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If they told us 10 years ago that the houses were going to be about such crazy prices that even the “guiris” were going to resign frightened of their golden retreats in the Balearic Islands or the Canary Islands, few would have believed it. but so things are. In 2019 someone did a simple sum: empty stores and expensive apartments gave a logical result. What then was an experimentliving in commercial premises, is now becoming the norm in the town councils of Spain. A new housing policy. Móstoles has decided look at the closed basement as an urban housing reserve: a Special Plan makes the change of use of empty premises more flexible to incorporate them into the residential stock, cuts license times, reduces the ICIO, limits the prohibitions only to strategic commercial axes and pursues a dual purpose (creating more affordable housing and at the same time avoiding the visual and functional degradation of streets where commerce has died). This is not an isolated occurrence: the City Council itself frames the measure in a larger package than will add thousands of new units via urban developments, although the decisive gesture is that it recognizes as legitimate and necessary a route that, until recently, many municipal governments ruled out due to regulatory, reputational or political fear: exchange dying trade for housing effective and fast on already built surface. Live in a place. The logic that Móstoles has turned into structural policy todayhad surfaced before as a tactical response in municipalities under acute pressure: Petrer (Alicante) rewrote its PGOU to accept the change of use in areas where commerce had become extinct, with 42 premises already converted in habitual residence and strict control to avoid substandard housing. The idea is not born in the political center but in the edge where scarcity is experienced as an operational urgency. In those places the discussion “if it should” was replaced by “how to do it without making basements”, and the city council acted on the only level it controls: the urban planner. The Canary Islands confirmed the drift. In Arrecife, the technical office has authorized this year 39 conversions taking advantage of Decree Law 1/2024, which accelerates changes of use if habitability and ventilation are accredited. The argument reproduces the same reasoning: extract supply from where commerce will not return, reduce rental pressure and, simultaneously, revive depressed urban fabrics. This is not “experimental” housing but rather legally consolidated housing under the accelerated rule: a preview of how the State and the Autonomous Communities seem willing to cut procedures if the housing benefit is immediate. Zaragoza provides critical mass. The Aragonese capital demonstrated shortly after that the phenomenon was not marginal: 177 authorized homes since 2021, 36 licenses in 2025 alone, expansion to neighborhoods where it was previously prohibited after making the PGOU more flexible and minimum technical conditions adjusted to noise, surface and ventilation. Here, the relevant figure is not the absolute volume, but the conceptual leap: the change in use is recognized as a stable instrument of residential policy, deployed on empty stock and correlated with the fall of physical commerce. Plus: the City Council does not present it as an exception, but as ordinary tool treatment of built heritage in the consolidated city. Something more than politics. Ultimately, the success of all these reconversions does not depend on political speeches but on follow clear rules: that the PGOU allows it, that the premises have sufficient size and height, natural ventilation, a project approval and construction and first occupation licenses, in addition to its registration. By standardizing and accelerating these steps, what was once exceptional becomes a repeatable procedure. The difference between city councils is not one of ideology, but rather of friction: how long it takes, what they require and on which streets they allow or prohibit the change of use. The turning point. If you like, the 2025 scenario has followed a more or less logical line: what in Petrer tried himselfin Reef accelerated and in Zaragoza was systematizeduntil finally Móstoles converted it in strategic leverage with fiscal incentives, administrative priority and a desire for scale within a broader housing production agenda. That a large metropolitan municipality adopts this logic means that reconversion stops being a kind of peripheral repair and becomes a central policy of offer on already built land. By reopening the debate on what to do with the exhausted trade in Spain, Móstoles pushes other municipalities to choose: or accept the inertia of those hundreds of dead stores as scar urban, or convert them into housing to alleviate the housing bottleneck. Hence the question has shifted: it is no longer whether it should be done or not, it is directly how to do it, and that is probably the true structural change that is now seems to spread in Spain. Image | Pexels, Pexels In Xataka | In its accelerated touristification, Madrid has taken another step: converting commercial premises in the center into paid bathrooms In Xataka | Houses are so expensive in the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands that they are expelling even Germans and British people from the market.

Spain wants to show that it can live without nuclear weapons. The problem is that he is still testing how

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Spain is experiencing a decisive moment in its energy policy. While the Government defends an orderly closure of nuclear power plants and relies on an experimental digital system to stabilize the grid, large electricity companies warn that the transition It is being faster than safe. At the epicenter of this tension is Almaraz, the Extremaduran power plant that refuses to turn off its reactors and that has once again divided technicians, politicians and neighbors. The nuclear dilemma. The closure of the Almaraz nuclear power plant in Cáceres is officially set for 2027 and 2028, but the debate over its future has returned with force. Iberdrola, Endesa and Naturgy agreed to present to the Ministry for the Ecological Transition a formal request to extend their activity until 2030. They will do so, they say, out of “responsibility with the supply” after the voltage failures recorded in recent weeks that “they reactivated the risk of blackout”. Companies have, for the moment, given up asking for tax reductions. Their message is different: Spain, they argue, is not prepared to disconnect from the atom. “Nuclear is the system’s anti-blackout shield,” says the CEO of Iberdrola Spain. However, the Government does not move. The Minister for the Ecological Transition, Sara Aagesen, has reiterated the commitment to the closure calendar agreed in 2019, which foresees the nuclear blackout between 2027 and 2035. Only if three conditions are not met: security, guarantee of supply and zero cost for the taxpayer, will the Executive would reconsider his position. A model in testing. The core of the controversy is not only political, but technical. The Executive’s plan involves replacing the stability offered by nuclear and thermal plants with a digital voltage and frequency control system based on renewables. In theory, wind and solar farms will be able to simulate electrical inertia —the ability to resist sudden changes in frequency— through advanced electronics. In practice, the model is still in the testing phase. According to Energy NewsRed Eléctrica (REE) is developing new control tools to integrate non-synchronous generation, but still without complete validation. Additionally, new digital control algorithms have not been tested on a national scaleand its reliability at high power has not yet been demonstrated. Sources from the Ministry of Ecological Transition cited by El Periódico They admit that full stability of the system “will only be possible when all renewable plants are digitally synchronized with the operator”, a process that – they acknowledge – “will still take time.” The network under surveillance. Aware of these risks, the CNMC approved an emergency modification of the operating procedures (OP 3.1, 3.2, 7.2 and 7.4) to reinforce the stability of the system. In practice, they are standards that determine how Red Eléctrica must react to variations in voltage and frequency, and allow it to act with more flexibility in times of risk. However, not everything went as planned. As energy expert Joaquín Coronado explains on his networksthe CNMC stopped the complete approval of OP 7.4 when it detected that the new model required responses that were impossible for many conventional plants to comply with. Several generators alleged that too rapid a reaction could damage the machines or generate additional oscillations, something the CNMC acknowledged in its resolution. The regulator asked Red Eléctrica to “intensify coordination and temporarily make the requirements more flexible”, making it clear that the problem was not one of inertia, but rather speed of response. A pulse of time. The electricity companies’ proposal to extend the first Almaraz reactor until 2030 and the second until 2029, would give three additional years to the current calendar. However, the Nuclear Safety Council requires that documentation be submitted before November 1 to begin the decommissioning process. In parallel, the Government of Extremadura has announced that it will reduce the regional “ecotax” by half if the plant remains operational, a gesture that the central Executive views with suspicion. “Taxpayers cannot pay more to maintain a plant that had to close,” recalled the Government delegate in Extremadura, José Luis Quintana, in statements to Canal Extremadura. Mobilization in the streets. While the technical and political debate becomes entangled, the residents of Almaraz took to the streets. Last Marchhundreds of people marched under the slogan “Yes to Almaraz, yes to the future,” in a protest supported by mayors of nearby municipalities and nuclear sector associations. In their arguments they defend their position in favor of nuclear power for fear of job loss, a population exodus and the fall of the local economy. But not everyone shares that enthusiasm. Ecologists in Action criticized the presence of local authorities at the protest and asked to accelerate a “just transition” that generates employment alternatives. “You cannot continue tying the future of a region to an industry that promotes environmental and health risks,” the organization said in a statement. Europe looks at Spain. While France and Belgium extend the life of their reactors until 2060, Spain remains firm in its nuclear closure. The Enresa fund to dismantle the plants drags a deficit of 11.6 billion euros. The electricity companies cite this as proof that closing early makes the system more expensive; The Government replies that extending it would jeopardize the ecological transition. The peninsula remains an “energy island” with only 3% interconnection with France, which amplifies any failure. And more and more experts repeat the same thing: the problem is not the speed of the transition, but that the network and the rules They are not getting stronger at the same rate.. A still uncertain future. Almaraz has become much more than a power plant: it is a symbol of the tension between climate urgency and energy security. The Executive insists that Spain will be able to sustain its network with renewable technology and digital control; Technicians and electrical companies ask for caution. Meanwhile, Red Eléctrica engineers fine-tune algorithms, the CNMC approves regulatory patches and the residents of Almaraz prepare for a future that, for now, continues to depend on its two reactors. Spain wants to turn on … Read more

who wants to live like in 1565

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From 1059 to 1901, Basque sailors they launched to the ocean with one goal in mind: hunt whales. Due to the abuse, they killed the whales on the Cantabrian coast and headed for new seas, making enemies like some. Icelanders who could “hunt” Basque sailors. The expansion took them to Canadian waters, where the imposing whale ship San Juan was shipwrecked. Now they are reviving the ship and they need the most important piece to revive the whaler’s voyage. A “motivated” cook who wants to replicate the 16th century voyage in the same conditions as 500 years ago. And with the same menu. The new San Juan. A few years after the arrival of Christopher Columbus To America, the ship San Juan left for the Canadian coast. In the middle of the 16th century, the Basque whaling industry It was a world power with a significant share of the whale blubber and meat market in Europe. The expeditions took them far away, so much so that they had to create settlements and bases like the ones they founded in North America. On one of these expeditions, the San Juan was shipwrecked. It was in 1565 in Red Bay in Canada after a strong storm. In 1970, remains were discovered of the ship and, after the remains of the San Juan were brought to light in 1990, it was recognized by UNESCO as a symbol of underwater cultural heritage. It was in very good condition, which encouraged the Albaola Maritime Factory to build an exact replica of it. The special thing? They only use materials and techniques from the 16th century. The Saint John Handcrafted to the extreme. This ‘whim’ follows a rigorous process in which construction methods from 500 years ago are reproduced, something that is being documented step by step and which is not easy at all. The original San Juan It weighed 200 tons, was 20 meters long, 7.5 meters wide and had a six-meter depth. And they are not only rebuilding it with those measurements, but with the original materials. For example, for the keel, they have carved a 14.5 meter long piece of beech extracted from an eight-ton tree. And for the rest of the structure it has been employee wood from 200 oaks forests of the Navarrese ‘Sakana’. In total, it will also have six kilometers of hemp ropes, hand-forged anchors and 560 square meters of cloth for sails. It is a faithful reproduction, but they also want it to be functional because this new San Juan will once again sail the seas. Vintage wine cellar. The idea is to return to Canada aboard the ship, reproducing the original journey and to do so they will need another vital piece, in this case human: the cook. This search for historical fidelity will ensure that the wineries have the foods of the time such as double-baked bread, dehydrated bread, legumes such as peas and beans, sardines, cod, bacon and oil. It is part of the food they carried, and in large quantities, along with others such as bacon and drinks much more Spanish, and Basque, than the famous rum. There they highlight the cider, txakoli or the came. Why didn’t they carry water? Due to the difficulty of storing and conserving fresh water in good conditions. And, as for quantities, it is estimated that a ship like the San Juan could carry up to 50,000 liters of cider. Top ship chef. And those foods are what the chef who is on board during the “expedition” will have to create the menus with. The Albaola factory itself is the one that will carry out the selection process to find the ideal chef. It won’t be an easy job because there will be no showers as we know them today or toilet paper on board, and nor a huge range of ingredients, but the candidates are already getting into the role. In one demonstrationMichelin-starred chefs have prepared some examples of dishes that sailors might see on the menu. For example, a pea soup with cod, garlic and oil. Also a ‘zurrukutuna‘, which is a traditional Basque soup in which the ingredients are garlic and cod, or ‘soupoko‘, which is a traditional bread from the Basque Country created from leftover dough to create a bread intended for soups. 2027. While they choose a chef, the factory continues working, because on November 7 will be done the launching of the ship after twelve years of construction. Once in the water, the remaining elements will be installed to turn the ship into one worthy of sailing the seas as the original did 500 years ago. And, in 2027, the new San Juan will leave for Canada, recreating that original journey. And he will do it with his sailors and everything, reproducing the medieval way of sailing. Let’s hope that this new ship reaches a better port than the original. Images | Lolabimba, Ksarasola In Xataka | In the 19th century we found 7,000 rivets in a tomb. It turned out to be the largest Viking ship in Norway

Follow the presentation of Apple live

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IFA ends, we reach the second half of September and that means one thing: Keynote de Apple. The firm of Cupertino has cited us today to present its new batch of devices with the iPhone 17 at the head and, according to leaks and rumors, some other novelty in the form of iPhone 17 Air. Everything indicates that it will be an event full of technology and news and, how could it be otherwise, you can follow it live and direct with us. Apple’s Keynote will take place Today, September 9, at 7:00 p.m. Spanish peninsular. You can follow her with our comments in Our YouTube channel and in Our direct page. The schedules according to regions are the following: Spain: 19:00 (18:00 in the Canary Islands). Mexico: 11:00 am Colombia: 12:00 am. Venezuela : 1:00 pm. Argentina, Chile: 2:00 pm. What do we hope to see It can be expected that the main protagonist of the day is the iPhone 17 And, of course, his brothers Pro, Pro Max and the new air. The leaks have already drawn an important change in the design of the re rear, with a module of cameras of greater size similar to the one we see in some proposals with Android. New colors are also expected, namely green and orange. One of the most anticipated models is the iPhone 17 Air. As Samsung did at the time with him Galaxy S25 Edgethe Cupertino company seems to have an ultradelgated iPhone in the oven. Although there are few backgrounds, these mobiles have sinned to have little autonomy and less capabilities in the camera (due to a simple matter of space). Although the leaks suggest that the iPhone 17 Air will have only one camera, Apple will have achieved in terms of battery thanks to its own processors. On the other hand, this terminal will replace the iPhone 17 Pluswhose trajectory, at least as filtered so far, ends today. Except for surprises, the Plus model will tell us today ‘Goodbye’. IPhone 17 Air Filtering Design As for the pro models, in addition to the aforementioned change in design, a substantial improvement in the cameras is expected. The reason? Under each lens there will be a sensor of 48 megapixels. We will notice this, above all, on Telefoto and in the wide angle. It will be to wait to see if there are better in the lenses as such, that is, in terms of focal opening and optical zoom. In addition, Apple is expected to renew its watches and headphones. He Apple Watch Series 11 It does not seem that it will receive many news, although blood glucose detection and blood pressure measurement are an option. Of the Watch Ultra 3 A change of screens (from OLED A MICRO-LED) and better connectivity is expected. As for AirpodsThe most striking is the possible implementation of a heart rate sensor. Finally, it should be noted that today we will also know the release date of iOS 26 (Yes, 26, no 19) and the other devices of the apple. Said which, reminder: the presentation will be today at 7:00 p.m., Spanish peninsular time, and you can follow it with us Through YouTube and our direct page. Image | Apple edited by Xataka In Xataka | Follow the presentation of Apple live

The most expensive cities in the world to live in 2025, explained in a very illustrative graphics

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In 2025, the cost of living in some cities is a combination of high prices in goods, services and housing, which can only face who have income enough for it. For those who do not reach enough income to cover those basic needs that each city demands are dedicated to poverty or to move to other cities More affordable, something that is already beginning to happen in our country in large cities such as Madrid or Barcelona. The “Numbeo Index” Numouso is a database Collaborative that collects the prices of restaurants, services and goods in the main cities of the world and, based on this data, it produces listings in which you can analyze which cities are the highest cost of life, in which the price of housing has a greater impact or determining the economic effort of its inhabitants to live in them. For establishing a reference point in the comparison, Numbeo uses New York data as a reference value 100 in all its data. That implies that, if another city has an index of 112 in one of its parameters, it means that, in that parameter, that city is 12% more expensive than New York. If the value of the index is 88, it implies that it is a cheaper 12%. Based on these data, the portal Visualcapitalist.com has elaborated a graph in which it is clearly represented in what cities in the world is more expensive to live. The most expensive cities to live The graph prepared by VisualcapitalistNew York leads the global ranking as the most expensive city in the world. According to data collected by Numbeo, New York is positioned as the most expensive city, with a fork in the rent price ranging from $ 1,100 to $ 4,108 for an apartment in a room and up to $ 8,174 for a three bedroom apartment. The Swiss cities of Zurich and Geneva are followed in the ranking, with an index of the Cost of life more rental of 93.2 and 90.6 respectively, indicating that living in them is around 7 and 10% cheaper than doing so In New York. In the fourth position there is San Francisco (85.3) that sneaks between the Swiss cities of Basel (83.9) and Lausana (83,4). If we focus on more expensive cities to live From Spain including the cost of life, we find Barcelona in position 137 with an index of cost of life including rental of 48.29, followed by Madrid (47.38) that occupies the 142nd position of the global ranking. Palma de Mallorca (43,79) and Malaga (39,24) follow them closely, occupying positions 180 and 203 of the world respectively. The weight of rent when living in a city The price of housing is a determining factor when establishing the cost of living in a city. For this reason, the list changes completely when the data is filtered to unlink the cost of the home of the equation. In that scenario, New York no longer leads the List of more expensive cities to livebut goes down to seventh place. Those who do maintain consistency are the Swiss cities, which remain the most expensive in the world to live, with Zurich (112.54) leading the list, followed by Geneva (111,41), Basel (110,71), Lausana (110.55) and Lugano (108,38). From the Spanish perspective, all cities fall several positions indicating the impact of the rental price at your cost of life. Barcelona (with a cost of life without rent of 57.03) goes on to position 183, while Madrid (55.79) falls less positions until 187. In the case of Palma de Mallorca (55,13) and Malaga (48,02) the fall is just ten positions, indicating that the housing price impact It is less than in Madrid and Barcelona, ​​but the cost of the rest of the index factors (food price, Public Transportation Pricerestaurants, services, etc.) It is higher in these cities. Living in some cities is more difficult A very important fact that can be extracted from this database on the cost of life in large cities, is the purchasing power index, which uses the salary average of that city and compares it to the base reference that is that of New York. The result leaves us a photo of which citizens do a minor economic effort to live In a certain city. In this scenario, the inhabitants of Mannheim in Germany are the ones who must make less effort to live in the city with an index of 198.64, which implies that these citizens can buy 98.64% more goods and services than a New York with their salary. The Swiss Basel (194,85), Bern (186.76) and Lausana (180,45) sneak into the top five, occupying positions two, four and five respectively. Only truncated Swiss hegemony the city of Erlangen (189,69) in Germany, which is placed in third position. Spanish cities draw a slightly different panorama, being Valencia (131,73) Alicante (113,27), Seville (102.62) and Madrid (101,39) the only ones in which its inhabitants They have greater purchasing power than a New Yorker in the field of his city. On the other hand, Barcelona (88,37), Málaga (86,34), Palma de Mallorca (86,34) are cities where the opposite happens, its inhabitants have a lower local purchasing power rate by having a lower average salary and a higher life cost. In Xataka | The cities with more billionaires as residents, gathered in this illustrative graphic Image | Visualcapitalist.com

This is how companies live the Laliga IPS blockages

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In early March Fernando Arancón, director of The world orderHe noticed that his website ceased to be inaccessible. “At first the web fell and we didn’t know why,” he tells us. They soon knew the reason. The culprit was LaLigawho was ordering Mass and indiscriminate blockages of IPS of Cloudflare. They, like many other businesses based on online sites and platforms, use Cloudflare services to distribute their contents efficiently but also to protect themselves from bots attacks. Reputational damage matters, and much That, however, began to condemn them: “Every time there was an important game, the web fell”Although he points out that he did not do it for all users, logically because there were operators who did not apply those blockages so drastically. From that moment on, Arancón explains that “there are weeks in which we have four days the fallen website in the most traffic hours.” They especially notice it on weekends, but also when there are Champions. Fortunately for them the impact is somewhat less than that it might think because “we do not have many advertising income, we rely on the subscription model”, but still that impact exists. “We cannot quantify the impact,” he explained to us, because there is no easy way to do it and measure how many subscriptions have not been completed because they do not have the website available, but It is evident that the impact exists and “it is embedded in the windows in which these great matches are broadcast.” But what they received, especially at the beginning, were complaints. Their subscribers contacted them to launch messages of the type “go service, I pay for this?”, What of course worried those responsible for this medium. “At first we had to do an important exercise to explain to the audience what was happening.” That effort had its result, because “people have ended up understanding.” 30% less traffic The problem affects many more legitimate businesses. He told us about it Uxío Fraga (@Uxio_ntc), founder and CEO of Bitcoin materiala company that has created a bitcoin purse. As in the case of Arancón, Fraga explained that they began to notice the cuts from the beginning, in March: “It was very clear that something happened.” Initially they thought it was a passenger problem. “We thought it would be solved, that Cloudflare would take action,” but little by little they realized that the problem was not cloudflare, but rather of LaLiga and the operators, which not only did not maintain the IPS blocks, but that they were increasing them. For Bitcoin material, which lives from the sales of its Bitcoin wallets, the impact has been enormous. “In weekends, traffic falls 30%”stood out, and that logically affects access to a store on which they depend and in which they cannot sell their products if the web is not accessible. As in other types of business, the problem for Fraga is that there are no easy ways to solve the problem. Cloudflare has become a giant that is especially useful when avoiding attacks on service denial (DDOS) and other types of attacks made with bots. They are considering trying to Google CDN, but doing so is a technical challenge and they don’t know if that can be the solution. Meanwhile, yes, Fraga showed his concern about the situation: “That a judge has given white letter to this is an aberration“Fortunately, your user and customer community is very faithful and have not received complaints although the issue is commented, but once again the impact is there and there is little that those affected, whether companies or not, can do. They tell thunder. This well -known company develops products oriented to the NAS segment, but these days it is also noticing the impact of the problem. There are several users who have complained about the impossibility of using the products properly, and the firm itself ended up denouncing the problem and trying to explain to users what was happening. There are many users trying to inform the general public with Complaints and comments at X When these blockages are produced. In LaLiga not only do they seem to have reinforced their attacks, but they are legally threatening Cloudflare customers that share IPS with IPTV service websites that are used to watch football illegitimately. The operators, meanwhile, continue to respond to customer complaints explaining that the blockages do not depend on them, and that they are obliged to meet the requirements of justice. A justice that already He dismissed the Amparo resources presented by rootedcon and cloudflare separately and still does not raise solutions. The legal process, now in the hands of the consitional courtit can be extended remarkably. The solution to the problem for those affected is too risky: if they deactivate cloudflare on their platforms They are exposed to cyber attacks They can end up being even more harmful to their businesses, so they are usually with their hands tied. For users, yes, The solution is very simple: It is enough to use a VPN – even one free – to geolocate its IP simulated in another country and thus skip these blockages, which only affect Spanish IPS shared in Cloudflare. In Xataka | “Every time there is football, the website falls”: the collateral effects of LaLiga blockages in thousands of users

more repentance, more erased clinics and professionals who live worse than before

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The tattoo has gone from be a symbol of rebellion to A fashion accessory. Soccer players, Influencers And even your fifth neighbor look like skin designs. This massive acceptance caused an unprecedented boomFilling Spain with studies and artists. But the party is over. The bubble seems to have exploded and has left behind a precariousness and also repentance panorama among the different clients who decide to remove their tattoos. Regretting what they tattoo. A phenomenon that we are seeing right now is that of Delete what one day was permanent in their skins. This was demonstrated by a study Made by Lutronic PBSwhich pointed out that 60% of the people who tattoo in our country end up regretting. The problem that arises is that eliminating a tattoo is not easy to do. The ink that is injected directly into the skin dermis, which is the second layer of the skin. This causes an aggressive treatment to be able to eliminate it completely. The number of professionals who remove them increase. The demand for withdrawing tattoos makes new treatments and clinics appear. In 2023 it was recorded A 30% increase in the number of demands regarding eliminating tattoos through laser technique. And is that choosing a good professional It is fundamental so that later it is marked on the skin. And such is the ‘fashion’ of eliminating tattoos, which even in social networks can already see how trends and up as #Tattoremoval where The before and after this treatment is shown. And sometimes people make these tattoos impulsively Without having anything clear. And then the repentance is there. The tattoo sector has a ‘dark side’. In addition to the change of opinion of many consumers of this art, The avant -garde has collected in a report As the market has changed radically. Raúl, a professional tattoo artist since 2001, reports that when he started in this world, the coil machine was an almost artisanal artifact of more than 300 euros. Now this same machine It can be found on Amazon for fifty euros With an initiation kit that includes needles and inks of doubtful quality. This technological democratization has had an immediate effect: a marketing of the market. The National Union of Professional Tattooators and Anillers (UNTAP) esteem That in Spain there are about 10,000 “legal” tattoors, but they estimate that the double works irregularly from their homes. These “home tattoors” They are announced on Instagram and Facebookcompeting directly with studies paid for rent, taxes and health licenses. And this is something that results in a fall in demand to professionals. The ‘Glovo’ model has reached the tattoo. If unfair competition is a battle front, labor conditions are the other. The sector operates in a legal limbo where the ‘false autonomous’ has gained prominence, as they relate to the avant -garde. In this way, they point out that the studies have autonomous tattoors, who carry a percentage of the final price of each tattoo, and the material costs are shared. The point is that some studies would demand to meet fixed schedules of up to 60 hours per week and with imposed vacations. Emilio San Miguel, labor lawyer, is clear about it: as soon as an autonomous depends economically on a single payer and has time and tax holidays, it can be considered a false autonomous. “Almost all the tattooists who work in studies,” he says. ‘Chiquitatus’ and businessmen: the devaluation of art. This panorama has been the breeding ground for a new business model. According to Fidel Prieto, secretary of UNTAP, many of the new studies are not led by artists, but by investors who see tattoo as a simple business opportunity. In this way, they take care of a place with a central location and hire young tattooists, with little experience and more likely to accept abusive conditions. And to be a large production chain, they specialize in ‘Chiquitatu’, that is, a butterfly, an infinity or a small symbol that has a cost of 50 euros. Something that denounces devalues ​​the price of this work, and makes people have to work from their home and in black so that it deserves the penalty economically. Because becoming autonomous is something that many people cannot afford. What you earn in the trade is not very attractive. As they point out in the report, a tattoo artist can have a good month and invoice about 3,000 euros gross. But It is not a stable tradeand depends on the number of customers you have. In this way, in a bad month those income can collapse up to 700 euros easily. A tattoo artist, Virordia, points to that I would prefer to have a decent salary, a normal schedule and decent conditions. The situation is as unsustainable that figures such as the “false hired” have emerged: a 10 -hour weekly contract for someone who works more than 45. The objective is to reduce the social security quota, a desperate patch in a broken system. Tattoos have a future beyond the aesthetic. Although many people are tattooed for pleasure, science explores other options. For example, it is already explored to use them as a system to control blood glucose or go much further to Be authentic biosensors to analyze other biochemical parameters of our organisms in a little invasive way. Images | Benjamin Lehman In Xataka | “We are not giving the card”: the regulations to validate the truck driver with Morocco are 20 years old

2,000 people will live like guinea pigs

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One of the most tourist points in Japan It is Mount Fuji. Such is the fascination that awakens that Japan decided to charge to climb the top with the aim of curbing the massification, and even They ruined the famous photo placing a huge fence. At the foot of the iconic place there is not only Traditional villagesbut also the City of the future. From the future of Toyota, at least, since it is where the Japanese automotive decided to create a city-laboratory called ‘Toyota Woven City ‘. And after years of works, in September the ‘Phase 1’ of the development of the next brand technologies will start. Phase 1. With brushstrokes given in the 2018 CES, with more details offered two years later and with the works of the ‘Phase 1’ finished at the end of last year, Toyota is finalizing the details so that his ‘Woven City’ begins to roll. Located next to the plant Higashi-Fuji of the company, in the prefecture of Shizuoka in Japan, through a release They have defined the plant as “a platform to expand the concept of mobility beyond transport.” After many preparations, the starting point of that ambitious plan will take place on September 25. And, although Toyota carries the singing voice, in Woven City there will be other companies that will work to achieve that end of “reinvent mobility” Coworking. Toyota, like many other companies, is known for a specific product -in this case, cars -but has a lot of subsidiaries and pàrtes of the group that are dedicated to supporting other industries. Many of them will settle in Woven City, but in their laboratories there will also be space for others that, a priori, have little to do with that goal of enhancing mobility in everyday life. Two recent examples are interstellar technologies, which is dedicated to the manufacture and development of both rockets and satellites, and Kyoritsu Seiyaku, a corporation that develops, manufactures and imports veterinary medications. Previously, It was already announced That Daikin – AIRs conditioned – would also be in Woven City (and may make sense because there is still no air conditioning systems), but also others such as Dydo Drinco (soft drinks and other drinks), UCC Japan Co.known for his instant noodles). Laboratory. In total, and counting companies from the Toyota group, at the moment there are 19 companies that will develop their proposals within Woven City. At the moment, it seems a bit abstract, but Toyota sees this installation as a “living laboratory” in which to try advanced mobility technologies, robotics, artificial intelligence, connectivity and sustainability In a real urban environment. That is, instead of caught the streets of a city to do tests, they have raised their own, fed by solar energy and something that the company put Very interest in the past: Hydrogen fuel cells. We could say that it is a “prototype city”, and its dimensions are considerable. Enormous. In total, and when the different construction phases are finished, it is estimated that Woven City has about 294,000 square meters of surface. We have already commented that the buildings will be fed by solar panels located on the roofs and by the aforementioned hydrogen batteries, but will also be surrounded by Hydroponic cropswhich are the plants that take the nutrients of mineral solutions and not of the agricultural soil. All buildings are connected by tunnels, where autonomous vehicles such as the cast circulate City. For the design of the city, they have taken into account three types of streets, differentiated according to the speed of vehicles that can circulate through them and the type of mobility. For example, there are streets for fast vehicles, others for personal mobility and also pedestrian areas, all of them distributed forming an “organic” pattern. And that mobility will be through completely autonomous vehicles and zero emissions. Many companies are opting for the creation of huge campuses in which to house thousands of workers. Huawei’s are an example, With a huge one and another that Imitate the architecture of several European citiesbut when we talk about the city of Toyota, we literally refer to a city. Apart from the laboratories in which the new forms of mobility and energy for the city of the future are designed, in the Woven City will live people. In phase 1 it is estimated that some 360 people will live among Toyota employees and their families. They will do it in houses created with ‘Japandi’ style (a Combination between Nordic and Japanese) equipped with advanced support and domestic robotics support and robotics technologies, and the objective is that the city houses some 2,000 people once all phases are completed. Phase 2. The company’s desire is to test in a scenario as real as possible (although carefully designed and away from what traditional cities can offer) the most leading technologies in mobility, sustainability and urban planning. And, taking what has been learned in the ‘Phase 1’, at some point a new phase will begin that will not only increase the population, but will also expand or perfect the built environment. And in 2026 The doors will open to visit the city and that other people outside the project offer their opinions about the model. It is a tremendously ambitious goal and the brand does not expect that Be profitable In the first years, since it takes it more as a technological incubator for the planning of the cities of the future than something that offers an immediate return. Images | Toyota In Xataka | The Line goes regular, so Saudi Arabia has asked some consultants to solve the obvious: if it makes sense

Jeff Bezos and his millionaire neighbors live on a luxurious artificial island to which something basic is missing: he has no sewerage

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Indian Creek It is an artificial island on the Miami coast known for its multimillionaire residents and its extraordinary privacy. That has given him the nickname Billionaire Bunker. Figures like Jeff Bezos (Jeff Bezos, in fact, bought three mansions on the island and is building its main residence), Tom Brady, Ivanka Trump and even Julio Iglesias They have bought properties in this exclusive enclave. The island is connected to the continent only by a small bridge guarded by its own police, which makes it one of the most closed and monitored communities in the United States. However, as highlighted in The local pressin this luxurious paradise where most mansions have an average of 10 bathrooms, no one has taken into account How to delete properly the waste they generate. Millionaires in a Ciénaga. By not having sewerage infrastructure given the isolated character of the enclave, Indian Creek’s homes depend on individual septic tanks, located dangerously close to Bay of Biscay. This proximity has turned the graves into a constant source of pollution. According to published The New York Timesa 2018 study already warned of the high pollution indices of these septic tanks due to the sewage leaks To the bay. These leaks not only affect Water health that surround the island, but also to marine ecosystems. Neighbor, do you have a sewer left over? Given this situation, the Indian Creek government raised a possible solution: send its wastewater to the sewerage system of the neighboring town, Surfside, located on the other side of the bridge that communicates them with the mainland. However, Surfside responded in a diplomatic but firm way. Connect to the sewerage system that have paid and maintained their neighbors has a cost: 10 million dollars. For his part, Indian Creek considered the petition as an act of “extortion” and decided to look for alternatives that would not imply paying the neighbors the 10 million dollars hitch rate. The law of the sewer. One of these alternatives is to raise a claim to the government of the state of Florida since there is a state law that would force surfesides to accept the wastewater of its military neighbors to Eliminate septic tanks. According to that law, conveniently approved in June 2025, includes a provision that prohibits municipalities from blocking or charging for certain sewerage connections. According to published he Miami Heraldthis measure would prevent localities such as Surfside to reject projects such as Indian Creek or impose connection tolls to their sewerage lines, although they directly affect their urban infrastructure. If you use our sewers you are one of ours. In response, Surfside authorities raised a legal counterpart: if an acceptable agreement was not reached, they could contemplate the possibility of annexing Indian Creek to their municipality, so that both entities share fiscal and maintenance obligations. According to surfeside leaders, the Urban growth and the environmental pressure generated by Indian Creek justifies a formal solution and a common responsibility. Both populations are communicated by a bridge, so all the traffic and services that the island of the Millionaires needs compulsively passes through the streets of Surfsis. A private pipe. Rejecting the idea of annexation to Surfside, Indian Creek has designed an independent infrastructure project that consists in building its own sewerage system. This plan includes placing an underground pipe that would pass under the streets of Surfsis along one kilometer until reaching the Bay Harbor Islands sewerage network. In this way, the waste would leave the island without formalizing a connection with the system of its immediate neighbor. Stephen J. Helfman, Indian Creek’s lawyer, assured to The New York Times that “the preliminary works and preparation works for the future sewerage line will begin next month.” Meanwhile, the mayor of Surfsis, Charles Burkett, who initially requested the 10 million dollars, was more conciliatory after knowing that the law prevents him from refusing to facilitate the construction of that new sewerage line. “We hope to work with Indian Creek to help them achieve their goals with the least possible impact for our residents,” Burkett said. In Xataka | Billionaires prepare their mansions for apocalypse: luxury bunkers have become a trend Image | Flickr (Smithsonian)

We had supplements to live more, improve our strength and sleep better. Now we have one to get less angry

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We are likely to associate the name “Omega-3” for the beneficial effects that these fatty acids have on our cardiovascular health. However, over time we have discovered that these compounds They have more advantages. Let’s not lose the papers. For example, Now we know That the consumption of omega-3 fatty acid supplements is related to less aggressiveness. It is the conclusion reached by a group of experts after reviewing almost thirty studies on the subject published between 1996 and 2024. Omega-3. Surely we have heard on numerous occasions about the Omega-3 but what are they really? It is a group of polyunsaturated fatty acids that we often obtain through fish consumption (especially species such as northern bonito or white tuna, mackerel, salmon, sardines and trout), but which we can also find in other foods, such as nuts, flaxseed oil, soybean or chia seeds. We usually associate these fatty acids with better cardiovascular healthand for good reason: they reduce the presence of triglycerides (other types of fat present in our blood, these not so beneficial), as well as decrease the possibility of developing arrhythmias or the accumulation of plaque in our arteries. These fatty acids can also help us reduce blood pressure. Body and mind. But the studies carried out around the physiological benefits of these compounds have been complemented with analysis on the psychological and neurological impacts. Studies like a decade ago He detected a relationship between these nutrients and schizophrenia, or clinical trials that began establishing their relationship with aggression levels. 29 randomized essays. The team responsible for the new analysis compiled 35 independent samples extracted from 29 studies (including 3,918 participants) published between 1996 and 2024. From this exhibition, the team conducted a meta -analysis, a quantitative study of compiled essays. This served to detect modest but statistically significant effects in the relationship between Omega-3 and aggression. The team estimated a reduction of almost 30% in the levels of aggression, apart from gender age, diagnosis, duration of treatment and dose. The analysis found evidence that these fatty acids could reduce both reactive aggression (in response to a provocation), such as provocative (planned) aggression. The details of the study were published In an article In the magazine Aggressive and Violent Behavior. Continue investigating. Those responsible for the new study indicate that the fact that Omega-3 fatty acids are a normal component of our diet that we can find in a simple way in the form of supplement makes them a harmless treatment when reducing aggressiveness. Therefore, although there are important limitations regarding what we know about its effectiveness, they recommend their use, even as a complement to other measures. “The Omega-3 is not a magical bullet that will solve the problem of violence in society. But can it help? Based on these findings, we firmly believe that it can, and that we should start acting based on the new knowledge we have,” pointed in a press release Adrian Raine, co -author of the study. Despite this, the limitations that can be considered. For example, we do not know the biochemical mechanisms that could justify the casual relationship between Omega-3 consumption and the reduction of aggressiveness. In addition, according to Raine himself, analyzed studies focused mainly on short -term effects, so the task of evaluating them in the longer term is still pending. In Xataka | What food supplements really work and which are not, in a great graphic Image | Medieservice / Alesia Kozik

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