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In Japan, a young man has devised the best way to leave at his time and not make extra hours: found his own religion

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Work overload is one of Japan’s most serious problems, taking employees to collapse due to exhaustion. Despite the numerous measures that have been launched To protect workers, thousands of people are pressed to extend your workday Without compensation. In many cases, these eternal days generate physical and mental consequences They can be fatal. A Japanese young man has found an unexpected and legally protected form of getting rid of the so feared extra hours: founding his own religion. One that prohibits working beyond their working hours. The only commandment of Hista: You will go out at your time. In 2018, Motohiro Histano, tired of the workload and culture that surrounded him, decided to found a new religion he called Motohiro to Peoplealso known as MTOP. This was not going to be a religion like any other: it does not promise eternal life or demand penance for its faithful. Only offers a clear commandment: to refuse to work hours, arguing “religious reasons” not to do so, Point out on the webof the cult. He said In several statementshis main objective was to offer a valid (and legally respected) excuse to get out of work at his time. “The ‘religious reasons’ are the most powerful reasons in the world of reasons. I do not do miracles or have super powers. I only grant the power of the ‘religious reasons’ to those who follow me,” said Hista in Your message Foundational THE SACRED BOOK OF HISAN. If Judaism has the Torah, Islam the Qur’ Japan Labor Standards Law. The Japanese labor legislation provides strong protection against discrimination For reasons of sex, race or religion to its workers, so it is expressly forbidden to impose rules or retaliate against them for these reasons. That diligence in the protection of religious feelings was the one that gave the idea to Hista to found his church. If a religion dictates that “Nége to work overtime overtime, because it is bad to spend your time on things you do not want to do”, as faithful, the employee must follow those precepts. So the company will have no choice but to accept it, or assume a demand for religious discrimination. Pray to x. To make this religion the only thing that is needed is to follow An X account and join the followers of “Free Lance God“(The God free of responsibilities). As reads in his bio, religion has as many faithful as followers marks the accountant. At the moment, 17,100 faithful to the God that allows you to leave work at your time. Hista’s religion is laughing, reality does not. As with others Parodic religions like that of pastefarism, or the insumiso pussy, Motohiro to People adopts humor as a tool for denounce work injustices present in the daily life of Japanese society in the form of satire and social criticism. The work overload and eternal working hours have plunged Japan into a Demographic winter with Birth for soils and an aged labor market. Authorities and companies are promoting labor conciliation measures oriented not only to improve birth rate allowing families to compatible working life With the care of childrenin addition to Improve productivity promoting him employee welfare. Hista’s religion is a complaint to all this culture of toxic work that prevents people from having a life beyond work. In Xataka | In Japan there are parents named “Pikachu” to their children. We do not blame them, but the Japanese government yes Image | Motohiro Hieno

I have to prepare the suitcase for this vacation. I do not leave the house without swimsuits, but neither without a VPN on the mobile

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After a wait that sometimes has become too long, the time has come that many expected: summer holidays. These are dates that many take advantage of some escape, one that almost always leads us to accommodations such as hotels that have Wi -Fi networks for your guests. These can come great, but are they entirely safe? These and others public Wi -Fi networks They are perfect in those moments in which we do not have coverage or in which we do not want to spend our data, but they are still networks that we know very little. Luckily, there is a very simple way to protect ourselves when we connect to them: Use a VPN. This surfshark is one of the cheapest we can findsince just goes out for 1.99 euros a month. Surfshark Starter Subscription – Monthly * Some price may have changed from the last review More internet security no matter how little every month It is no secret that we can find several on the Internet Free VPNwhich do not work badly and can get us out of trouble in case we have none. The problem is that the service offered by these is limited and the connection speed is, in most cases, too slow. Does not suffer this happens to get a payment VPN, but we don’t have to spend a fortune if we bet on one like Surfshark. It is one of those things that it does not occupy just site and that is always worth installed, both on the mobile and in a laptop or on a tablet. In fact, with surfshark we can install the VPN In how many devices we want without any limit. With this, what we will have is greater privacy and greater protection of our information on the Internet, something ideal in unknown networks. In the case of Surfshark, in addition, its VPN is included in its Starter Plan. This, which is the most economical of those you have, includes another very useful tool called ALTERNATIVE ID. This serves to generate a series of fictional data that we can use to register in some pages that we do not consider safely or where we simply do not want to enter our real data. The Starter Plan is priced at 1.99 euros per month, so if we make numbers, two years of the service will be released for a total of 53.73 euros, since in addition We will receive 3 months extra service (that is, we will have 27 months). Here we are facing a very important discount, since its discount price amounts to 417.15 euros. 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 | Cameron Stow in Unspash In Xataka | Why it is dangerous to connect to public wifis and what you should do to protect yourself In Xataka | The best solutions to protect your data and your company’s computer equipment

“If you want to leave at 5 you are not at the right work”

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The debate on the balance between working and personal life has gained strength in recent years, especially Among the new generations They are looking for one greater flexibility and well -being. However, new Figures by Silicon Valley as Lucy Guo, millionaire and co -founder of Scale AIThey discard that balance hugging a much more demanding work culture, inspired by the Chinese labor model known as “996” (From nine in the morning to nine at night, six days a week). He is not the only founder who is doing it. Guo, who recently It was recognized by Forbes As the youngest millionaire made to herself, she has made her Extreme workday An example to follow for other startup founders. His lifestyle is generating an intense debate about what professional success really means in the technological era. The founder’s passion for work The co -founder of Scale AI, and CEO of Passes Since 2022, he does not believe in the balance between working and personal life. Tal and counted In an interview for Fortune“I probably don’t have a good balance between my working and personal life. For me, work is not really work. I love doing my job.” This perspective has led her to defend the working hours of up to 90 hours a week as The new standard for those who aspire to succeed in the world of startups. Guo argues that, if a person is looking forward to five in the afternoon to go home, “you may not have the right work.” According to his experience, true motivation arises when work feels like A natural extension of lifenot as an obligation to escape when the day is fulfilled. According to what he told FortuneGuo The day begins At 5:30 in the morning with an intense exercise session. By nine in the morning he is already in the office, and lunch on his desk, without leaving the office. His workday ends towards midnight, when he finally closes his laptop and goes to sleep. Even working 90 hours a week, he says he finds “one or two hours” to be with family and friends: “You always have to find time for that, regardless of how busy you are.” One of the reasons that Lucy Guo keeps in that “always available” state is his obsession to offer the best customer service in his startup. She herself gives her team only five minutes to respond to customers before doing so: “Offering exceptional customer service is what distinguishes the startups from large technological ones. Even if you have fewer customers, it is very possible that the executive director responds to everything, which increases the fidelity of the people. Today, it is impossible for an executive director like Uber’s. That is my mentality,” Guo explained. Although it may seem an extreme approach, Guo is not alone in this way of working. More and more Ceos de Silicon Valley are hugging models that They demand their employees Days of more than 80 hours per week, convinced that passion and total dedication are the Key to success in the technological sector current. The “996” takes over Silicon Valley The traditional work culture of China or Japan, which linked work with values ​​such as honor, respect or loyalty ended up deriving in a culture in which employees They fell collapsed in their workplaces after supporting long days. Days they obeyed to the “996” model in which the long days do not leave time to rest, live, socialize or form a family. There is only work. This philosophy, to which He is getting veto In the main countries that promoted it for its social impact and demographicis now openly defended by founders and CEOS de Silicon Valley, who consider that It is the only way to highlight In an increasingly competitive global market. The drift of Silicon Valley towards this model eternal days is not new. In 2018, Michael Moritz, president of the Capital Fund Sequoia Capital, did An allegation in it Financial Times On how Chinese technology companies carried the concept of hard work at an unthinkable level for Silicon Valley. “Here, the senior managers get to work around 8 in the morning and, often, do not leave until 10 at night. Most do it six days a week,” Moritz praised. Reference companies As a goal either Microsoft They are hardening the Performance assessments of your employees to Encourage them to work harder. The opposite path that Companies have started of those countries that They already know the effects to apply such extreme days. Europe threw up to the wave The “996” wave is also expanding to Europe, where some technological founders rise as apostles of this new labor current, arguing that Europe is sentenced to a secondary role if more hours are worked on. Some countries already They have bought that speech. The Swedish Joel Hellerk, CEO of the Sana Labs artificial intelligence company, He said to his employees that “60 hours per week is the ideal point”, making the message that Serguéi Brin He had imposed In Google. Harry Stebbings, founder of one of the main risk capital investment funds, I also advocated for the “996” day model. “7 days a week is the necessary speed to win right now. There is no margin for the slip. Do not compete against any German company, etc., but against the best in the world,” Stebbings wrote in Your LinkedIn profile. In similar terms, Martin Mignot, a partner of Index Ventures, expressed a risk capital fund based in Switzerland. “Forget about 9 to 5, 996 is the new standard for startups”, wrote in LinkedIn. Nevertheless, There are also discrepant voices With this turn of Silicon Valley and Europe for hardening the working days. Suranga Chandratillake, principal partner of the British investor Balderton Capital, pointed out that this approach was counterproductive for the growth of startups. “All versions of this publication that I have read are of risky capital investors who have never created a technological company. I remember well … Read more

The demands of the European Union leave Apple two possible paths. Both are problematic

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Apple has shared more details about what is behind its appeal against the interoperability demands of the European DMA. Although it may seem a technical issue to come from Apple and tell it in Xatakathis is not a technical dispute, but ideological. The core of the conflict. The European Commission is demanding from Apple opening functions that give meaning to its ecosystem, such as Airdrop either Handoffto third -party devices. He wants any manufacturer to access these technologies as if they were public standards. Apple responds that this “threatens the base” of its technological approach. They have invested years developing an ecosystem where hardware and software work in a coordinated manner to guarantee not only a good functioning, but also privacy and security. And Apple goes further: it accuses the EU of forcing them to “deliver sensitive information” to “avid data companies.” Companies that have already requested access to the content of the notifications and the full history of WiFi networks stored on the devices. An unequal treatment. Apple denounces something striking: “These deeply defective rules that only attack Apple – any other company.” It is a relevant point. Samsung Master the European Smartphones marketbut it is not subject to the same demands. Google controls Android and mobile services, but the EU does not ask her to open her own technology. Apple argues that they are forcing them to “give their free intellectual property to competitors” that do not have to comply with the same rules. The dangerous precedent. The EU not only wants access to current technologies. Demands that Apple share its future innovations in interoperability even before announcing them publicly. So that the competition can “adapt to them.” It is like forcing a pharmacist to publish their investigations before patenting a medication. Or force Tesla to share the plans of your Autopilot With all car manufacturers. Apple says it clearly: “It has cost us a lot of time to develop these functionalities between products that we know well, and now we are also required to work, for example, in Windows, without having the same understanding of that platform.” The consequences. Apple has already taken measures: iPhone Mirroringfor example, it was announced a year ago, but still without being available in the EU. At the time it was hypotured about whether that absence was a way of pressing the EU. It seems that it is something indefinite. Apple has been clear about the future, says these regulations “will severely limit our ability to offer innovative products and characteristics in Europe, leading to a lower user experience for our European customers.” Before it could sound threat, but now it is rather a definition of what is already happening. Two paths, both problematic. If Apple loses the appeal of June 2, you have two options to meet European demands: Make all third -party devices as capable as Apple’s to communicate with iPhone and iPad. Technically it is complex, and is possibly impossible without compromising security. Limit devices in Europe to the capacities available for third parties through basic open standards. In the second scenario, we would see even consequences of functions already present: Airdrop would disappear. The Airpods They would lose their instant matches. The Apple Watch would become a more standard watch, with less exclusive functions. And Europe would keep an impoverished version of the Apple ecosystem. The background. This battle is stars in Apple but transcends its brand: it goes on how we understand innovation in the 21st century from the European Union. Should companies be able to differentiate creating integrated ecosystems, as Apple does? Or should all innovation be immediately accessible to competition? The EU has chosen the second. Apple defends the first. European users will end up paying the price of this dispute. We insist: more technical than ideological. There is a subtle irony here: The world leader in defense of privacy He is forcing to create blind security points that do not exist today. All in the name of a competition that can destroy incentives to innovate. In Xataka | The decline of the “Apple culture”. Blind devotion has evolved towards critical enthusiasm Outstanding image | AppleWikimedia Commons

Leave us your doubts and questions in comments and we will answer them in this article

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Today the Nintendo Switch 2 and if, We already have the console with us. It is a device that has generated a lot of expectation (not every day Nintendo takes a console) and from which there is eager. The analysis has just been put in the oven and it still has time ahead, so today we propose something different: A round of questions and answers. We have been playing with the Nintendo Switch 2 for a few hours and we put it at your disposal, so if you have any questions or questions about it, Leave it in comments. From Xataka we will do our best to answer it and add both your question and the answer in the text body. You have until 17:00 today, June 5, to get your doubts, we promise to go as fast as we can! Nintendo Switch 2: Questions and Answers Image | Xataka While you leave your doubts in comments, here are the answers to some of the questions we ask last week. Can I use the Nintendo Switch dock with Nintendo Switch 2 and vice versa? No, nor the Nintendo Switch enters the Nintendo Switch 2 dock or the Nintendo Switch 2 enters the Nintendo Switch dock. Does the Pro Command in Nintendo Switch 2 work? Yes, without problem. You connect it to the base through the USB, automatically synchronized with the console and you can start using it wirelessly. Can Bluetooth launch headphones be used? Yes. Although Nintendo took calmly the launch of this function with Nintendo Switch, in Nintendo Switch 2 is available. So, if you have bluetooth headphones you can use them without problem. Can I load the console for either of the two USB ports type C? Yes. Minipunto for Nintendo, because the position of the cables and loaders can be capricious and have the option of loading the console with either port gives an extra of a bored. Does the visible area of ​​the screen take advantage of in DOCK mode? No. From what we have been able to try, for now it does not seem to take advantage. In update … Images | Xataka In Xataka | Nintendo Switch 2 seems not innovative. After trying it, it is 100% DNA Nintendo

false myths, why it is better to leave it on and when it is convenient to leave it off

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Let’s tell you everything you need to know about The myths and realities on turning off the router at night. Because many times they can advise you to do it with false pretexts, since in most cases it will not be necessary and you can leave it on without problems. We are going to start the article by denying the false myths that run around with leaving the router off at night. Then we will tell you The reasons why it is better to leave it onand we will end up indicating the few cases in which it is convenient to turn it off. False myths of turning off the router at night Now let’s tell you A list of false myths Related to turning off the router at night when you are not using the Internet. We will tell you each of the myths and then a small description to clarify why they are not true. Improve router performance: Turn off the router at night does not make it work bettersince they are designed to function continuously. In fact, turn on and off them constantly, sudden temperature changes that wear their long -term components can be generated. A lot of money is saved by electricity: Although when you turn off a device, consumption is reduced, that of your router at night is almost insignificant. They are designed to function all year without stopping, they are very efficient, and their expenditure on the electricity bill is just 6 euros a year. You can avoid hackeos: Obviously, if you don’t have the Internet at home, no one is going to access it, but the security of your domestic network does not depend on the router, but on other aspects such as your Wi -Fi passwords, have it updated, and so on. Even so, you cannot deny at all, since it is evident that without a domestic network because the router does not enter, but then look at the benefits to understand whether it compensates or not. It is better for your health: Wifi waves do not damage your health, that is a real nonsense. In addition, in your house you do not expose yourself only to your wifi, and if you do not believe me, put to look for networks with your mobile and you will see how the signs of a lot arrive. There is no scientific evidence in the studies that have been carried out that they point to the health, that is, you do not worry at any of this. Why it is better to leave the router on After denying or pointing to the reasons that are usually given to leave the router off, we will go to the opposite, tell you why it is better to keep your router on All year as it is designed to function. Again we will do it with a list where we will be giving you point to each explanation. Your connected devices continue to work: If you have devices connected to the Internet or intelligent home devices, when the router turns off they disconnect and stop working well. Come on, neither your intelligent speaker nor your voice -controlled lights will work already. Come on, your smart home ceases to be when you turn it off. Disconnect online security systems: In the event that among the connected devices there are some that are security, such as sensors, alarms or cameras, they will also stop working when Internet stops reaching them. That is, careful, very careful if you have invested in one. Automatic updates: Many manufacturers make firmware and software updates of their devices run at night to try not to interrupt when you are using it. Another reason to keep the router on at this time, so that they can be updated when you do not use them, even if it is the mobile. You can update these devices at any time, but better if you do when you don’t realize. Avoid thermal stress: The router off and ignition cycles submit its components to a thermal stress that can shorten its useful life. And if this is something you do daily, they can affect you much more, since the router is designed to work all day and maintain a constant and stable temperature. Avoid reconfigurations: There are some connected devices that, if they lose the Internet connection, may require an extra configuration to connect again. This are discomfort that you can avoid maintaining the stable connection. In what cases you can want to turn off the router There are cases in which the router may make sense, and where it can be recommended. Yes, we already know that we have just told you that it is best to leave it on, but there are always some small exceptions. In prolonged absences: Ok, if you are going on vacation several days or weeks, then it can be something safe and useful to leave the router off. Solution of specific problems: Turning off and turning back can be something useful if you are having specific problems in your connection and you think the router can fail. The restart will make its entire internal system load from scratch, solving almost all the small errors it may have. Firmware Manual Updates: Although it is not necessary that it is not necessary, some timely update of the router can ask you to restart it. Change your public IP: If you have a dynamic IP and you need to change it, the way to do it depends on each supplier. However, in some cases it may be enough to keep the router off a few minutes and then turn it on again. If you think there are intruders: If you think someone can be using your connection, it can be useful first to turn off the router to expel it. Immediately afterwards, light it and go to its configuration to change the safety and password of your network. In Xataka Basics | How to limit … Read more

If the question is which car will not leave you lying on the road, the German experts are clear: the electric

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More and more drivers They bet on electric cars And, with it, the Reports about your reliability They become more precise and complete because they provide more real data on the wear of their pieces over time. He last analysis of the ADAC, The main automobile club in Germany has thrown surprising data on the frequency of roads on the road, comparing electric and combustion vehicles. We have a clear winner. Thrown on the road. He ADAC studymade from millions of road assists, reveals that electric cars have a lower breakdown rate than their fuel or diesel combustion counterparts. This data is essential for those looking for a reliable car and with less possibilities of stay on the road. The analysis is based on 3.6 million road assistance operations, of which only 43,678 went to electric cars, which represents only 1.2 % of the total. Although the percentage of electric cars in circulation is much lower than that of combustion cars, the fault ratio remains well below compared to the thermal models of the same antiquity. The data leave no doubt. Adac data has only taken into account cars of which, at least, 7,000 units have been enrolled in Germany in the last two years, which leaves a sample of 160 models of 20 brands other than two and nine years old. If vehicle data is compared four years old, the Road Assistance Service It served 8.5 electric cars damaged by every 1,000 existing cars, compared to 12.9 combustion cars per 1,000. For cars between two and four, the difference is even greater: a ratio of 3.8 breakdowns per 1,000 electric versus 9.4 per 1,000 combustion cars. These numbers show that the electric ones fell half that the thermal models. A simpler mechanic, less breakdowns. The main reason for this difference lies in the Mechanical simplicity of electric cars. Having less mobile components and mechanical systems, there is less likely to suffer a breakdown that requires road assistance. For example, electricity do not have traditional gearbox or complex exhaust and cooling systems, which significantly reduces critical fault points. However, the most common breakdown in both types of vehicle remains the 12V auxiliary battery that tends to be downloaded more easily due to use in starting systems and the greatest demand for electronic systems. In the electric, 50% of the faults are related to this component, while in combustion the 45% of the assists. Tesla leaders, Hyundai to the tail. The ADAC report also analyzes reliability by brands and models. The data show that Tesla is the brand with less incidents registered. Thus, the Tesla Model and has a ratio of only 0.9 breakdowns per 1,000 units and Model 3 drops to 0.5 faults per 1,000. Other highlighted models in this section are the Volkswagen ID.4 with a ratio of 1.0 and the Audi Q4 e-tron with 0.7 failures per 1,000 vehicles. On the opposite side, as a vehicle with more registered assists, there is the Hyundai Ioniq 5, which in two -year -old cars has registered 22.4 breakdowns per 1,000 vehicles. Discordant notes. Toyota, considered one of The most reliable brands In different reliability rankings, it obtains a alarmingly high assistance ratio in its Yaris and Yaris Cross models. According to the study authors themselves, Toyota has already taken letters in the matter indicating that it is an incidence in the 12V battery configuration that discharged them, but that was solved in the new units produced in 2024. The data obtained by ADAC contrast with the Obtained in the Itv German (Tüv), where the Tesla Model 3 was the electric with the most failures detected, especially in headlights, brakes and suspensions, being below brands such as Dacia in general reliability according to this organism. The electric approve with note. The electric car market is relatively recent, so Adac clarifies that its conclusions are based on data data with an age of between 2020 and 2023, many of them being the first versions of their models. That leaves a current photograph but still limited in time. As increase the electric car park and These vehicles agethe records will be increasingly precise and complete, allowing to detect problems of long -term reliability. However, these results already allow an idea of ​​the reliability offered by the electric car and the evolution it will have in the coming years. In Xataka | Elon Musk dismissed the security experts of autonomous vehicles: they were the same ones that should regulate Tesla cars In Xataka | The most exclusive BMW of his time did not create BMW: Volkswagen created it to devise an ultra -polishing “secret motor” Image | Xataka

He wants to leave atocha and Renfe only has the approval

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The war for high speed is fought battle. Even with the smallest. Since Ouigo and Iro They will become part of the options that the new client has available in our country when getting on a long -distance and high speed train, Renfe quarrels They are repeated with an intermittence that already passes to recurring. The last episode of this guerrilla war has a Atocha in the focus of the matter. The Madrid station has become Renfe’s great bastion when capturing customers who move towards Levante. The company operates with four trains to Valencia and four others with destination Alicante that leave from the central Madrid station. The problem for Ouigo and Iro is that Renfe is alone. Both operators leave from Chamartín as a result of some expansion works of the station that banished all the journeys between Valencia and Alicante with Madrid north of the capital. To all but four links offered by Renfe. The company managed to maintain the exit of four trains daily from the Atocha. A movement that was denounced by Ouigo when considering that the company was obtaining a competitive advantage. Now, the National Commission of Markets and Competition (CNMC) allows Renfe to expand the number of trips offered despite the fact that Adif fined previously for this reason. In the background, the fight to operate at the busiest station in Madrid. The fight to operate in Atocha To understand everything that has happened you have to look at the past. In 2022 It was confirmed that all trips between Madrid and Valencia or Alicante would move to the Chamartín station to allow the Expansion works of the Atocha Station. The problem, it was said, is that with the new operators the station had no capacity to absorb all its demand. The decision raised criticism among the politicians of Valencia and Alicante Because trips to Barcelona or Seville have remained in Atocha even though they also enter the south of the capital. Until 2028when the works are expected to finish, passengers have to add 10 more minutes of journey and go to a less central station in the city. However, although Ouigo and Iroo had to displace all its operationsRenfe maintained four daily journeys between Madrid and Valencia from Atocha. Ouigo denounced that they got a competitive advantage to understand that the centrality of the station is an incentive against other options. Finally, That complaint was filed But the CNMC did fined Adif with two sanctions that added 11,800 euros to understand that the process had not been transparent and that the transfer to Chamartín had not been communicated at the same time to the three operators so Renfe played with advantage, as they collect in Levant. In spite of everything, the trips between Atocha and Valencia remained for Renfe and, now, he receives another back. The CNMC will allow Renfe to operate with four other daily trips between the Madrid and Alicante central station. A decision that for competition “It will not affect significantly” To its competitors although it confirms that Atocha attracts a greater number of travelers. They explain, despite everything, that they only received the interest of Iro and Renfe to take the permission to take these holes that were now free. Getting with the Atocha station is especially interesting for high -speed operators. Its centrality allows you to attract the Interest of a greater number of customers Potentials, especially in the center and the southern zone, Chamartín Front. Renfe can continue offering slightly faster paths (10 minutes) but, above all, it allows you to position yourself as the only alternative at the station, which can be especially interesting to other high -speed options Or even the plane. Photo | Francesco Zivoli and Xataka In Xataka | Renfe confirms a sad reality of trains in Spain: they are impossible to be punctual

The rain is back and the models say it will not leave until after Holy Week

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The Nuria Borrasca is going to continue sending one front behind another until Friday, but we will only have one day of respite. Sunday It is already expected Another storm that will leave more water in Galicia, Extremadura and Andalucía. That is, after a truce too short, the “Atlantic doors” have opened again and now the question is whether they will continue to open a long time or if (sooner rather than later) the tentacles of the summer will begin to drag us to stability, heat and clear skies. Right now there is only one more or less clear thing: there are many possibilities for the rains to accompany us until after Holy Week. Nuria: rain and a lot of wind. Before entering into the subject and seeing what the models say about the coming weeks, you have to be attentive to Nuria. In essence, this high impact storm has a structure very similar to those we have seen during the last month. From Hehco, it is fifth with a name that follows more or less the same route. That means water, a lot of water. More than 80 liters in areas of the southwest. Most likely Madrid takes the palm. The great defernecia of this storm is The wind. It has already caused red alerts in the Canary Islands and winds of more than 130 kilometers per hour are expected. On Friday the intense winds will be noticed in the peninsula (although, luckily, they will not reach the speeds of the palm). ECMWF The week of 7 to 14. The European model, as we can see in the superior image, shows a more humid trend than normal in the southern half of the peninsula. That is what green shadow means. White tells us about values ​​within the nomality and orange of a slightly more dry situation than normal. It is not uncommon: the configuration of the last weeks favors the southwest and moves away Als Borrasca from the Cantabrian cornice. ECMWF Easter week. But that is only the appetizer: the European model foresees a Holy Week wetter than normal throughout the national territory. Does this mean that it will rain throughout the week? Actually, no. So many days are missing that we cannot make reliable predictions. The European model does is draw a general trend. There is no way of knowing what will happen specifically. For example, the following week the dominant trend is the one that tells us about normality in most of Spain (with the exceptions of the archipelagos, Galicia and the Cantabrian cornice). But, of course, there is still a lot of cloth to cut. What can we expect? In the short term, intense rain and hurricane winds. Once Nuria passes, the situation is very open. The possibility that the storm hall remains open is on the table and is winning whole every day. However, we talk about deadlines too broad for our prediction systems to be reliable. At least, rain is not going to miss us. Image | In Xataka |

If you do not protect your technological ones, they will leave the old continent

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Christophe Fouquet, the general director of ASML, has a huge challenge ahead. Like its predecessor at the head of this Dutch company, Peter Wennink, has the obligation to Defend your company’s interests. And currently the tension held by the US and China does not make it easy. The sanctions that They have deployed US and the Netherlands They prevent Asml selling Your most advanced lithography teams To its Chinese clients. And neither can some maintenance and after -sales services services provide. In 2022 the sales of this company in China amounted to 2.9 billion euros, which represented 13.8% of its annual sales. At that time Taiwan was a more important market for Asml than China. In fact, in 2023 the clients of the island bought lithography equipment for a total value of 8,100 million euros, while its Chinese clients disbursed 7.3 billion euros. And, curiously, in 2024 China was consolidated as The largest market for ASML with total sales of 10.2 billion euros. Christophe Fouquet’s warning does not concern Asml In the Netherlands 2024 will be remembered as the year in which the strap between ASML and the Dutch government reached its maximum expression. Christophe Fouquet He is convinced that the US will continue to put pressure on its partners to tighten the sanctions that seek to stop the development of the Chinese industry of the integrated circuits. In fact, according to the British weekly The Economistthis executive argues that European politicians and regulators should do more to help their company. “Europe should decide for itself what you want (…) should not be dictated by anyone else” However, Fouquet’s statements do not end here. He has also defended that Europe “should decide for itself what you want” and “should not be dictated by anyone else.” Otherwise, He has warnedleading European companies in strategic technologies, among which are ASML, could consider move outside the old continent. His tone reflects a certain degree of helplessness, but in practice his company would be very difficult to relocate out of Europe. On the one hand its supply chain is mostly deployed in this continent. And, in addition, the US will continue to exercise control of the American patents used by ASML regardless of the place where it resides. Christophe Fouquet’s discontent is evident, but it does not seem to have much room for maneuver. At this juncture his only hope is the Government of the Netherlands. In fact, the Dutch administration is fully aware that it cannot let its most important technology company leave its country of origin. This possibility triggered the launch in March 2024 by the government that was then led by Mark Rutte of the ‘Operation Beethoven’. This plan is still underway. And in a better way than ever. It will finally collect 2.5 billion euros with the purpose of improving homes, transport, education and electricity supply of the Eindhoven region, which is very close to Asml’s headquarterswhich is housed in Veldhoven. Although, curiously, ASML and Philips will contribute contributing with other Dutch technology companies 230 million euros to this plan. It does not sound bad, but it seems unlikely that this initiative is sufficient to content Asml. Image | ASML More information | The Economist In Xataka | Japan wants to recover leadership as a manufacturer of lithography equipment. And he has a plan to end the Asml monopoly

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