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In Spain, getting a house has become an impossible mission. There are those who are receiving them as a donation in exchange for taking care of dogs

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It happened in Madrid. ‘Subject A’ barely has contact with his children but feels enormous affection for his dogs, so he decides to reach an agreement with ‘subject B’: he will donate his home in usufruct if he agrees to take care of his pets. If ‘Subject B’ complies, no problem. If the animals end up unattended, you risk having the donation revoked. That of ‘A’ and ‘B’ is just one case commented a few days ago to The Newspaper (EPE) by a lawyer with an office in the capital, but it reflects a larger phenomenon: the increase in donationsincluding conditional ones. And it makes sense. What has happened? that in full housing crisiswith rental prices and m2 climbing to levels that remember to those of the brick ‘boom’, each time is more common meet donation signatures in notarial offices. Money is donated. And homes are donated. It’s nothing new. The trend has been going on for some time now. some time and it is part of a broader phenomenon that we have been talking about for some time, the ‘Great transfer’. What is striking is that just revealed EPE: not only do donations in general skyrocket, so do ‘conditional’ donations, those in which the agreement is subject to a series of previously agreed upon requirements. Donations with conditions? Exactly. Tax authorities defines them as agreements by which the donation is conditioned to certain requirements. “For it to be valid, the donee must be able to execute the condition or it must be an event with a high probability of occurring,” clarify the Treasury, which thus differentiates it from other types such as ‘pure’ or ‘remunerative donation’. Its dynamic is therefore simple: donor and donee reach an agreement on which the donation is conditional. It is fulfilled, perfect. If not fulfilled, the good returns to the donor. That is the logic, although in practice there are certain nuances. For example, the donation does not always have to take place at the same time. The donated property can be delivered when the agreement is signed or left in suspense waiting for the agreed conditions to be met. What do people agree? EPE has spoken with several offices in the Community of Madrid and has come across agreements of all kinds. For example, a grandmother who donates her house to her granddaughter in exchange for her finishing her degree and studying a master’s degree, donations to caregivers or (probably the most striking of all) transfers that are conditional on the care of animals. “There are cases in which the house is donated with the condition that the recipient takes care of their pet for as long as it is alive,” clarifies Manuel Hernándezby Vilches Abogados. “This guarantees (the donor) that if they die, their pet will be taken care of. It can also be done by inheritance, with a conditional legacy.” Is it just theory? No. As an example, Hernández cites the case with which this report began: a man from Madrid decided to donate his home to a friend in exchange for her taking care of his three dogs. “She had little connection with her children and was very fond of animals, so she donated her house in usufruct to a younger friend, if she would take care of her dogs. If this condition was not met, the revocation procedure could be initiated,” says the expert. The phenomenon is increasingly common and part of the “humanization” of pets. Is that easy? In practice, the agreements have fine print. It I remembered recently in COPE the lawyer Carolina Florez de Quiñones, who recognizes this type of conditional transfers, just like those directed to caregivers of the elderly; but he warns: “No one can leave alive what he cannot leave dead.” What does that mean? That the will of the person who donates is one of the key factors to take into account, but not the only one. Another is forced heirs. A living donation that damages your ‘legitimate status’ may end up being considered ‘unhelpful’. Are there more formulas? Yes. Another formula that has become popular is the donation of housing in bare propertywhich basically consists of transferring ownership of an asset without the rights of use and enjoyment. If we are talking about an apartment, that means that the donor can pass it on to his children, grandchildren, nephews or whoever he considers, but without giving up the usufruct of the home for the rest of his life. That is, the donor continues to enjoy the apartment as if nothing had changed, which implies that he or she can live in it or even rent it. Have they increased that much? The donations, definitely. In October the General Council of Notaries (CGN) published a report which shows that between 2017 and 2024 housing donations skyrocketed by almost 68%: from 32,623 they went to 54,735. During the first half of 2025 alone, it counted 27,000 donations. At the same time, notaries recorded an increase in inherited homes. The backdrop is the rising cost of housing and the difficulties of access for young people, which partly explains why grandparents, parents, uncles… come to the ‘rescue’ of the new generations, facilitating their access to the market. What do the notaries say? “The data show a clear increase in donations and inheritances of homes from older people to the following generations,” confirms the CGN. In case there were any doubts about its growing weight, the group also remembers that the number of inherited and donated homes in 2024 would be equivalent, overall, at 64% of purchase and sale operations. Not only housing is donated. Money is also transferred from the pockets of grandparents or parents to grandchildren/children to make it easier for them to get a mortgage. The question remains as to how many of these donations come with conditions. Images | Pam Mene (Unsplash), Yen Vu (Unsplash) and General Council of Notaries In Xataka | There are rich people so bored with their … Read more

There are some that practice ‘partner exchange’ to avoid extinction

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For decades, popular culture and a certain anthropocentric vision have projected the idea that the traditional family It was the most normal thing in the animal kingdom. However, biology has a habit of contradicting us and if we look Alaskan watersand specifically the belugas From Bristol Bay, monogamy is not only rare: it is evolutionarily inefficient. The study. It has had as its objective analyzing the DNA of hundreds of these cetaceans for more than a decade, and confirms what we could call, in human terms, a lifestyle “swinger” either polyamorous among these animals. Although this word is more for our daily life, since in a scientific way it is called polygynandryand it is the secret of these whales to stay genetically healthy and resilient. The myth of the “better half”. Choosing a life partner for whales is something that is not the norm in this case. To reach this conclusion, the researchers They didn’t just watch what they did.but carried out an exhaustive analysis of 623 genetic samples collected over 13 years in the Bristol Bay beluga population. And we are facing a very interesting population because it is geographically isolated and has about 2,000 individuals. What they found was a mating system where both males and females mate with multiple partners. There is no “alpha male” that monopolizes females (polygyny), nor females that have only one consort. It is a constant and strategic exchange. Stepbrothers everywhere. The definitive proof of this behavior is in the family trees that the study managed to reconstruct. When analyzing kinship, scientists came across a revealing fact: there were many half-siblings who shared a mother or father but not both. The fact that it is very difficult to find full siblings indicates that season after season, females do not repeat partners, but rather change. A strategy that is aimed at maximizing reproductive success, since otherwise a few males would dominate the genetics and cause less genetic diversity. ‘Swinger’ as an advantage. We might think that this behavior is chaotic, but it is actually a very sophisticated biological defense mechanism. And constantly mixing genes with different partners ensures greater variability in the offspring to avoid serious diseases such as those that historically occurred. we have had in the European monarchies. But the interesting thing is that it is a choice of the females who play an active role. In this case they are not passive, but actively choose the males to mate with to have great variability, possibly to ensure that their offspring have the best possible genetic combinations. Its longevity. One of the characteristics of this species is that it can last for many years, and that is why maintaining genetic diversity through polygynandry allows them to adapt to long-term changes in their ecosystem. And it is a finding that aligns with previous research, since a high diversity in the microbiome and population structure of these whales was already pointed out, but the mating system had never been confirmed. A genetic lifesaver. The most fascinating thing about this discovery is how it rewrites our understanding of cetacean sociality. We often assume that highly intelligent and social animals tend toward monogamy (as is the case with certain birds), but the reality is that belugas demonstrate that you can have a complex society, care for offspring, and at the same time have a promiscuous sex life for the good of the species. For conservationists, this is good news. Knowing that this population maintains high genetic diversity and avoids inbreeding itself means that they have better biological tools to cope with climate change and human pressure than other more “faithful” but genetically poorer species. Images | Todd Cravens In Xataka | Going to the mountains to go hiking is increasingly popular in Spain. And those who are suffering are the golden eagles

how the industry sold us empty calories in exchange for destroying our satiety

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There was a time when buying whole milk or “full fat” yogurt was considered nutritionally reckless. Dietary guidelines, obsessed with reducing saturated fat, for decades pushed consumers toward pale, liquid, skimmed versions of what was once a staple food. Eating “light” became synonymous with eating well. However, the narrative starts to crack. The story of María Branyas, the woman who lived to be 117 years old and who consumed several full-fat yogurts a day, is just the tip of the iceberg of a deeper change of outlook. The researchers who studied his case warn that yogurt alone does not explain his longevity – genetics, lifestyle and environment come into the equation – but it could play a relevant role in the balance of his intestinal microbiota. The focus, today, is no longer just on the calories we subtract, but on how much processing we add along the way. The processing error. For more than half a century, health authorities encouraged limiting red meat and fatty dairy products, warning that its saturated fats They raised LDL cholesterol and, therefore, the risk of heart disease. This premise fueled a massive industry of “light” and “0%” products. However, the problem was not the cow. As Dr. Montse Prados Pérez explainsmember of the Spanish Society of Endocrinology and Nutrition (SEEN), when natural fat is removed from a food, its texture, flavor and nutritional profile are altered. To compensate for this loss of flavor, many manufacturers turn to sugars, starches, sweeteners or additives. The result is a product with less fat, yes, but also more processed, less satiating and potentially harmful to the intestinal microbiota and appetite regulation mechanisms. Added to this phenomenon is a possible metabolic rebound effect. Nutritionist Laura Isabel Arranz warns that Sweeteners, common in low-fat yogurts, send a sweet signal to the brain without providing real energy. This discordance can confuse the metabolism and favor a more “saving” response, preparing the body to more efficiently store the energy that arrives later. Why doesn’t whole fat act the same? There is a technical irony in the dairy aisle: we take the skimmed jar to maintain the line, but we forget that for the body to use it, it needs precisely the fat that has just been removed. Vitamins such as A or D They are fat soluble; Without that natural fatty vehicle, absorption is a chimera. In the end, trying to enrich a 0% yogurt is like trying to make a car run by pouring gasoline into it. The industry adds the nutrient, but has removed the mechanism to make it work. All this is explained by the “dairy matrix”. Unlike other fats, milk fat occurs naturally wrapped in a complex structure. known as dairy fat globule membrane (MFGM), rich in phospholipids and bioactive proteins. This biological “envelope” is essential because it appears to positively modulate the way our body processes cholesterol. In fact, recent research published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition have observed that the consumption of yogurt and cheese maintains a neutral—and even potentially beneficial— relationship with cardiovascular health, unlike what would be expected if only their saturated fat content were analyzed in isolation. Whole yogurt and metabolic risk. The evidence is also beginning to materialize in clinical trials. a study published in 2025 compared the consumption of full-fat yogurt (3.25% fat) versus skimmed yogurt in adults with prediabetes. After three weeks, those who consumed full-fat yogurt showed a significant reduction in blood triglycerides compared to the group that consumed nonfat yogurt. Although it is a short-term study and in a specific population, its results add to an increasingly consistent scientific literature. Along these lines, cardiologist Dariush Mozaffarian, director of the Food Is Medicine Institute at Tufts University, maintains that dairy fats are not intrinsically harmful and that there is “ample evidence” of the benefits of fermented dairy products. For its part, natural yogurt and kefir provide satiety, promote intestinal health and help avoid the subsequent consumption of empty calories. Back to real food. The conclusion for the consumer begins to be clear: the fear should not be in natural fat, but in artificial processing. The new dietary guidelines in the United States already reflect this paradigm shift by insisting, for the first time explicitly, on the need to prioritize real foods and avoid ultra-processed foods loaded with sugars, sodium and additives. This does not mean that full-fat dairy products should be consumed without limit or that they are suitable for all profiles. Institutions like Harvard remember that dairy fat It is still mostly saturated and that moderation continues to be key, especially in people with cardiovascular disease or familial hypercholesterolemia. But outside of those clinical contexts, as Dr. Prados Pérez summarizesfull-fat natural yogurt makes sense again: it is more satiating, preserves its original matrix and requires less industrial intervention. In the end, perhaps the secret was not in reformulating foods in a laboratory, but in something much simpler: opening a natural yogurt and eating it as it always was. Image | freepik Xataka | The woman who lived to be 117 had a favorite yogurt: a yogurt that thousands of people are now searching for

In the last three years, Spain has gained 1.2 million singles. In exchange it has added… 105,000 married people

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Spain is (increasingly) a country of singles. Although there are still more married than divorced, separated, widowed or people without an ‘official’ partner, the latest statistics from the INE reveal that the sum of these last categories already exceeds that of those who have said ‘yes I want’. Logical if you take into account that in the last three years the number of married people has grown by 0.5% while the number of single people shot up by 9.2% and the number of divorced people by another 8.8%. These are data that must be handled with some caution, but they show that something is changing. New times, new ways of living. A country of singles. That singleness is gaining strength as a vital plan is nothing new. We have been talking about the ‘great recession’ of romantic love, spin entry of traditional courtship or even how (despite the rise in prices and the difficulty of accessing credit) more and more people You choose to buy your home alone, without sharing expenses with a partner. Despite all of the above, it is still interesting to take a look at the INE statistics on the marital status of the population, especially when (how it just happened) show a newly updated photo. Year Singles Married Widowers Separated 2024 14,532,528 19,058,788 2,909,384 3,228,054 2023 14,357,158 19,017,938 2,911,402 3,141,053 2022 14,058,103 18,877,848 2,912,811 3,049,715 2021 13,304,355 18,953,251 2,899,639 2,966,450 One figure: 14,357,158. The definitive records of the INE show that last year there were 19.06 million married people residing in Spain, 14.53 million single people, 2.91 million widowers and 3.23 million divorced and separated people. If the ‘adult’ population of the country, over 16 years of age, is taken into account, the conclusion is clear: people who have said ‘I do’ continue to represent the largest group. They assume 45.8%compared to 34.9% of singles, 7.8% of divorced people and 7% of widowers. Does the marriage last? Yes. And no. It is true that it is still the largest group if we talk about marital statuses and it is also true that there are more married people in Spain today than in 2021, but the tables from the INE leave another, much less flattering reading: the married population has grown less than the single or divorced population. In 2024 there were in Spain 105,537 marrieds more than three years earlier, representing a growth of 0.55%. If we talk about singles, their number has grown by 1.23 million people during the same period, which translates into a rebound of 9.23%. The group of divorced or separated people has gained 261,604 people in three years, with a growth that is close to 8%. Year Average age of first marriage (men) Women 2023 37 34.9 2018 35.6 33.5 2013 34.4 32.2 Beyond the INE. The INE is not the only indicator that something is changing in Spanish society. Another (also of a statistical nature) is Eurostat, which has been documenting for a long time how we get married later and later. According to your dataIn 2023, on average, Spaniards said ‘I do’ for the first time at the age of 37 and Spanish women at 34.9. It is interesting for several reasons. To begin with, because these data place Spain as the European country in which we later made relations official. If we talk about men (37 years) we are tied with Sweden, but if we focus in women (34.9 years) we are above the Nordic nation, where the average is 34.8. We not only delay our passage through the altar. He has also done it motherhood. In fact, pregnancies among women over 40 years of age have skyrocketed in recent decades to represent close to 10% of the total. The way we face our life horizon has changed so much that there is more and more leisure on offer focused on singles or it is easier, for example, to meet people who decides to buy a home without having a partner. Less ‘I do’. The trend is also reflected in the last yearbook of the Spanish Episcopal Confederation, although in their case the figures reflect religious links. In 2024 the Church registered 31,462 Catholic weddings, below the 33,500 a year before and far from the more than 110,000 in 2007. They are values ​​in line with the latest statistics from the INE, although when handling them it is advisable to keep certain keys in mind: their record only tells us about “civil statuses”, so, remember in 20Minutes Pau Miret, CED researcher, does not include those singles who have decided to change marriage for “non-marital cohabitation.” That is, settled couples who share a home and function in practice as a marriage, but choose not to make it official. Image | Ismail Hamzah (Unsplash) In Xataka | The slow but inexorable “Japanization” of Spain: births have fallen by 50% since the time of the baby boom

The United States is offering millions of dollars to quantum companies. In exchange, he wants to keep a piece of each

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The United States has opened a new stage in its industrial policy. This time it is not about aid without return or simple soft loans: Washington is offering millions of dollars to quantum companies in exchange for a share in its capital. The information comes from the Wall Street Journalwhich points out that the agreements seek more than just supporting promising companies. The message is clear: the Government wants to ensure a seat at the table for a technology that can reconfigure the economy and global power for decades to come. The initiative fits into a chain of recent decisions in which Washington has been deepening its presence in sectors considered strategic. The Government transformed almost 9,000 million dollars in previous aid to Intel in a participation close to 9.9% and obtained special rights in US Steel to oversee sensitive corporate decisions. He also supported MP Materials in the critical mineral chain. The signal is clear: when the sector is considered vital, Donald Trump’s White House seeks to stay on board. When public money also buys influence Conversations affect some of the most visible names of the American quantum ecosystem. According to the newspaper, companies such as IonQ, Rigetti Computing and D-Wave Quantum They are negotiating with the Department of Commerce the entry of the State into their capital. Other firms, including Quantum Computing Inc. and Atom Computing, are studying similar deals. Operations would start from a minimum of 10 million dollars per company in this initial phase, with the possibility of more applicants joining as the program progresses. The conditions are not limited to a mere public investment. The Commerce Department is studying formulas ranging from equity stakes to intellectual property licenses, royalties or revenue sharing schemes. The conversations are led by Paul Dabbarformer executive of the quantum sector and current number two in the department, according to published information. At this stage there are no closed agreements, but the approach indicates that the State seeks a tangible return and supervision tools. Washington’s interest is not explained only by financial reasons. Quantum computing is emerging as one of the technologies with the greatest capacity for industrial transformation. These machines promise to solve calculations that would take eons to current systemswith potential applications in fields such as drug design, advanced materials or highly complex chemistry. Adding to this momentum is international competition, with companies like IBM, Microsoft and Google involved and China advancing its own quantum race. The security dimension adds another layer of urgency. Quantum algorithms are projected to They may violate traditional encryption systemsincluding RSA and ECC, exposing both sensitive communications and critical infrastructure. The risk is not limited to the future: the strategy known as harvest now, decrypt later suggests that malicious actors are already collecting encrypted data for decryption when this capability becomes available. Given this scenario, Fortinet highlights the need to move towards post-quantum cryptography and strengthen networks and systems. The practical potential of this technology is well illustrated by the pharmaceutical sector. McKinsey highlights that quantum can transform drug development by enabling precise molecular simulations, something that classical calculus and pure AI fail to always capture. Large companies are already testing these systems to study proteins, evaluate chemical reactions or reduce experimental steps. This ability to model complex structures from scratch promises to accelerate research, improve the success rate in trials and shorten times to market for new therapies. The implementation of this approach is not limited to companies. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Commerce Department reorganized the office responsible for the scientific side of the CHIPS program and recovered several billion dollars that had been allocated to previous technology initiatives. The political message is transparent: the Executive wants public investments to be measurable and for the State to have mechanisms to benefit when the funded projects mature, especially in sectors with high strategic involvement. The shift raises dilemmas typical of a more interventionist model. Public participation can facilitate stability in strategic sectors, but it also opens the door to conflicts between technological, industrial or political priorities. The central doubt is to what extent the presence of the State will affect the pace of decision and the flexibility that the most competitive sectors demand. There are still relevant unknowns. The final percentages that the State could reach or the exact conditions that would accompany the participations are not known. According to the information available, the agreements are still in the negotiation phase and could be modified before being closed. It also remains to be seen what commitments will be required of companies and whether there will be associated performance or governance criteria. At this point, the process is moving forward, but a definitive schedule for awards or formalization of agreements has not yet been announced. Images | Dynamic Wang | D-Wave Quantum | Xataka with Gemini 2.5 In Xataka | The United States and China have finally met to resolve the trade war: one will give in on tariffs, the other on rare earths

It will allow you to have erotic conversations… if you hand over your ID in exchange

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OpenAI has announced that in December it will lift restrictions on erotic content on ChatGPT for verified adult users. The measure comes after months of complaints about the chatbot’s loss of “personality”, especially after the arrival of the serious GPT-5and represents a 180-degree turn in the company’s strategy, until now reluctant in contrast to Grok. Why is it important. This is the moment when OpenAI recognizes that without emotional (and sexual) intimacy it cannot compete with platforms like Character AIwhere its users spend up to two hours a day talking to their AI-partner. Erotic literature has existed since writing has existed. ChatGPT does not invent anything. It simply bridges the last gap between “useful tool” and “total emotional companion.” The context. Sam Altman had declared in August that he was “proud” not to have turned ChatGPT into a sexbot. Now he justifies the change under the principle of “treating adults like adults.” The reality is more prosaic: after supposedly mitigating mental health problems (two months after a lawsuit for the suicide of a teenager who used the platform), OpenAI believes that it can now afford to relax controls. The money trail. Character AI proved that erotic is a great glue to retain users. If OpenAI wants to monetize the engagement Really, you need to enter that field. Personalization of the assistant (with options for more human responses, use of emojis or “friend” behavior) is just the wrapper. Adult content is the new product. Yes, but. The toll to pay is something unprecedented: OpenAI will require age verification, presumably with an identity document. It is the largest exchange of privacy for service that such a technological platform has asked of us. The question is not whether there will be leaks of databases with erotic conversations linked to real, verified identities. The question is when and how many millions of users will be affected. The turn. OpenAI is building the metaverse that Meta couldn’t create, or at least not successfully. Only this is not visual, but conversational. Meta failed because no one wanted to be in its virtual worlds. But we do want to be in ChatGPT. And more with the restriction-free mode for emotional companionship and eroticism. The summer’s stricter restrictions (designed to make the chatbot “less fawning” and prevent mental health crises) had pissed off users who didn’t have psychological problems. Now OpenAI reverses its own security philosophy in record time. You have introduced parental controls and a separate experience for minors, but the speed of change raises questions about whether they have truly “mitigated” the risks or simply decided to take them on. Between the lines. This move shows the real battle of conversational AI. It’s not about who has the most powerful model, but who gets you to spend the most time with it. And accompaniment without an erotic dimension is incomplete for many users. OpenAI knows this. Altman predicted that ChatGPT could “cure cancer one day.” Now bet that he can also be your sexual confidant. They are only two sides of the same strategy of total penetration in the lives of users. In Xataka | Character.AI is accompanying and making its users fall in love. That’s wonderful until it’s not. Featured image | Xataka

streaming loses identity in exchange for catalog

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One of the Main own content factories From the Spanish audiovisual panorama and one of the largest streaming platforms thanks to its exclusive distribution of franchises such as Marvel, ‘Star Wars’, Pixar or Disney itself have reached an agreement with which both will see their audiences and catalogs extended. However, after this firm between Atresmedia and Disney+ there is an indisputable trend of international audiovisual: less and less exclusive names that provide unique content, more and more brands that match each other in search of the maximum common denominator of the audience. 300 hours per year. That is what Atresmedia will provide to Disney+ with this treatment. He current television leader In terms of audience, he gives a selection of its catalog to Disney+ from September, which will have an independent space within the platform that will be renewed regularly. It will not be, of course, the Atresmedia’s full catalogwhich belongs to your payment option (and also can be seen from prime video) and that reaches thousands of hours of content and practically all the own production programs that are broadcast on Antena 3. The novelty with Disney+ is that this selection of its catalog will be included in the Disney+ Rates. What will we see. Even with everything, the catalog that will be available in Disney+ will be wide: from original Atresplayer series as ‘Mar outside’ (premiere on September 14) talent shows well known by the general public, such as ‘La Voz’ or ‘Your face sounds to me’. There will also be series that have passed in Antena 3 such as ‘La Crucijada’ or ‘Dreams of freedom’, and classic series of the Atresmedia catalog, such as ‘vis a vis’, ‘physical or chemical’ or ‘here there is no one who lives’, which have long circulated through different platforms of streaming. Touch contact. It is not the first time that contact shots between large Spanish audiovisual groups and platforms of streaming. Recently, Netflix has begun to broadcast Movistar Plus+ series as the comedy ‘Dead SL’, the youth ‘Merlí’ and ‘The least thought day’. On the other hand, Mediaset series such as ‘Influencers’, ‘Scandal’, ‘The one that is coming’, ‘The people’, ‘The Prince’ or ‘Interdías’ have been seen on platforms such as Netflix or Prime Video. And we should not understand it only as an understandable attempt by the producers that their material reaches beyond the channels in open and enjoy second and third lives (sometimes more successful than the original paths, there is the spectacular and unusual case of ‘The Money Heist‘, by Atresmedia), but also of an attempt to “normalization” by the platforms of streaming. Everyone wants to be mostly. For years, streaming platforms have abandoned their intention to offer an alternative product to major televisions, In search of a broader audience. There are examples as clear as the purchase of brands as ‘Operation Triunfo’ by Prime Videobut the fact that ‘the one that is coming’ is One of the main successes of the Amazon Canal It makes it clear that the public is often transversal: there are no two watertight compartments, where or it looks Netflix or looks Telecinco. Many times there are two audiences, but with the same interests. The law asks. To this trend is added that eThere is European legislation that requires platforms on demand since 2018 that a part of its content when they operate in Europe is of European origin. It is the European Directive of Audiovisual Communication Services, and at least 30% of the platform catalog must be reserved for European works. This requirement must be incorporated into the national legislation of the Member States, and part of this content must be available in one of the official languages ​​of the country where the platform operates. In this way, Disney+ is fulfilling its share of this directive, adding to, as they have told today, “recent agreements in the United Kingdom with ITVX and in Germany with ZDF.” Be normal. Payment platforms have long ceased to be a paid land for experimentation. For leaving, even They ceased to be a television space without advertising. There are redoubts like HBO or Filmin, which often (although not always: there is nothing more massive than ‘Game of Thrones’) play more exquisite audiences. But what we have seen is a trend that forces us to create content without rest: if the rhythm of consumption is multiplied and the budgets of the Disney series are too high to release at the speed of Netflix … Doesn’t it have all the meaning they call at the door of Atresmedia in search of more and more material to emit? Header | Disney+ In Xataka | When analyzing the most viewed films of Netflix during this year, the notes and opinions throw a devastating verdict

More power in exchange for a subscription

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Car manufacturers are still looking for a way to implement more monetization techniques for their vehicles in an increasingly digital car era. Following this same line, Volkswagen He has opted for using a mechanism that has not been exempt from criticism: unlock all the power of its ID.3 through additional payment after the acquisition. The measure, which is already available in Spain and other European countries, marks a new and dangerous step towards payment subscriptions, also in cars. More power, if you pay more. The ID.3 pro comes standard with 204 hp, but through this subscription (which they call ‘Power-on-Demand’) users They can access 231 hp that the same engine is capable of developing. The cost: 18.90 euros per month or a single payment of 629 euros. The improvement is accompanied by additional 45 Nm torque, reducing the 0-100 km/h from 7.6 to 7.1 seconds. This would bring the electric mechanics closer to that of his older brother, the ID.3 Pro s, both with a price difference of about 8,000 euros in the German market. A dangerous approach to subscriptions. The era in which the owners have to pay more to unlock an existing capacity of the car has begun. The engine is configured to deliver that additional power from factory, but is blocked by software until the subscription is activated. Volkswagen has not been the only one in the sector to implement this type of measures. This reminds us, for example, BMW’s controversial decisions With the heating seats, Mercedes with its improvements to Subscription accelerationor Polestar for offering similar performance packages. Now, would you pay more to unlock this power? If we stick to The survey Made by the Global S&P firm, the percentage of customers willing to pay for connected services has fallen from 86% in 2024 to 68% in 2025. There is still a strong disposition, and that explains why these measures appear gradually. VW’s justification. The German brand defend which offers “customer flexibility” and that historically there were already motors of similar displacement with different power levels in higher ranges. According to Volkswagen, it allows a “more sporty driving experience” without committing to a higher initial price. The update is done remotely through the multimedia system of the vehicle. The small print. The update is available for vehicles with software version 3.2.1 and is linked to the car, not the owner, so it remains active in case of resale. If you have an older version of the software, you will have to stop the workshop to update to said version or higher. VW says that it does not affect autonomy or requires communicating it to the insurer, since the vehicle is approved with the maximum power from factory. Cover image | Volkswagen In Xataka | In the search to eliminate the lithium of the batteries, we have found the best candidate: multivent ion batteries

The war in Ukraine has become a video game. Kill gives points and rewards to exchange in a military Amazon

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It is something that has happened in all modern wars and conflicts, and in Ukraine it was not going to be different. We refer to the use of surprising tactics for combat. We had previously talked about the use of a Naval optical illusion And of a drone that “seeks” That they capture it to display your true threat. The latest: a rewards system with points. The prize: go to a war “Amazon. A war with points. I told it This week Insider and Political. In an unprecedented fusion between military and video game logic, Ukraine has launched a Rewards system that gives points to their soldiers for killing Russian troops or destroying their vehicles, provided that these acts are verified by recording of video drones. These points, called “Epoints”, can then be exchanged In Brave1 Marketa new digital platform that operates as A “Military Amazon”where combat units can acquire from attack drones and terrestrial robots to electronic warp devices or components such as batteries, cameras and engines. Add casualties to buy artillery. The initiative, promoted by Mykhailo Fedorov, Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, seeks to speed up and Decentralize access To the equipment, allowing the soldiers themselves to choose and buy the technology that best suits their needs in the front, either with own funds or through the rewards accumulated by their effectiveness in combat. The system establishes a numerical value for each target Enemy: Six points for each Russian soldier eliminated, forty for each destroyed tank, with equivalences that allow, for example, to acquire drones such as The “Baba Yaga” by 43 points or the sophisticated “backfire”which costs about $ 60,000 for three units. Delivery is made directly with state financing, without intermediaries. The Magyar’s Birds Unitfamous for its FPV drones attacks, it has already exceeded 16,000 points, heading The March rankingfollowed by specialized brigades in unmanned systems and special operations. A military Amazon. Far from being a simple shopping site, Brave1 Market represents a Disruptive Logistics Model and acquisition in times of conflict. Your catalog has More than 1,000 items ranging from advanced armament to technical solutions of communication, surveillance, navigation and electronic protection. Soldiers can navigate the portal, compare models, read specifications and contact manufacturers to close orders. Part of the content is of restricted accessbut the bulk of the inventory is publicly available to facilitate fast and autonomous decision -making from the front. One of the main objectives is to reduce the gap between technological development and its real implementation on the battlefield. In fact, Insider told that many units did not know that certain devices were available; They can now request them directly without having to wait for bureaucratic channels or slow -on channels. Drones as currency. The points system has the drones that, like We have explainedare absolute protagonists of the new battlefield Ukrainian. The most used They are the FPV (First-Person View) and short-range bombing models, operated by highly mobile units that film each impact to document it to the military intelligence network. These videos not only allow to verify the elimination of enemy objectives, but have become The “hard currency” with which more technology is accessed. Each approved purchase is Financed by the Ukrainian Government and delivered directly to the requesting unit, which reinforces a decentralized supply model based on operational merit. Meritocracy and ethical dilemma. No doubt, we talk about a system that converts the war effectiveness into immediate benefitswhich generates a Ethical conflict on the gamification of the conflict. Killing becomes a rewarded act not only with recognition, but with material power to improve the offensive abilities of the unit. Although brutal, the model has proven to be effective for Accelerate the answer On the battlefield, promote tactical initiative and allow troops to access the technology they really need. In parallel, it also represents a form of digitalized war economy, where each confirmed impact translates into purchasing power, each successful mission in Access to strategic resources. A logic that is not free: responds to the urgency of Modernize the military apparatus Ukrainian in the midst of an asymmetric war, and the need to compete technologically with an enemy that has greater industrial and human reserves. Of course, he questions the ethical limits of the military culture model that can generate in the long term. A new military paradigm. The only existence of A “store” like this Change the concept of war in the 21st century. We talk about a digital architecture, distributed and Efficiency oriented Immediate with which Ukraine not only tries to match Russia in offensive capacity, but to overcome it in technological agility, tactical innovation and adaptation speed. If you want too, the battlefield does not seem only a physical space, but also a kind of Interactive platform where each action can be measured, rewarded and transform into operational advantage. A New War Economy where the value is measured, not in abstract terms, but in eliminated objectives, points won and delivered drones. Together with the obvious ethical dilemmas he poses, he also reveals to what extent the modern war is as technological as lethal. Image | NATO North, Ministry of Defense In Xataka | Russia has confirmed one of the great unknowns of war in Ukraine: North Korea accompanies them and not only with troops In Xataka | Russia has crowded a surprising blow to Ukraine: 100 soldiers walking for four days inside a gas pipeline

In South Korea offered 14,000 euros to young people in exchange for them to get married. Young people did the same

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With $ 14,000 you can cover holes, take a few sabbatical months to travel around the world or invest in that business that has been around your head for years. What you will not get is to match two South Koreans to marry, form a home and have children to help the country out of the deep crisis of birth in which it has been mired for years. We know it because in Korea there are administrations that already They have thrown out of a checkbook and reached those figures (more than 10,000 dollars) in their efforts to act as a casameros. All without success. Moreover, that commitment to administrations to encourage matches is having a peculiar effect: it has made singleness A true business. Question of love … and money. In his efforts to leave the demographic pothole in which he has been plunged for a long time, he has not hesitated to pull a check -up. Its reasoning is simple: if birth can be encouraged with money, the government is willing to put it on the table. In recent months the authorities of the country have proposed to deliver large ‘baby checks’ to its citizens, offer Fiscal incentives To families with children, expand parental permits or even guarantee that the new moms have access to select food. Another of the country’s great bets has been to match its young people. And that has gone so much to create appointment programs Designed specifically for single to find love how to make it easy at the economic level, offering money so that the cost of a romantic dinner is not an obstacle. Perhaps it sounds exaggerated, but there is a fact that explains it: in South Pareja and Bulality they go hand in hand. So much, that less than 5% From babies they are born out of marriage. How much money do we talk about? A lot A good part of the southern Korean pairing programs start from regional organizations, so that photography can vary from one area to another of the country; But it arrives with a quick turn by Google to see news from cities or districts that try to raise their birth rate with expensive pairing programs. Recently We talked to you of the Seoul case, where the Metropolitan Government studied to deliver 700 euros to the couples who marry there. It is a lot. Although not as much as in other cities. In Busan, one from the main ones Metropolitan Areas of South Korea and that is suffering the effects of the demographic crisis in a form particularly hardthey have gone a step further blessing the new couples with hundreds of dollars. What does that translate? In which money ceases to be an obstacle to throwing girlfriend (or boyfriend). In June The Korea Herald He informed That one of the districts of Busan, Saha-Gu, planned a pilot project with local singles born between 1981 and 2001 to which it offered 360 dollars (to spend on appointments) only for ‘doing Match ‘ With someone. That is, each couple who left the event grabbed by the hand and with plans to be added 700 dollars for their romance. A figure: $ 14,000. Those 360 ​​dollars per person to enjoy as a couple were only the first part of the SAHA-gu program. The idea was to increase support as the relationship progressed until you reach the great wedding gift: 20 million wones In advance for couples who give themselves the ‘yes I want’, about $ 13,600. The district was even willing to offer newly married a larger deposit if they decided to buy a house or help them with rent. Such a bet is better understood in the light of the demographic tables of the Metropolitan City of Busan: if at the beginning of the 90s it passed from the 3.8 million inhabitantsin 2010 it was at 3.4 million. The trend does not clash with that of the country as a whole, which At the end of 2024 It became a “aging super society”, with 20% of its population above 65 years. Do these aid work? That was the big question that was driving … and just answered The Wall Street Journal (TWSJ) with A report in which the title is almost a sentence: “Not even a governmental aid of $ 14,000 can make the single South Korea marry.” Despite the promise of receiving a wedding gift of $ 14,000, the Saha-Gu program was not very successful. TWSJ assures that no participant demanded that reward. And that Saha-Gu is just one of the aid to which couples can opt. TWSJ remembers that not all support leaves administrations and that there are also religious companies or organizations that try to reverse the country’s demographic crisis. Two examples are the construction company Booyoung Group, which offered $ 75,000 to employees who have a child; and the Yoido full gospel churchwhich gives its members almost $ 1,400. The big question. With such incentives the question is evident. Why don’t South Koreans marry? Why do your birth continue well below of that of years ago? Part of the answer are social and cultural changes. TWSJ He quotes a survey recent that shows that three fifths of the South Koreans with employment do not see the slightest problem in not going through the altar, a factor to which others of an economic nature are added, such as the long working daysincreased cost of living or how will be The parenting of children in a society characterized by their demand level and competitiveness. Another key are The difficulties with which women are to rejoin to the labor market after being mothers. In fact there are courtship programs that have ended up suspending precisely because they could not gather a sufficient number of interested women. Other young people rule out simply registering for the heavy bureaucracy that accompanies this kind of initiatives. “It’s more problematic than you imagine,” Recognize one to TWSJ. Is the government … Read more

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