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Hundreds of people attended a funeral. All normal except because the deceased was an AI model that had been removed

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The artificial intelligence boom is making us live moments of the most curious. There is people falling in love with an AIothers go to her as to a psychologist or for “Risheat” a loved one. What we needed to see was to celebrate a funeral for a retired model and it is just what happened a few days ago in San Francisco, where more than 200 people gathered to give the last goodbye to Claude 3 Sonnet. The deceased. July 21, Anthropic announced that he withdrew several modelsamong which was Claude 3 Sonnetprotagonist of this funeral picturesque. The model was announced in March 2024 and stood out for its balance between performance and efficiency. Together with him, Anthropic also withdrew Claude 1 and 2, in addition to confirming that Claude 3 Opus would disappear in January 2026. The funeral. It was held last Saturday in a warehouse in the Soma district of San Francisco and more than 200 people attended. They count on This Wired report that the decoration did not go unnoticed: a giant tentacle hanging from the ceiling and several mannequins with an aesthetic and represented different Claude models. In the center of the room he lay the mannequin that represented Claude 3 Sonnet and was surrounded by the most diverse offerings: from the classic flowers to a bottle of ranch sauce. Devotion. It sounds very absurd and clearly there was an aura of irony and humor in the event, but there were also emotional moments and even say in Wired that some attendees cried. Openai has the most popular chatbot, but Claude de Anthropic has a very devout fans community. The reason would be that Anthropic has managed to imbue a warm and friendly personality in his chatbot that has conquered many users. Exists a website where you can see ranking of the users who use Claude most and there are even people doing FAN ART With the company’s logo. Emotional connection Establishing affective links with a machine is not something new. In 1966 it was created Eliza, the first chatbotand many people who interacted with her ended up telling her personal things, as if she were another human, they called him the Eliza Effect. With the AI boom we are seeing how these links become popular and the success of apps such as Replika either Character.AI They are a clear example of this trend that increasingly adds more adherents. Attending the funeral of an AI sounds like a pretty fun plan to spend some time on the weekend, but developing an emotional connection with a chatbot is not always positive. The dark side. There are people whose connection with these chatbots brushes addiction to the point that Online support groups are being createdto alcoholics anonymous. In This study They analyzed how the use of chatbots affects our mental health and, although at the entrance it can have a positive effect, in the long run it is associated with higher levels of social isolation and emotional dependence. The experts alert of the risk of confusing the empathy of a machine with real empathy; A chatbot is always available to speak already It tells us what we want to hearThis causes a false sensation of empathy that can negatively affect our ability to connect with other human beings. Image | Chatgpt In Xataka | A group of experts in AI attended a party in a mansion. The topic of conversation: what will be when AI ends humanity

After weeks of concern, the Mediterranean is very close to normal. The heat wave threatens to throw everything into the fret

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Something has changed sharply in the Mediterranean Sea: its temperature. If a few weeks ago the sea that unites Europe, Africa and Asia burning, now the surface temperature of the sea has plummeted to almost normal values, only slightly above what we could expect during these summer dates A few tenth. The latest data on the surface temperature in the Mediterranean Sea have given us good news in the form of stabilization. According to the data Of the coastal observation and prediction system of the Balearic Islands (Socib), as of August 7, the Mediterranean surface is, on average, at 26.03º Celsius. This implies an anomaly was 0.54º Celsius, that is, the sea is more than half a hot than what would correspond at this time. As a contrast, in the middle of June We reported that this anomaly was 2.26º. East to the west. The sea temperature has decreased on average, but has also changed in its distribution. A few weeks ago the focus of the heat was in the Western Mediterranean, while to the east the temperatures were warm but more moderate. Now it happens just the other way around. According to the Socib datathe average west temperature of the Mediterranean is 25.01º, which implies a thermal anomaly of 0.29º. Meanwhile, the eastern side is at 27.06º, 0.81º more than what would be normal in that area and on these dates. A very diverse sea. The data allow us to analyze the change in different regions and, perhaps the area where this change is most palpable, the Northwest Mediterranean. Here, at the beginning of July the thermal anomaly was around four degrees. Now is the most “normal” area of the sea, with a positive anomaly of only 0.17º. Another of the spotlights a few weeks ago was in the surroundings of the Balearic Islands, especially in the waters of the National Park of the Cabrera Archipelago. In these areas, thermal anomaly on June 12 was 3rd and 3.18º respectively. Now, the environment of the Balearic archipelago is only 0.36º above the average, while the waters of the Cabrera archipelago have an anomaly of 0.35º. What happened? June was an extremely warm month in Spain, but it was also hotter than normal in other areas. The absence of section of section and high insolation made the Mediterranean a boiling pot, but the month of July was different. The arrival of a time less torrid in a month of July in which the storms took the prominence in the Mediterranean basin changed this. “Thanks to the dynamics of atmospheric circulation in recent weeks, with the passage of different troughs, the surface waters of the Mediterranean already draw a panorama with a more normal spatial variability,” explained on social networks The physicist, disseminator and researcher at Aemet JJ German. Without throwing the bells on the flight. The descent of temperatures is great news: a Mediterranean too warm increases the risk of storms and copious rainfall like the ones we see in Danas and in episodes of “cold drop”. The question now is to know if this stabilization will be lasting or if we will see a new thermal rebound in marine waters. August has started with a heat wave in Spain with reach beyond the peninsula. June’s thermal rest has ended and we do not know how this change to the waters of the Mediterranean will affect. The issue is relevant due to the environmental and meteorological problems that this overheating would imply. In Xataka | “The Mediterranean already has only three stations”: the European Observatory of the drought confirms that winter is dying Image | Valentin Perret / ECMWF

This heat wave has very little normal because of a “stationary” situation

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We approach the culminating point of the heat wave. In many places the thermometers have already exceeded the mark of the 40º Celsius and the situation will last throughout the week, according to the forecasts. The question for many is to what extent this is strange in the middle of August. In full heat wave. Yesterday we lived that could be the first day of the new heat wave that looms over Spain. During the day the State Meteorology Agency (AEMET) registered temperatures above 43º In two seasons in the south of the Peninsula (Badajoz, and Almadén, in Ciudad Real), but many more registered maxims above 40º. A heat, normal? The last days of July and early August tend to be the hottest of the year. That is why it is logical to think that we are simply at the heat of the cannula. However, there are ways to verify that this is not the case. First, the terminology used: heat waves are, by definition, abnormal heat situations. Although there is no strict definition of what a heat wave is, we can resort to Aemet as standard. This situation occurs when at least 10% of the weather stations collect temperatures in the 95th of the distribution for at least three consecutive days. The agency has warned of the possibility that we are in the first days of a heat wave, it has not confirmed that we are already in one since we are still talking about forecasts. Of course, the probability assigned to the event is high, of 80%. More than 10. Another way of seeing the uniqueness of this event is through thermal anomalies, the difference between the temperatures that we predict or observed and the average temperature that would correspond to these dates in a certain place or area. According to Physicist Sergio Escama points out in Meteoredthe weather models advance thermal anomalies between 10º and 12º that will affect “wide areas” not only of the southern peninsular, also the center and interior. The heat will also be elevated for dates in the northern half, although foreseeably not until the same point. The answer, also in the atmosphere. If we want to understand what has normal and what is anomalous this situation, we can also look at the situation of the atmosphere. According to Details Aemetwe are faced with a “quite stationary, with high Atlantic pressures extending over a large part of the territory and low pressures to the peninsular southwest”. This situation facilitates the entry of warm and dry air from North Africa. The situation is aggravated by the fact that we are in summer, which implies a high degree of insolation due to the longest days and the greatest angle with which the sun affects the territory. What can we expect from the heat wave. The agency foresee That the maxims today continue to rise, with the mercury exceeding the 40º “in large areas of the southern half of the Atlantic aspect and surroundings of the Miño,” according to the agency in its forecast. Tomorrow Tuesday could also register temperatures above 40º in much of the southern half of the Atlantic aspect and also in the depressions of the Northeast. Thus, Aemet He has activated notices For extreme temperatures in almost the entire peninsula, with several orange notices for important risks in part of the southern quadrant, Andalusia and areas of Galicia. Many of these notices will remain active during the highest heat hours at least between today and Thursday. The northern hemisphere, to the red red. The anomalous situation that affects our environment has its reflection in the data at a global scale: the northern hemisphere is also in a situation of warm anomaly. According to the data of Climate Resanalyzer (of July 29), the average temperature in this hemisphere is 22.43º. This represents a thermal anomaly of 0.75º with respect to the average of the years between 1991 and 2020, but an anomaly of 1.14º above the average of the years between 1979 and 2000. This implies that we are before the third most warm August in the northern hemisphere, behind the year 2023 and tied with 2024. In Xataka | The Catalan and Segura basins toured different paths during the drought. Now they share something: the passage of the trough Image | ECMWF

It will be normal for companies to win more money with fewer people

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Microsoft is at your best economic moment. At the same time, he is saying goodbye to Much of its template in different departments and key divisions such as Xbox and some of their European studies. The paradox of the company led by Satya Nadella is clear: it is completely normal for companies to win more money with fewer people. The layoffs. The Microsoft case is no exception, it is the new present in the Tech industry. In May fired more than 6,000 employeesabout 3% of its global workforce. In July, I added to the list other 9,000 workers. “Organizational changes necessary to better position the company in a dynamic market,” According to Microsoft spokesmen. The company carries cleaning template since January 2023an added to salary freezing and bonus cuts and incentives for its employees. The figures. Microsoft has closed its last fiscal quarter with income of 64.7 billion dollarsan interannual growth of 15% and a stock capitalization greater than 3.7 billion dollars at the time of writing this article. A you against Nvidia to be the most quoted company in the world. The paradox. Since 2023, the estimated total of dismissals in Microsoft exceeds 30,000. Meanwhile. Historical record in quarterly income. Record in net benefits. Record for action per share. Stock capitalization record. Microsoft is leading the company model towards which the technology industry is directed: more income, more efficiency and less workers. The context. Since 2022, layoffs are becoming usual. They do not arrive in a context of recession, they arrive in the midst of an increase in the valuations of technological actions. They are an integrated routine, in cases like Microsoft’s, in the company’s quarterly planning itself. Far away is the post -financial stage of 2008, with the United States keeping interest rates and investment in Big Tech absolutely triggered. A phenomenon that continued after Pandemia, with the great technology overcome and entering a war for talent. Image | Trueup.io Where are we going. Since 2022, great technology have stopped the Race for hiring and entered a completely different phase. It is forecast that about 200,000 technology employees will be fired in 2025. A figure still distant from The 400,000 that were recorded in 2023but symptom of a trend that will not be reversed. Mainly for three reasons. Because. In the years immediately after pandemic, technological ones launched themselves to an aggressive hiring strategy. Thousands and thousands of job offers in a context after which Andy Jassy himself, CEO of Amazon, admitted that had hired too much people. Superstar. Although the wave of dismissals sounds like a crisis for workers in the Tech sector (because there are), the sector giants are raffling the most specialized profiles. The focus is on attract talent to win in AIturning engineers In the new players. The division is clear: thousands of workers going to the street, and engineers signing with seven -digit salaries. And, along the way, companies earning more money than ever. In Xataka | 50 years later the amazing thing is not that Microsoft continues to exist. The hallucinating thing is that it remains (Tan) relevant

An indie group is petalling in Spotify. All normal except for one thing: they are made with ia

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A couple of months ago we talked about tools as powerful as Suno Ai that allowed to create practically indistinguishable songs of a generated by humans. There is nothing strange that, a few weeks later we are already seeing musical groups generated from Musical Models of AI, and that not only manage to deceive the public but also generate millions of listeners and, therefore, substantial amounts of money in benefits. The new case (and surely will not be the last one) is that of the false Folk The Velvet Slown band. Lie folk. The first calls for attention to the legitimacy of The Velvet Sundown took place in Reddit (in this and in this thread), where attention was called to the possible absence of the band despite its more than 550,000 monthly listeners have already been recommended by the platform algorithm. The reactions went from indignation to resignation, and at that time a boycott call was made to Spotify, for not clearly noticing the nature of these contents. How to detect it. Shortly after, the music expert Chris Dalla I explained in Tiktok How it was possible to distinguish The Velvet Sundown from a royal band: certain metal nuances in the voices, typical of when they are generated by AI, very little original titles (‘Dust on the Wind’, very similar to the legendary ‘dust in the Wind’ of Kansas), the clear origin by means of both the images of the group and of the description of the same (with false quotes or abundance of scripts. of chatgpt texts in English). And then, of course, there is the total absence of information about the band or its members on the Internet. There is no digital footprint prior to the appearance of the group in Spotify. The definitive test: Deezer. Deezer is one of the few platforms of streaming of music that has recognized the problems of an excess content generated by AI (18% of all that rises to digital platformsaccording to your own report). That is why they launched a tool that warns their listeners of the possibility that they are listening to artificially generated music. In the case of The Velvet Slown, His verdict is unequivocal: The possibilities that your songs have composed with Suno, you or other similar tool are very high. Why have so many reproductions. However, The Velvet Sundown does not have too many listeners signed to their profile: just 11,000 at the time of writing these lines. Where do all your listening monthly come from? Basically, to appear on playlists who arrive thanks to five very specific users, according to the investigation Musically: Extra music, Collective Solitude, Kultpop!, In-Between and Lost Records. These profiles have included the entire records of The Velvet Slown in very often lists, although their themes (for example, the Vietnam War) have no apparent relationship with the music of the band. But these appearances in lists lead them direct to the weekly discoveries of the algorithm. The juicy royalties. What generates this is an avalanche of Royalties whose legitimacy is, in the best, doubtful, since they are often used Bots to inflate the statistics (There are already, in fact, cases giving tumbos in court for this issue). The use of bots is not demonstrated with this new non-base, but the objections around it go rather by the ethical point of view: with its somewhat artificial success (based on “deceiving” the algorithm forcing its appearance in Playlists very listened to) are removing space to authentic bands. And money: reproductions are paid in Spotify between 0.003 and $ 0.005 for each listening, so that money is not going to real musicians. The precedent: the girls. At the end of 2024a Spanish band generated entirely by AI became the musical controversy of the moment. The girls obtained some impact with their first album, ‘Last bath’, and became interviewed by media such as eldiario.es. Those responsible, from anonymity, stated when they were discovered to be responsible for the lyrics, but not music or interpretation. In this case, they disappeared from Spotify by decision of their Altafonte distributor, although in a few days they returned to platforms, already self -managed. Those responsible fled forward with A manifesto in which they turned the project into an idea of ​​collaborative philosophy, trying to provide a certain experimental entity to the girls. Only seven months later, possibly their authors have managed to strain many other experiments on platforms … and are charging for it. In Xataka | Spotify has found the best use of AI: generates playlist from any text, such as chatgpt

Influencers have stopped having normal lives

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The last controversy on the Spanish Internet comes from the hand of Lola Lolita and the creator of content Nil Ojeda. A documentary about the day to day of the popular influencer has unleashed the controversy by The behavior of its protagonist. And, above all, puts on the table how our relationship with the Celebrities From the Internet: from people who could be our friends and whose main value was closeness, to an exhibition of economic power that greatly moves them away from most of their audience. What happened? The video corresponds to the series 21 days between millionairesin which Ojeda spends full days with different people of high economic high status, usually very young. In less than 24 hours, the episode dedicated to the influencer Lola Lolita It has unleashed negative reactions that have not occurred in those of others of the protagonists of the series. Some of your comments They have been considered class or haughtyreceiving special attention a conflict generated by the purchase of luxury bags. As part of a “personal favor” that Lola asks in the episode, she requests that you buy a Saddle de Dior bag valued at about 4,000 euros. However, Nil decides to distribute the budget and proposes to buy two Louis Vuitton bags (about 2,000 euros each), for Lola and one of his companions, Leto, which causes Lola’s anger. Finally, Lola chooses the East West onthego bag from Louis Vuitton, of 2,800 euros. Reaction against. Criticisms accuse her of abuse not only the rest of the people who make up the group but also to the workers of the luxury shops to those who come. It is a behavior that Some content creators Specialized in this type of material have not seen how especially surprising, if the personality and trajectory of Lola Lolita is known, which has starred in numerous controversies: Ha trivialized breast cancertheir relationship with brands and different campaigns It has been problematic And, in general, he has led a life, like that of so many others Influencers“alien” to normal and the day -to -day problems of most of its followers. The origin of the influence. If for something the case of Lola Lolita is useful to be able to contrast it with the first Influencersthat in a very primitive version they began to appear on blogs and YouTube around the change of the 10th semi-stirred names as Chusita Fashion Fever, Inesmellamn either MUZSKA89 They were the Pioneers of Youtuber stardom, whose main characteristic was its naturalness before the Chamber or addressing everyday problems. Digital democratization allowed, very shortly after, people like Elrubius, Vegetta777 or Loulogio became referents. Anyone could be. Instagram arrives. The next step in evolution occurred in 2012, when Instagram arrived in Spain and people like María Pombo and Marta Pombo, already closer to What we understand today as influencer And, of course, much more on the line of Lola Lolita. Often linked to the fashion world, their recurring themes became travel and lifestyle with luxury exhibition, often with sponsorships and paid advertising. Tiktok and pointers in the format, such as Marta Díaz, finished consecrating the brief video as the preferred format of the public. He soon arrived professionalization, and with it, new generations of creators as disparate as Georgina Rodríguez or Ibai Llanos. To the elite. Many of those mentioned (María Pombo, Georgina), more others such as Dulceida, Gala González, Marta Lozano or Alexandra Pereira have built empires with millions of followers and millionaire contracts. Often its content goes to the time of a lifestyle completely to normal: exclusive trips, very expensive fashion, unattainable marks, luxury and exclusive consumption. They thus become aspirational funnels very different from the first influencers, but also have a negative side: their occasional lack, halfway between the character and genuine behavior, of any type of empathy or contact with everyday reality. The bubble. The life of Influencers Millionaires usually pass in a bubble of privileges, exclusive trips and collaborations with luxury brands. Sociologist Silvia Muelas tells that “The media survival of these characters depends many times on their ability to generate controversy or show excesses, which leads to an exhibition of self -destructive or disconnected behaviors of reality.” But it is not only about isolation, but that fame or money makes them little empathic: the escape from influencers to Andorra, headed by Elrubius, Not to pay taxes; THES OF THEGREGF as homemade; Willyrex’s phase like NFT Adalid… The arrival of money seems to have taken away many of them from normality and has led them to out of control that is giving birth to a generation of influencers as detached from normality such as Lola Lolita. Header | Nil Ojeda In Xataka | The Prado Museum closed its doors so that Dua Lipa could create content. That has generated a furious debate

Aemet is clear that the end of May will not be “normal.” And the question is whether summer will arrive at some point

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We were going to suffer the first summer bars and, although the calima has punctured expectations a bitthe truth is that heat and dryness They have been the great protagonists of the meteorology of most of the country. And I say most because in the northwest the storms are already being noticed: the next few hours, a new Dana will cross the peninsula leaving showers, storms and heavy rains throughout the country. It’s just the beginning. Things are going to change and we have been listening to it weeks; But the truth is that, for now, The situation remains the same. A meteorological combo. Because yes, the first thing will be a Dana that will sweep us from the Peninsular North and will leave Tuesday night towards France; But, then (between Thursday and Friday) a trough will affect the Mediterranean area. And, as I say, Everything seems to point to that it takes and daca It is not the end of spring During the next few days, days full of strong storms with more stable days will be happening. What is clear is that, we want or not, It will not be the normal situation For the last half of May. The best example will be the weekend. Because once the trough, stability will take over the country. The question asked everyone (meteorologists included) is whether it is the definitive one. Luckily, medium/long -term trends are here. And, for the first time in a long time, they begin to Draw a “return to normal”. European models point out that, although most of the Peninsula will receive average rainfall (and the north, a little more than normal), the southeast of the country must prepare to forget what has happened during this spring: the driest climate is here again. In fact, that is the second half of May. If we look at the first half of June, that climate “slightly dry than normal” will be present throughout the southern half, the Mediterranean coast, the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands. The northwest quadrant will have a rainfall regime “within normal.” Something similar We will see with temperatures: During these two weeks, the fresco will endure in some zoans of the interior, but progressively all of Spain will slide towards a warmer situation than normal. Not too much, it is true: but enough to break the very long streak of strange patterns that began in March this year. Will summer start? It is a great question. The problem is that we do not know. Image | ECMWF | Ryoji Iwata In Xataka | The problem for Aemet is not to get a retrograde Dana. The problem is that we have been really strange for months

Normal, with solar load and crank. Five external batteries to have the mobile loaded during a blackout

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Behind him Mass blackout That we suffer yesterday throughout the Peninsula, it has become clear that it is convenient to have one or more PowerBank (or external batteries) at home so that at least I can have the mobile with drums. But … which one to choose? In this article we have gathered different external batteries that can be very useful at a time with which we live yesterday with a light cut of many hours. IPOSIBLE WITH SOLAR LOAD by 35.95 euros With coupon, an external battery with solar panels. ANKER LAPTOP by 99.99 eurosan external battery that allows recharging to laptops. Xiaomi Redmi Fast Charge Power Bank by 14.99 eurosa very cheap external battery that has a good load capacity. Wastde with solar load and crank by 59.99 eurosan external battery designed to use it at all times. Anker Zolo by 20.89 eurosan external pocket battery with 30W load. IPOSIBLE WITH SOLAR LOAD One of the most interesting proposals of this list is External Iposible batterywhich is at Amazon at a price of 39.95 euros, although selecting the store coupon stays in 35.95 euros. And it is interesting because its capacity of 26,800 mAh is recharged by solar load, so we can be ready even if we have no light. Comes with four waterproof solar panels that can be folded, includes several USB ports (both USB-C as USB-A and Microusb) and its construction offers water resistance, blows and dust. The brand mentions that the battery offers more than 1,600 load life cycles. * Some price may have changed from the last review ANKER LAPTOP On the other hand, if what we are looking for is an external battery that even allows us to recharge a laptop (useful if the light cut has caught us when we were working), the ANKER LAPTOP It can be a very good purchase option. Costs 99.99 euros in Amazon and is very complete. The Anker Laptop is an external battery that comes with a capacity of 25,000 mAh. Includes three USB-C ports and offers a loading power up to 100Wso you can recharge a good assortment of devices. In addition, it allows recharging up to four devices at once. * Some price may have changed from the last review Xiaomi Redmi Fast Charge Power Bank If what we are looking for is an external economic battery, but also very useful, the Xiaomi Redmi Fast Charge Power Bank Right now it costs 14.99 euros In the official store. In addition, it comes with a capacity of 20,000 mAh, offers a power of 18W. Xiaomi’s external battery comes with a couple of USB-A ports, a USB-C port and another microusb. It also has temperature protectionagainst the short circuits, against overcurrent and also against the overtheions. Xiaomi Redmi Fast Charge Power Bank * Some price may have changed from the last review Wastde with solar load and crank Another of the most interesting proposals of this list is the Wastde external batterywhich comes both with solar load and with a crank. Its price at Amazon is 59.99 euros and stands out mainly for these two reasons: it can be recharged through the solar load or using the crank (very useful for the night). In addition to this, it comes with three output cables (Lightning, USB-C and Microusb) and three output ports (two USB-A and a USB-C). It allows to recharge many devices at the same time, has a capacity of 26,800 mAh and includes a flashlight with three modes: SOS, strobe and continuous. Wastde with solar load and crank * Some price may have changed from the last review Anker Zolo If what we are looking for is an external pocket battery that occupies very little space, the Anker Zolo It can be a very good purchase option. It is located at a price at a price of 20.89 euros And it can be stored practically in any pocket, since its dimensions are approximately 119.9 x 73.4 x 31.4 mm. In addition to this, the external battery offers a 30W load powerincludes an integrated USB-C cable, its capacity is 10,000 mAh and can be recharged in a short time thanks to its 20W power. * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | IPOSIBLE, ANKER, XIAOMI, WASTDE In Xataka | What do you need (according to the EU) for your survival kit and how much can it cost you? In Xataka | Best Power Bank to load your mobile phone. Which to buy and recommended external batteries

It has rained 143% more than normal and Spanish agriculture has suddenly entered into crisis mode. They do not lack reasons

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After more than 20 days of continuous rainfall and four huge high impact stories, peninsula floors They are practically saturated. And it should not be a surprise: the amount of water that has fallen has been 143% above Normal. And, although it may seem good news, it doesn’t always rain to everyone’s taste. Isn’t it good news? At the agroganadero level, there are many farms to which this Borrascas festival has been very good: vineyards, olive groves, nuts, dryland cereals and, in general, the livestock that feeds on pastures. But the field is much bigger. Andalusia It’s a good example. Only in the province of Seville, sunflower, chickpea, pea, cabbage and grelo have been affected. But there are more: the red fruits of Huelva, the pepper, the cucumber, the watermelon and the melon Almeria or the lettuce, the broccoli and the Murcian cauliflower. This is going to add the Granada asparagus if the situation is maintained. But why? For a concatenation of factors, of course. Floods have drowned many sown (with “root, gangrene and fungal asphyxiation problems”); The low temperatures are slowing down the development (when not burning) numerous crops; and the lack of labor (or the impossibility of working on lands) prevents the necessary works – or even collection. In figures, According to news four“Farmers find only 15% production.” So much so that a few days ago the Andalusian farmers sighed for just 15 days of sun. And what will happen? If everything goes well (that is, if everything goes as expected) nothing should happen. It is true that the situation has been harmful, but if the time is normalized and without water restrictions, the campaign is in time to save. If the “anomalous” situation lengthens, we will have a problem. However, whatever it is, it is very possible that we notice the break in the supermarket. A couple of years ago, Europe He ran out of red pepper For a cold wave. What has happened is very similar. Right now, there are a dozen products that play with the breakage of the supply. In case climate change I would not assume enough problemsnow it is stubborn to mess up the stations. And that, of course, is a challenge for one of the key sectors of Spain. Image | Markus Winkler | CHANDLER CRUTTINGE In Xataka | “Not a crop is saved”: Spain is about to discover in its flesh the effects of water scarcity

A restaurant, but not a “normal”

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In Santa Monica Boulevardthat mitified road of 23 km in California that extends from Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood to state route 1, is about to inaugurate a new place. Actually, this would not be news in the if it were not for the man behind the new business and because the place will not be a restaurant to use. Talk later of Elon Musk and of his next conquest. Tesla and the hospitality. I told this week The New York Times. Elon Musk is about to debut in the world of restoration with a project as striking as controversial: a Tesla retrofuturist restaurant about Santa Monica Boulevard, in Los Angeles. With an aesthetic that refers to a flying saucer out of A movie from the 50sthe complex will combine cargo station for electric vehicles, outdoor cinema and a DID Open all night. Musk has described it as a fusion between ‘Grease‘ and ‘The supersonic’, and is part of their vision of transforming the electricity experience of electric in a moment of leisure and cultural immersion. The restaurant, designed by The stantec firmis under construction Since September 2023 And although the opening date has not been announced, the signals (such as the recent Inclusion of a menu In the Tesla app) they indicate that its arrival is imminent. Opportunity or the opposite. Apparently, since 2023 Tesla has been Contacting renowned chefs To lead the kitchen of the establishment, but not everyone has responded with enthusiasm. The Times explained that Caroline Styne and Suzanne Goin, prestigious Lucques groupThey rejected the offer claiming incompatibilities with their business vision and the lack of license to sell alcohol. Styne even changed his tesla for an electric BMW as a sign of disenchantment with Musk, whose public figure has generated divisions and tensions in different sectors. Wolfgang Puck Catering He was also contacted, although he did not officially respond, and secretism around the project is such that confidentiality agreements have been demanded to potential collaborators, preventing that They are publicly spoken of the terms of any negotiation. Conceptual image of the restaurant Reactions in the gastronomic world. What doubt fits, despite the reservations of one, other chefs see a one in the project high profile opportunity. Walter Manzke, Del Republique Restaurantexpressed interest, like John Fraserwho has previously reflected on the reinvention of the gas station. These professionals value the potential of the Tesla restaurant to alter the way in which the gastronomic service is integrated into urban and technological life. Max Blockexpert in gastronomic communication, believes that a concept like this, which includes projected films while dinner and service on skates, It aligns with the growing tendency of “eating for experience.” Musk’s “weight”. Thus, polarization around Elon Musk is still an obvious obstacle. Figures like Danny Meyer (From Shake Shack) and Paul Kahan (from One off hospitality) have been skeptical or directly reluctant to associate with Tesla, not for the proposal itself, but for What Musk represents Today in the political and social debate. Several restorers, According to the TimesThey hesitate to make public comments about the project for fear of adverse reactions. In a context where topics such as environment, inclusion or immigration are part of the identity of many restaurants, associating with a such divisive figure It can have a high reputational cost. A dream enhanced by the electric future. It is the last of the legs to understand this new venture of the richest man of the planet. The project emerges at a time when Tesla has beforehand multiple challenges: protests In their concessionaires, White House Promises to treat attacks on brand vehicles as domestic terrorisma 50% drop in the price of their shares and a highly politicized environment. Not everywhere, of course. In cities like Los Angeles, where Tesla has been widely adopted And its presence is almost omnipresent, the restaurant could be consolidated as a logical extension of that brand culture. For some, it is a natural evolution of the Tesla experience. For others, a risky play that mixes leisure, technology, political polarization and personal brand in equal parts. Be that as it may, the restaurant will be much more than a site to eat: it will be a declaration of intentions, framed in a city that is still debated between the fascination with the future and the nostalgia of its own past. Image | Tesla, Nara In Xataka | How much money Elon Musk has: how the fortune of the man who plans the colonization of Mars from a social network is distributed In Xataka | Who are the largest millionaires in Spain: the list of the ten richest people in the country

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