi -Fi network that we do not know at all. It is a way to encrypt traffic and be much safer online, all for a price than barely exceeds two euros of the month and that it is one of those things that does not occupy just space and that we will appreciate to take installed. Precisely, the installing has a plus with Surfshark. In addition to that it is very easy to download and use on our device, it should be noted that We can carry it in all of us who want. It does not matter if it is a phone, a tablet or a laptop: all with the same account and without the need to do anything weird with our user. This VPN does not come alone. Surfshark’s most economical plan, which is called Starter, includes this and another tool: ALTERNATIVE ID. Imagine that you access a web page and you have to enter your data to register, but you don’t want to put your real information. Precisely for that it serves: it will create a series of fictional data that you can use as if they were yours. This plan, as we have said a little higher, has a price of just 2.19 euros per month. That means that its 2 -year -old plan has a total price of 55.56 euros, a bargain if we take into account that its price without promotion is 439 euros. And eye: because we will also receive 3 months freeso we will have 27 months instead of 24. Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Image | Anastasiia Shyrokykh in Unspash In Xataka | Why it is dangerous to connect to public wifis and what you should do to protect yourself In Xataka | Better VPN: Guide with the 17 best services to protect your online privacy

An Italian artist sold a sculpture for 15,000 euros. The material of that sculpture: “Air and spirit”

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That does not spend too much time without having to put on the table the eternal debate of What is art and what not. This time, an intangible sculpture brings this debate without clear response to the conversations. Is art what one wants it to be art? Well, yes in broad strokes. But there are nuances that this air sculpture is exceeding. 15,000 for nothing. Or for “nothing”, as you look. The artist Sardo Salvatore Garau, born in 1953, is the signer of ‘Io Sono’ (I am), an invisible sculpture, but which, according to its creator, exists because it is made of “air and spirit”. It was auctioned in 2021 and sold for 15,000 euros, but has returned to the present thanks to a viral post of the British medium Pubitythat thanks to its 40 million followers has recovered this Performance Invisible, in a publication that is already approaching the million ‘like’. With certificate of authenticity. It reads “Intangible sculpture to place in a free space of any hindrance. Variable dimensions, approximately 200 x 200 cm. Work accompanied by an authenticity certificate issued by the artist. Archive work with N. IM5. This certificate It is all the buyer received, and Garau explained That is the void that gives the work its power, because it is able to stimulate the reflection and perception of the spectator. Intangible art Garau is not inventing anything: Intangible art It is an artistic current that exists since the time of the conceptual art of the 60s and 70s, when it was defended that the work is not manifested through a traditional physical object, but is built with intangible elements such as sound, light, vacuum or energy. Among its most notable growers are Sun Lewittwhich defended that the idea could be the true work of art, or Yves Kleinwhich presented an empty room in 1958, symbolizing absolute immateriality. Klein even sells some of these vacuum zones, underlining its symbolic value. Art or thymus? A few years ago, an artist sold two white canvases to a museum under the name ‘Take the money and run’: it is another Performance in which a poisonous sense of humor underlies, but It can also be interpreted as art. Although it is undeniable that it is an art that reflects, from the margins, about the commodification of creativity and about the business around artistic creation. “The underlying idea was to show how salaries can be used to measure the value of the work,” said Danish artist Jens Haaning when he delivered the blank canvases in response to an assignment: to recreate two of his previous works. That is, in that case, delivery and collection were part of the work. It was almost a manifest. Sources and bananas. Likewise, as a manifesto the famous ‘source’ of Duchamp, an inverted toilet can be interpreted whose real authorship does not finish being clear And that helped to start the eternal debate of What is art and what not. Or the last earthquake that the industry lived, the famous banana attached to a wall with American tapeit was also a clear posture taking about certain controversial issues. Its 6.2 million dollars caught their attention, but everything was part of its creator’s proposal. You can, of course, discuss whether it is a face proposal, but do not doubt its intentionality. This paints my nephew. The debate on whether conceptual art is more or less valuable than figurative art It will never end. Much more now that artificial intelligences enter Liza and even Human intervention itself can doubt As part of creation. The conversation about what art is and what is not part, in fact, of the conception and discussion about it, and Garau’s sculpture is still an apostille in an eternal controversy. In Xataka | Many times art is inexplicable, and a retiree from Malaga uses the most illogical tool to create it: Excel

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