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In Germany, more than 3,000 employees have responded

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The only gigafactoría that Tesla has in Europe is going through a deep labor conflict that has unions and directive of the unions and directive of the Tesla Factory in Berlin. The company doubts the Veracity of the casualties due to employee disease and the wick of a conflict has been ignited in which payrolls are being blocked and demanding from salaries already subscribed. 3,000 employees asking for labor improvements. Reuters He informed that 3,086 workers of the Tesla plant in Grünheide had signed A claim of the IG Metall union in which better working conditions were required. The signatories suppose more than a quarter of the entire workforce of the German plant, asking More restbetter staffing and the end of harassment that employees are suffering from the management of the factory. The union indicates in its statement the urgency of applying these claims: “The vote of the workers is clear and unequivocal: the address must introduce without delay the brief pauses paid, such as the norm in various ways in all other automotive plants. Often, there is not even time in the assembly line to take something or go to the bathroom,” IG Mall said next to their claims. Tesla denies the discomfort of the template. According to Financial Timesa union survey among Tesla employees in Germany assured that more than 91% of employees had suffered some kind of physical injury or problems As a direct result of his work, the most frequent back pain being. In contrast, Reuters said that Tesla had conducted her own survey between 7,500 of the 11,000 factory employees in which 80% claimed to be satisfied with her work. Dirk Schulze, regional director of IG Malll, said through A statement Extended by the union, that the petition was a sign that the employees were “defending their demands of better working conditions” and challenged the “disinformation of management”, in clear allusion to some satisfaction results under suspicion of being rigged. Labor absenteeism: the elephant in the room. In the background of claims and the satisfaction of the working conditions are the high loss of the disease that has been registering German gigafactoría for months. Tesla employees have been denouncing the Directive harassment of the factory. According to published the German newspaper Handelsblattthis pressure now has been done Extensive doctors They have signed their casualties. The company would have urged its employees to reveal the diagnosis of “any certified disability to work” and to free doctors who deal with their confidentiality duty. You do not work, there is no salary. The union He has denounced that Tesla is holding the salary of some workers who are discharged, generating a great concern between the template. “With this unacceptable attitude, the company is leading colleagues again and again,” said Dirk Schulze. From the union they ensure that some employees have received letters in which they are required to return part of the wages already perceived by referring to alleged “debts” or “overpagos” that do not correspond to them. “I demand the direction of the Grünheide plant that ends this practice immediately. The intimidation, totally unacceptable, to the companions must cease,” Schulze wrote in his statement. Musk’s anti -unionism. It is no secret that Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, has a marked RESTICENCE TO UNIONS. Its anti -union posture is a key factor in the work problem that is lived in German gigafactoría. In fact, the Financial Times stands out A peculiarity in the functioning of the Tesla factory in Germany: its company committee is led by a personnel member not affiliated with a union, an anomaly in the German automotive industry. Elon Musk has been contrary to the presence of unions in their companies in the US. The employees of their factories denounced that they had been dismissed as retaliation for his attempt to union at the plant that the manufacturer has in Buffalo (New York). In Xataka | Byd’s new ultra -grape load system has made millionaires to many investors: those who bet in short of Tesla In Xataka | A judge blocked Elon Musk’s Millmillonario salary bonus complying with a law: Musk’s lawyers want to change that law Image | Tesla

China is improving both its wind turbines that Germany only finds an explanation: spies

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Espionage is an art that requires adequate ingenuity, strategy and tools. But if we talked about using wind turbines to obtain information, it would seem science fiction. However, reality exceeds fiction, China has been accused of spying on Germany. Short. A group of German experts has detailed In a report that Chinese manufacturers could be using sensors in wind turbines to collect unauthorized data in Germany. In detail. The report, commissioned by the German Ministry of Defense, suggests that Chinese companies They could use sensors of turbines to extract confidential data or turn off the turbines remotely. In addition, they have recommended suspending wind projects that have a Chinese signature, the first being the Waterkant Marine Park. And what does China say? China’s Chamber of Commerce (CCCEU) has described the report as “technically unlikely and lacking a factual basis.” From the Chinese agency they have assured that companies are complying with European regulations. In addition, they have argued that concerns about security, related to data collection or remote control, are a pretext to block Chinese companies in the European market, which could affect loyal competition and international commercial relations. But can the turbines be used to spy? According to the CCCEU and Chinese experts, wind turbines They are not equipped to spy. The sensors are designed to optimize performance, monitor failures and protect wildlife. In addition, the remote control and management systems of wind farms, such as Waterkant, are managed by German and European companies. From the Chinese part they reinforce the idea that these allegations are unfounded and part of an attempt to protect the local market. But in defense. Marine wind projects have been suspended for military security concerns such as It happened in Sweden. The reason is because a wind farm can affect the arrest and monitoring of missiles due to the dimensions of a wind turbine. However, other countries are using them in their favor as the case of Poland, which has installed radar and sound systems among wind turbines. In addition, a similar strategy is addressing Windeurope together with NATO and the European Defense Agency (EDA) with the creation of a new project: Symbiosis. In it they seek to deploy marine renewable energies in the maritime defense space and create synergies to address them. Other accusations of espionage to China. It is not the first time that the Asian giant is accused in the German country, less than a year ago, three suspects They were arrested for stealing military technology. He was also accused of Early Europe With its secret space plane. It should be added, all the material you are designing to improve your espionage skills as Use Starlink signals to detect spy and drones airplanes, or A camera that identifies faces 100 kilometers. Finally, the Asian country It is developing A espionage agency, the Guoanbu, to become the first world power by 2049. The approach is based on economic and technological intelligence, along with cyberspage capabilities. Forecasts. Right now the US tariff replication has left a vacuum In global trade, which China is taking advantage of exporting its exports. For that reason, China wants to continue investing and working with the European Union. Despite this friction, bilateral shops They have reached The 5,591 billion yuan (771 billion dollars) in 2024, reflecting an interannual increase of 1.6 percent. Image | Pixabay Xataka | Finland has a problem with renewables. You will solve it by building a storage megabattery

Germany gets serious with nuclear fusion. His energy model shouts that this ‘Stellarator’ reactor works

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The experimental reactors of nuclear fusion of type Stellarator They represent a very solid alternative to Tokamakas ITER either JET. And they are not precisely the result of a recent investigation. In fact, both designs were designed During the 50s of the last century. He Stellarator It was designed by the American physicist Lyman Spitzer and exercised as the foundations on which the Plasma Physics Laboratory of Princeton University (USA) was built. The design TokamakHowever, it was devised by Soviet physicists igor Yevguénievich Tamm and Andréi DMítrievich Sájarov from the ideas proposed a few years before by his colleague Oleg Lavrentiev. Both reactors were conceived with the purpose of confine Stellarator He received great support from the scientific community in the West due to its enormous potential. However, when Soviet and American scientists published their results and compared them, they realized that Tokamak design performance It was one or two orders of magnitude better than that of Stellarator. From that moment on, this last design was largely marginalized. The most obvious difference between one and the other lies in its geometry, but it is enough to investigate both to realize that the reactors Stellarator They still have a lot to say. Proxima Fusion has put a date to its demonstration fusion plant Type reactors Tokamak They have a toroid form (or donut), and Stellarator They have a more complex geometry that resembles them to a twisted donut on itself. However, the fundamental difference between these two designs is that the reactors Tokamak They require that the magnetic fields that confine plasma be generated by coils and induced by plasma itself, while in the reactors Stellarator Everything is done with coils. There is no current within the plasma. This means, in short, that the latter are more complex and difficult to build. In February 2023, the Wendelstein 7-X reactor managed In Europe we have a type fusion reactor Stellarator extraordinarily promising: el Wendelstein 7-X. It is installed in one of the buildings that the Max Planck Institute has for Plasma Physics in Greifswald (Germany), and its construction concluded in 2015. The first tests carried out in this fusion reactor between 2015 and 2018 came out as planned, so in November of this last year An important moment arrived in his itinerary: It was necessary to modify it to install a water cooling system that was able to evacuate more effectively the residual thermal energy of the vacuum chamber walls, as well as a system that allowed the plasma to reach a higher temperature. The works that required these modifications concluded successfully in August 2022. And in February 2023 the Wendelstein 7-X reactor reached an important milestone: it managed to confine and stabilize the plasma for 8 uninterrupted minutes in which it delivered a total energy of 1.3 gigajultos. During the last two years everything learned in the development and the first tests carried out in this machine has been used by the German emerging company Proxima Fusion. In fact, its founders come from the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. His work is being financed by Germany, the European Union, and also by several private entities of venture capital. And it’s going very well. In fact, fusion physicists and engineers have published a scientific article in Fusion Engineering and Design which has already been reviewed by pairs and in which they detail the design of Stellaris, its reactor prototype Stellarator commercial. Your next step requires Build a demonstration power plant From its design that should be ready in 2031. Yes, in just six years. I hope you get it. If Alpha, which is what this test power plant will be called, the commercial fusion energy will be a reality before the next decade is completed. This is the authentic purpose of next fusion. Image | Proxima Fusion More information | Fusion Engineering and Design In Xataka | In France, an alternative to Iter in Nuclear Fusion is being cooking: a commercial ‘Stellarator’ reactor

Japan had found in ramen a way to raise its economy. They did not have two problems: Denmark and Germany

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In July of last year many regions of Japan They adopted the same formula to lift their economies. The idea did not seem bad: if you get tourists as it is happening to the Japanese nation (monthly absolute record with three million last March), opportunities ariseand the ramen was a “must” for every tourist toile. The problem: that if everyone did the same and in each corner there was a ramen place, the opportunity became a battle. Thus, perhaps what has happened at the beginning of the year: Bankruptcies throughout the country map. To this we must add a problem that nobody saw thousands of kilometers. A cultural symbol. None of this would be news if we did not speak “of the dish” in capital letters of the nation, or one of them. Ramen is one of the most emblematic Japanese gastronomy and occupies a special place in the country’s culinary culture. Traditionally considered a basic and affordable food for students, workers and families with a tight budget, it represents more than a simple dish of noodles: it is a reflection of the accessible spirit of Japanese cuisine. However, this symbol of modesty and practicality faces a growing challenge with the increase in operational costs and psychological barriers in prices, Like that “wall of 1,000 yen”, a symbolic limit that rarely crossed until recently. The perfect storm. Since 2020, the costs of basic ingredients such as algae, noodles and onions have increased significantly, With a 10% rise in just three years. This adds to the increase in energy, The weakness of the Yen against the dollar and supply problems caused by war in Ukraine. All pressures that have led restaurants such as Tetsuya Kaneko and Taisei Hikage to make difficult decisions: increase the prices of their menus or face the possibility of closing. In many cases, price increases, although modest, They are accompanied by public apologiesreflecting the delicate balance between business sustainability and respect for customers. And the other problem: meat. Yes, in addition to the rise of basic ingredients, the other fundamental problem It’s pork. Ramen restaurants in Japan are dealing with growing pressure due to the rise in animal prices, a key ingredient for His iconic chashu. Denmark. The import prices of the European pig, particularly from Denmark, they have risen 6% in the last yearreaching between 810 and 830 yen per kilogram. The reason? The increase here is also due to a combination of factors: as in the basics, the feeding costs raised by the Russian invasion to Ukraine, but also because of the closure of processing plants in Europe, the weakening of the Chinese economy that has reduced The demand and the depreciation of the Yen that we comment, a whole that further imports imports. The effects have been translated, again, in Wholesale prices and finally in the menus Of the restaurants, with many businesses breaking that psychological barrier of the 1,000 yen for a bowl bowl, which could scare away customers. And Germany. It is the second big problem derived from meat. The recent detection of Afitosa fever in Germany has generated a new challenge, because although Japan no matter pork there, Countries like South Korea and the United Kingdom did, and now they are resorting to alternatives In other European suppliers, which increases pressure on global pig prices. Using Brazil. Yes, this cultivation broth has made Japan is resorting to Brazil as a new suppliertripling its imported pork imports from the country to 10,131 tons in November 2024. However, the change does not seem to have mitigated the costs at all, since the price of the pig, along with the rest of the essential ingredients we were talking about at the beginning, such as pork fat, Nori, fresh noodles and green onions, follows up. Onions, for example, have experienced a 29% increase in the last year. Impact and bankruptcy. The crisis not only affects ingredients. Nikkei said this week That labor costs and rentals have also increased, leading many small and medium businesses to the limit. In 2024, 72 Ramen restaurants operators with debts greater than 10 million yen declared bankruptcymarking a record and exceeding the levels reached during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. Not only that. About 30% of respondents by the firm Teikoku Databank reported losses, reflecting the difficult situation of the industry. Answer and impact on consumers. In front of this panorama, Chains like Yamaokaya They have opted for increasing prices, but only from some menusincluding Ramen with Chashu, while looking to keep prices under control in collaboration with their suppliers. However, the measures do not seem to have been enough to relieve the financial pressure of many establishments, which struggle to balance quality, affordability and sustainability in a highly competitive market. Ramen, until recently An opportunity to raise economies From the nation, it is taking many businesses to bankruptcy, threatening the road to a whole symbol of Japanese gastronomy. Image | Sodai Gomi In Xataka | Japan is suffering a bankruptcy record from Ramen. And in part it is the result of the “1,000 yen barrier” In Xataka | The cities of Japan have begun a fierce struggle to lift their economy. THE KEY RECIPE: Ramen

Germany was the great European automobile power. Now, more and more manufacturers are clear that it is the place to avoid

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“Germany is the place where the car was invented.” This clear and forceful are shown in the Verbandes Der Automobilindustrie (VDA)the German automobile industry association. An organization that estimated that in 2023 they worked in this sector 779,700 employees throughout the country. To get an idea of ​​the size of the automobile industry in Germany, in 2023 they manufactured 4.1 million passenger vehicles and almost 200,000 commercial vehicles. In Spain, the second largest vehicle producer in Europe, we manufactured half a million commercial vehicles but we stayed at 1.9 million passenger cars, according to data collected by Expansion. In fact, Germany is also the first country in Europe and the second largest producer in the world of electric cars. In 2023 they manufactured 1.27 cars moved by this technology. It would be expected, therefore, that with this experience it would attract more and more interest of new companies that intend to settle in Europe. Nothing is further from reality. A gigantic problem However, Germany faces a huge restructuring problem in the automobile industry. Their companies are in a process of conversion to the electric vehicle that points to thousands of layoffs but, in addition, the new companies seem clear that Germany is already the place where not to mount their factories. The last to position has been controversial. Asked about a possible polestar factory in the country, Michael Lohsccheller, general director of Polestar, responded to the newspaper Welt that “Germany It is not precisely the cheapest place For car production. Everyone knows what the general conditions are at the moment. “ With that last sentence, Lohscheller referred to the loss of German competitiveness in the automobile industry. Stefan Bratzel del Center of Automotive Management (CAM) I pointed to DW This same month of January that the country suffered with “high labor costs, including medical care expenses and extensive holidays” of its workers. To that same medium, Dirk Dohse, of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IFW) made it clear that German engineers were still among the best in the world but that the lack of flexibility prevented them from attract new talentsespecially from Asia. The country has been in a Institutional and economic internal crisis which is being deeper in the automobile industry. This loss of competitiveness has led manufacturers to warn that There are 190,000 jobs at stake If the industry does not find a solution. An output that looks more and more complicated if you consider that its manufacturers are drawing much more exports performance to China of electric cars than of combustion vehicles. This is a problem because the latter can get much higher per yield per vehicle sold than to electricity but also have a much lower competition than in the electric car market where the customer is turning to the local product. With the pressures of European policies to hug the electric car, the industry has undertaken a conversion in its factories. However, until 2024 technology Keep growing at a paid in EuropOh In China they see the European car as a outdated product. The latter is especially important in a country that houses a huge labor force of Volkswagen, Mercedes or BMW, whose world sales volumes They are especially sensitive to Chinese purchases. With bad results, Volkswagen has tried to fire tens of thousands of employees In Germany but, above all, the country sees How are production of vehicles or batteries to places like Spain, with lower labor and energy costs. A good example is the plant of Volkswagen in Sagunto to nurture Ford and Martorell. But, in addition, Germany is not attracting new investments. Northvolt’s project in Germany did not go from the theory while Spain has received Catl’s support, Byd has settled in Hungary and Leapmotor already produces cars in Poland and, It is rumored, that in Spain. Besides, Morocco and Türkiye They press to show themselves as especially attractive countries to produce cars as cheap as possible. Photo | Volkswagen In Xataka | Germany demonstrates the dependence on the aid that the electric car has: 100,000 vehicles are taking dust

The company closes a study in the United Kingdom and cuts personal in Germany and Sweden

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The movements in Ubisoft follow. The video game company based in Saint-Mandé has announced The dismissal of 185 employees. Part of the affected team was part of a study in the United Kingdom that will close its doors in the middle of an important restructuring. Ubisoft Leamington will completely cease its activities, while Ubisoft Düsseldorf (Germany), Ubisoft Stockholm (Sweden) and Ubisoft Reflections (United Kingdom) will receive a scissor to reduce costs, although they will continue to work with less personnel and resources. Times of change and survival The giant founded by the Guillemot brothers Buy Freestylegames from Activision in 2017. The operation included the transfer of the team that had developed products such as ‘Guitar Hero Live’. He was renamed as Ubisoft Leamington and got involved in several projects. The company used this study as support for the development of ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division‘,’Star Wars Outlaws‘,’Skull and bones‘ and ‘Far Cry 5‘. After almost a decade, Ubisoft has decided to dispense with this part of its structure to “guarantee long -term stability.” It is no secret that Ubisoft is not at its best. At the end of last year He announced that he would close ‘Xdefiant’, his ‘call of duty’ free. That decision, which will materialize this year, is accompanied by the closure of studies in San Francisco and Osaka. If we analyze the rest of the catalog, the panorama is not much more promising. Star Wars: Outlawswhich was outlined as one of the great bets of the year for the French company, ended up registering Christmas sales below expectations. With this scenario, the looks are set in ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows‘Like the great hope to Revert the course in 2025. The problem is that the launch of this title has been delayed twiceand should be available from March 20 of this year. The first month of the year closes for Ubisoft with new drastic measures, all the chips placed in its next large title and increasingly strong rumors on a possible sale. The future of the company is still uncertain, and it remains to be seen if it will straighten the course. Images | Ubisoft In Xataka | Xbox releases the artillery by 2025 with in -depth views to the very brutal new ‘doom’ and the announcement of ‘Ninja Gaiden 4’

After doing the Nazi greeting, Elon Musk has decided to get close to alternative for Germany

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With the Nazi greeting That Elon Musk dedicated to the Republican voters during the investiture of Donald Trump, the billionaire has returned (better than present) to the candlestick in an alternative rally for Germany at the gates of the German elections. The millionaire intervened through video call In one of the main acts of the electoral campaign of the alternative ultra -right party for Germany (AFD), in which the millionaire said Germany was doing “too much emphasis on past guilt. Germany’s children should not be guilty of the sins of his parents, much less of his grandparents. “ After the American campaign, it plays Europe. The increase in Elon Musk’s fortune After Donald Trump’s victory and its subsequent decreesthey are testimony that Musk’s political and economic interests They walk hand in hand. Once its position is consolidated near power in the United States, the millionaire seeks to increase its influence in Europe, where Musk also has important economic interests to defend. After having The pre -campaign heated Electoral attacking against the political leaders of Europe, the United Kingdom and, of course, Germany, Elon Musk has sneaked into the screen of the German elections with a live intervention in a rally of the German ultra -right. Musk message to the Germans. In his live speech at the AFD act, the Millionaire harangued the attendees with proclamations on “the greatness of the German nation” and his “thousands of years” empire, who raised controversy for the content and tone of their speech , criticizing “a multiculturalism that dilutes everything”, as the German Spiegel said. Musk pointed to the followers of the AFD present that they should “be proud to be Germans”, and then ensure that “it points too much to the fault of the past, that is something that must be left behind”, in clear allusion to responsibility of Nazi Germany in the Holocaust. The Millionaire also did not hesitate the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz of “Ignorant Zoquete” and “Pellee”. Auschwitz’s 80th anniversary reactions. The words pronounced by Elon Musk before the voters of the German ultra -right and, especially their tone, have raised blisters in Poland, where the 80th anniversary of the release of the Auschwitz concentration camp is celebrated by the Soviet troops. The reactions of the Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk did not wait and, from Your X profilehe responded to the words of the tycoon. “The words we hear from the protagonists of the AFD’s demonstration about” Great Germany “and the” need to forget German guilt for Nazis crimes “sounded too familiar and sidesested. Above all, a few hours after the anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation, “wrote the Polish prime minister. His German counterpart He replied“I can’t agree more, dear Donald.” AFD’s proposal. The electoral proposal of the ultra -right party is practically a tracing of what Trump proposed in his program, betting on greater antieuropeistic nationalism, deregularization of the labor market, tax decrease for companies and deregularization of the energy market, as well as an related immigration policy to which Donald Trump is already applying. It is not the first time that Elon Musk’s interventions in German politics lift Polvareda. A few weeks ago, the owner of X granted an interview Alice Weidel, party leader, in which the German representative said with conviction that Adolf Hitler was a communist and the third Reich, socialist. Weidel put himself in charge of German training after the resignation of his European candidate Maximiliam Krah, after statements in which he banalized the holocaust. Krah said that “I will never say that everyone who had a uniform of the SS was automatically a criminal.” These statements led to other European ultra -right parties, such as national regrouping of Marine Le Pen or Italian League of Mateo Salvini, They broke their relationships With AFD. Elon Musk’s interests. Elon Musk’s interests in which AFD wins the elections in Germany have a name: Tesla. The gigafactoría that the car manufacturer has close to Berlin faced many doubts about its environmental impact before achieving the necessary permits to initiate their construction works. On the other hand, it is paradoxical that Musk supports the candidacy of the only party that openly opposed the construction of the Tesla factory in Germany, according to They collect local media. In addition, the strict Labor laws in Germany and its environmental restrictions Nor are they contributing to the interests of expansion of the German plant. Elon Musk would not be denied that, with the arrival of the AFD ultra -right party to power in Germany, Tesla Viera as reduced by his tax bill in Germany, such as the one that has provided the arrival of Donald Trump Trump To the great American technology. In Xataka | The next border of the super farms is no longer to be Milmillonarios, is to be Billionaires: Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos are candidates Image | AFD

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