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Tensions at Nexperia threaten the supply chain. One party accuses the other of “destructive actions”

November 29, 2025 by usatoday24

Until a few months ago, Nexperia was known mainly in industrial circles. It manufactured essential but inconspicuous chips, basic components for electronic systems, especially in sectors such as the automotive industry. Today his name appears in public letters, cross accusations and messages warning of production stops. The controversy is no longer limited to internal decisions: it involves governments, regulatory frameworks and a supply chain that has become especially sensitive. The conflict between headquarters did not arise spontaneously. It was built through a combination of regulatory decisions, judicial interventions and business measures that, in a matter of weeks, altered the balance between the Dutch parent company and the Chinese entities. The confirmed facts follow this sequence: September 29, 2025. The United States extended its export controls on companies that are 50% or more owned by entities included in the Entity List. Wingtech has been on that list since December 2024 and, by extension, affected Nexperia. September 30, 2025. The Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands applied for the first time the Goods Availability Act to supervise Nexperia’s activity. October 4, 2025. China prohibited Nexperia China and its subcontractors from exporting certain finished components and subassemblies manufactured in Chinese territory. October 7, 2025. The Amsterdam Company Chamber suspended CEO Zhang Xuezheng and appointed an independent administrator with authority over corporate decisions. October 12, 2025. The Dutch Government officially confirmed the activation of the control framework. October 14, 2025. Nexperia publicly acknowledged the veto imposed by Beijing and stated that it was in talks with the Chinese authorities to resolve it. October 29, 2025. Nexperia BV announced the suspension of the supply of wafers to its subsidiary due to its refusal to make payments. November 10, 2025. The US Department of Commerce suspends for one year the “Affiliates Rule” as part of a broader trade agreement with China. November 28, 2025. The Dutch Government suspended its ministerial supervision after talks with China, although the measures of the Amsterdam Business Chamber remain in force. What the Dutch matrix demands. Nexperia BV, the Netherlands-based entity that exercises global corporate governance of the group, states in his open letter of November 27 that it has made multiple attempts, both formal and informal, to contact its entities in China through calls, emails, proposed meetings and formal communications, without obtaining “any meaningful response.” He warns that clients from different sectors speak of “imminent production stops.” It calls for reestablishing regular flows of production, delivery and operational planning, and offers to start negotiations even with professional mediation. One of Nexperia’s facilities in Guangdong Accusations from China. Nexperia China claims that has always been available for formal communication and denies that there is a lack of response. According to its statement, the Dutch parent company would have carried out “destructive actions”, such as the elimination of corporate email accounts and the restriction of access to internal systems, which would have prevented the normal functioning of the subsidiary. Wingtech, the parent company in China, maintains that there has been an “unlawful deprivation” of its control rights and that this is the origin of the current disorder. He adds that, since October, they have continued to ship components to hundreds of customers as part of a “self-rescue” effort. A basic chip that supports a complex industry. Nexperia produces the so-called foundation chips, essential components that manage electrical functions in automotive and electronic systems. They are manufactured in Europe, assembled and tested in China and re-exported to the rest of the world. Companies like Nissan and the German supplier Bosch have warned that the current tension could affect availability in the coming months if flow is not restored. The German employers’ association VDA has warned of high risks. Nexperia has become a point of friction between corporate governance, regulation and industrial policy. As we have seen, the Dutch parent company and the subsidiary in China maintain opposing stories and accuse each other of having caused the current situation. None rules out dialogue, although the conversations continue in writing. The public communications consulted speak of “imminent” stops, but do not include interruptions that have already materialized. Manufacturers express their concern and anticipate possible effects if supply is not stabilized soon. We have to wait to see how this situation will end. Images | Nexperia In Xataka | The problem is not that Europe has “expropriated” Nexperia from a Chinese company: it is that it approved its sale just a year ago

Europe has seen that Gen Z is full of militarism, body worship and a desire to party and has told them: go to the front

October 19, 2025 by usatoday24

First there were technical shoes, then sports watchesand now the military backpacks: khaki, resistant, full of patches and straps. Europe dresses usefully, as if preparing for war were just another aesthetic trend. In the gyms, more than in the barracks, a new type of citizenship is trained: bodies ready, gazes focused, backpacks ready for something that we still don’t know if it is a fad or a calling. Those who wear them seem to embody a new European trend: the return of the body as a patriotic symbol. A few weeks ago, the US Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, declared: “It’s tiring to see obese troops.” His comment—as provocative as it was political—coincided with an unexpected finding: Generation Z, the same one that grew up among screens and anxiety, is recovering the cult of the body, the taste for action and, in some cases, a renewed curiosity for the idea of serving or protecting something bigger than oneself. Europe has taken note. Atasila ne aniram? In a chapter of The SimpsonsBart and his friends formed a music group with subliminal lyrics to encourage young people to join the navy. A joke that, with the passage of time, has become another pop prophecy fulfilled. In a Financial Times column have started to unravel the new military movement. European armies have detected an unexpected change: young people who previously fled from conscription now sign up for military or civilian volunteering. In Germany, applications for voluntary military service They have grown 15% in a year; In Finland, the Government has announced his intention to increase to one million reservists in 2031, For its part, Sweden, with its “total defense” system (Totalförsvaret), already integrates 380,000 citizens into radio, transport or dog training associations that support the Army without holding weapons. According to official data from the Swedish governmentdue to the War in Ukraine, registrations skyrocketed: in a few months they received as many volunteers as in a normal year. Meanwhile, in the Baltic countries—Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania—they are also reinforcing their “civil militarism.” The three states prepare plans mass evacuation and citizen response to a possible Russian attack. The maneuvers include everything from logistics volunteers to farmers who learn to drive light armored vehicles. Furthermore, Estonia has created units of cybervolunteers to protect digital infrastructures and Lithuania just launched a program to train 22,000 drone operators. Europe is not raising massive armies: it is cultivating available, disciplined and functional bodies. A low-intensity militarism that mixes gym, volunteering and “healthy patriotism.” But why Gen Z? The simplest answer is because it is shaped by the mirror, but there is much more to it than that. Currently, we live in the era of protein chicof spiked shakes, sculpted bodies and extreme routines. The psychologist Sara Bolo warned that “Many apparently healthy behaviors hide disorders disguised as fitness culture.” But beyond the excesses, the cult of the body has become an ethic: physical self-discipline as a sense of purpose. And behind it there is something else: 36% of European Gen Z exercise regularly and another 50% want to start. However, the most revealing fact is not that, but the void it fills. Sociologist Robert Putnam already diagnosed that “we stopped bowling together.” Today, the gym replaces the social club, the bootcamp the summer camp, the weight routine the collective ritual. In other words, Generation Z isn’t just looking for muscle: it’s looking to belong. In a Europe where 13% of citizens and 20% of young people say they feel alone “most of the time”, according to Eurostatcivil defense appears as a new type of functional community: a gymnasium with anthem and purpose. The body as a political border. This cult of the body, born in gyms and amplified by networks, has also filtered into institutional discourse. What was once individual well-being, today takes on a collective, even patriotic tone. On the other side of the Atlantic, body obsession has acquired ideological overtones. Hegseth himself gathered hundreds of top brass to reprimand them: “No more beards. Let’s trim the hair, shave the beards and go back to standards.” His speech was more focused on appearance than performance, more on the image of the ideal soldier than on his operational capacity. Europe observes with caution, but the impulse is the same: the body once again becomes a metaphor for the nation, a space where the moral and physical health of the State is projected. Trained, vigilant, prepared. Recruit with algorithms. For now, the old continent is strengthening its network of civil associations. But if you look to the United States, you could find a more aggressive recruiting model. The US Army has hired e-girls and influencers like Hailey Lujan, an employee of the psychological operations division (PSYOP), who combines uniforms and beauty filters to attract new recruits. On the other hand, the Pentagon He also tried video games: America’s Armya shooter free launched in 2002 so that players wanted to get ready after playing. It worked for two decades as the first major gamified recruiting tool. For now, the European version of digital recruitment is more sober – campaigns about volunteering and civil protection – but the logic is identical: convince Generation Z that the uniform can also be a lifestyle. Fragility disguised as strength. On the margins of the gym where discipline and self-improvement are preached, a digital manosphere thrives that turns fragility into ideological fuel. On TikTok and YouTube, figures like Andrew Tate or anonymous accounts with a military aesthetic promote a masculinity “based on strength and control.” fitness has become in a gateway to the digital extreme right, where the body symbolizes purity and the enemy is always the weak. Cases like that of the Spanish influencer Llados, who combines coaching physical with discourses about “traditional masculinity”, illustrate that blurred border between personal improvement and emotional manipulation. The risk is not only the militarization of the body, but also its ideological instrumentalization. The gym, a space of redemption, can become soft indoctrination campwhere loneliness and … Read more

For years tourist apartments expanded without brakes. Alicante has just reminded them that the party is over

October 14, 2025 by usatoday24

Alicante has become serious with its tourist offer. The city, which so far this year received more than 600,000 visitors (taking into account only those staying in its hotels), has decided to close the tap on new licenses in “saturated” areas and setting a maximum rate that will be applied by neighborhoods. The measure just received the endorsement of the Government Board and still has a long way to go before passing through the municipal plenary session, but it points out the path that more and more cities are following. The objective, as recognize the Alicante mayor, is to achieve a (complicated) “balance between the daily lives of residents and tourist activity.” What has happened? That Alicante has decided to say enough is enough to the proliferation of tourist accommodation. It’s not the first time he’s done it. In December already advertisement a moratorium on the granting of licenses for vacation rentals in residential buildings, a measure that extended months later to buildings dedicated only to tourist apartments. Now its City Council has gone further: a few days ago launched its administrative machinery to modify its PGOU and regulate how and where the opening of new places for visitors will be allowed. At the moment the proposal has received the endorsement of the Local Government Board. Once the change in the General Plan has obtained the necessary permits, the initiative will be submitted for approval by the Plenary of the City Council for its entry into force. What do you want to do? Apply a series of guidelines that will determine where, when and under what conditions the accommodation offer in Alicante can be increased. At a general level, a maximum of 0.187 tourist places per inhabitant. From there, the tap will be turned off. For its application, the Consistory will take as reference the census sections of the municipality. That will be the unit you use to decide, for example, which areas are “saturated” or which can still accommodate new places without exceeding the threshold. The situation will be reviewed every year. Is it the only measure? No. In neighborhoods that are already considered “saturated” at the outset (that is, those that exceed the limit of 0.187) new “tourist places” will not be allowed. In the statement In which the City Council announces the measure, it does not speak of flats, but of “squares” intended for visitors, in general. The only exception it provides is for the highest quality hotels: three, four and five stars. In the first case (three-star businesses) there will also be a limit, but more lax: the limit after which new licenses will stop being granted will be 0.32 tourist places per inhabitant. Things will be different for higher-class establishments. Entrepreneurs interested in setting up four or five star hotels will not encounter limits, “even if the area in which they are located has reached the maximum permitted threshold,” confirm from the City Hall. Map of saturated areas of Alicante. Go into more details? Yes. The City Council wants to adopt two measures that will clearly determine where new tourist apartments can be opened. The first is to prohibit “the implementation of tourist uses on the ground floors of the main commercial roads.” That is, in these areas it does not matter whether or not the maximum limit of 0.187 beds/inhabitant has been reached: vacation rentals will be prohibited in the lower parts of the buildings. The second measure is that this type of accommodation must have “independent access” if it is located in residential buildings. It is not something exceptional. Many other cities have promoted a similar rule in an attempt to facilitate coexistence between neighbors and visitors. If this mandatory condition is not met, the Alicante City Council already warns that it will not grant the municipal license. What is the objective? in words of Mayor Luis Barcala (PP), achieve “sustainable tourism” and “the balance between the daily lives of residents and tourist activity.” “The city aims to attract visitors, but guaranteeing its sustainability: without compromising its model, exceeding the capacity of the territory or expelling the local population, guaranteeing that residents can continue living in their neighborhoods, access to housing, work and services.” another of the objectives of the Consistory is to prioritize “quality over quantity”, “reducing pressure” and “promoting three, four and five star hotels”. It is not the city’s first move in that direction. In December the City Council approved a two-year moratorium on the granting of new licenses for tourist apartments and in summer extended the suspension to apartment blocks intended for vacation rentals. The decision has been met with front rejection of the sector, which has even taken the issue to court. Why is it important? First, because Alicante is one of the main tourist centers in the country. Second, because it is not the first (nor will it probably be the last) city that has applied such a measure in its tourist fabric. In 2024 Madrid decided freeze the concession of licenses for tourist apartments, in Barcelona directly the City Council has proposed remove offer in the medium term and in other cities with a tourist ‘pull’, such as Seville, Malaga, Valencia either Santiago de Compostelathe institutions have also moved in one direction or another to regulate the supply. The reason: among others, the enormous pressure that offers vacation rentals in the urban residential market. Images | Cale Weaver (Unsplash) and Alicante City Council In Xataka | Northern Spain has been complaining about mass tourism for years. Asturias has discovered the bitter consequences of losing it

last hours of bargains at the Prime Offers Party

October 8, 2025 by usatoday24

He Black Friday is just around the corner, a moment marked on the calendar by many buyers who want to renew their mobile phonehis portableyour tablet or your computer (among many other things) saving a pinch in the process. However, there is no need to wait to find bargains in these categories and many more. The reason? Amazon’s Prime Deals Party. Throughout yesterday and today, until midnight, Amazon is immersed in its Prime Deals Party of autumn. A preview of the Black Friday that is about to fall, exclusive in this case for members of the Prime service, of which a few hours remain. But if we haven’t arrived in time yet, We still have time to take advantage of dozens of bargains. And these are some of the most interesting: Lenovo Legion 5 Gen 10 gaming laptop by 1,199 euroswith OLED screen and the RTX 5060 Fire TV Stick 4K by 35.90 eurosan Amazon bestseller that does not fail its appointment with the Prime Offers Party Google Pixel 10 Pro XL 256GB by 1,079.10 euroswhich has just gone on sale, is already the star of this bargain. By 1,199 euros with the Buds Pro 2 Apple iPad 11 inch by 349 euros. Apple’s cheap tablet is now even cheaper on Amazon Xiaomi TV F Pro 75 Television by 499 euros75-inch pants with QLED technology at a price that is difficult to see Lenovo Legion 5 Gen 10 2025 is the year of change in the generation of graphics cards, with the arrival months ago of the RTX 5000 from NVIDIA. This laptop has the RTX 5060 and has reached its minimum price on Amazon during this Prime Offer Party: we can still get it for only 1,199 euros. Precious if we look at what it offers, beyond said GPU and the DLSS 4: an Intel Core i7-13650HX processor, 32 GB of RAM and 1 TB of SSD. But, above all, stands out for its 15-inch 165 Hz OLED panel and resolution 2,560 x 1,600p. Great equipment to play at more than 60 FPS for years. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Fire TV Stick 4K Amazon’s star television accessory, now at half price: 35.90 euros. Be careful, on sale until October 14, according to Amazon. But it would not be surprising if it were sold out sooner considering the bargain that stars. Whether we want to add smart TV functions to our old television, or if we are looking for greater fluidity when browsing applications, this device It’s ideal. It comes with a controller, integrated Alexa and is compatible with HDR 10+, Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos. All this, with WiFi 6 and a maximum supported resolution of 4K. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Google Pixel 10 Pro XL He new high-end phone from Google In its most complete and largest version, it stars in one of the mobile bargains of this Prime Offer Party: 1,079.10 euros. Also available in the form of a pack along with the Buds Pro 2 by 1,199 euros. In both cases, at a historical minimum price. This phone is ideal for those looking for a clean Android system without layers loaded with additions, a great photography section and, above all, a large screen. Mount a 6.8-inch 120 Hz OLED panelhas 16 GB of RAM and, in this case, 256 GB of storage. In addition to the Tensor G5 processor and a 5,200 mAh battery, among other things. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Apple iPad Not all Apple tablets They are expensive and the latest generation basic iPad is the best example. Already cheap, now it is even cheaper as it costs only 349 euros on Amazon. Not bad if we look for a model with which browse, watch series and movies, play or read. It features Apple’s A16 processor, an 11-inch Liquid Retina display, and 128GB of storage. Its autonomy, as in the rest of Apple’s tablet catalog, is one of its strong points. AND It is compatible with some of the official accessorieslike the Apple Pencil. Apple iPad 11 Inch The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Xiaomi TV F Pro 75 Those who searched a giant discounted television In this Amazon Prime Offer Party you are in luck with this 75-inch Xiaomi by 499 euros. The Amazon best seller within its category. And at a price that is hard to believe considering what it offers. Generous diagonal, mainly. But also a 4K QLED panel and fire tv as an operating system, two essential for many users. Besides, supports voice control via Alexait is compatible with HDR 10+ and Apple AirPlay content and reaches 120 Hz, so we can use it to play on next generation consoles. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links You may also be interested Echo Pop (Latest generation) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Amazon Kindle Colorsoft 16 GB + Jade Green Fabric Case + 9 W Adapter The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | Lenovo, Amazon, Xiaomi, Apple, Google In Xataka | Best tablets (2025). Which one to buy and 8 recommended models for all pockets and needs In Xataka | Best televisions in quality price. Which one to buy and seven recommended 4K smart TVs

The best chollos in technology at the Prime de Amazon offers party

October 7, 2025 by usatoday24

Amazon is celebrating one of its most famous campaigns, the Prime offers party (formerly known as Prime Day). If you are thinking about renewing some of your technological devices, these are some of the BEST CHOLLOS IN TECNOLOGÍWhat we have found. Smart TV 55T8C TCL by 399 euros: 55 inches and with 144 Hz. Smartphone Oppo Reno 14 5g by 329 euros: 6.59 inches and Android 15. Smartwatch Samsung Galaxy Watch7 by 199 euros: 1.5 inches and with Wearos. Bluetooth speaker Marshall Stanmore III by 250 euros: With retro design and Bluetooth 5.2. Sound bar LG DS60tr by 259 euros: With 440 W and 5.1 channels. SMART TV TCL 55T8C If you are looking for Change TVthis TCL model is one of the chollos that you can get in this Amazon campaign. Its usual price is 549 euros, but until tomorrow, it will be available for alone 399 euros. There are several characteristics for which this TV It stands out (and more at the price it has). Mount a 55 -inch qled panel With 144 Hz and the sound is signed by Onkyo. It offers 4K HDR Pro resolution and is compatible with multiple formats, in addition to having FilmMaker. The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links SMARTPHONE OPPO RENE 14 5G He Oppo Reno 14 5g It is one of the mobile phones that we have found reduced at the Prime Amazon offers party. It is a mid -range terminal What costs now 329 eurosso you get a discount of 70 euros compared to its usual PVP. This smartphone rides a 6.59 -inch AMOLED panel and 120 Hz. Its processor is the MediaTak Dimensity 8350 and its photographic system is formed by a triple rear camera of 50+50+8 MP. It also stands out for its 6,000 mAh battery and works under the operating system Android 15with customization layer color 15. OPPO RENE14 5G – Free smartphone with AI, 8GB RAM + 256GB The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links SMARTWATCH SAMSUNG GALAXY WATCH7 This Galaxy Watch7 Samsung is one of the smart watches that is worth it during this Amazon campaign. Its recommended price is about 400 euros, but now you can take it for 199 euros. It is a very powerful clock, thanks to the 3NM Exynos Exynos processor, which is accompanied by a 2 GB RAM and 32 GB of internal storage. Your screen is type 1.5 -inch Super AMOLED and works under the operating system Wearos. In addition, it comes with a gift strap. Samsung Galaxy Watch7 4G LTE + Correa – Smartwatch 44mm The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links Bluetooth Marshall Stanmore III Marshall is one of those leading firms on audio devices and its Bluetooth speaker Stanmore III It is one of its most iconic models. With a recommended price of 399 euros, now you can take it at the Prime de Amazon offers party for 250 euros. He Bluetooth speaker Marshall Stanmore III offers a much broader sound than its predecessor. It presents the retro design of all the firm’s speakers, although it does not have PVC but recycled plastic. It has technology Bluetooth 5.2RCA and Jack input of 3.5 mm. Marshall Stanmore III Bluetooth speaker The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links LG DS60TR sound bar In the autumn-winter season, one of the best plans at home is that of sofa, movie and blanket. If you want to ride your own home cinema, a sound bar is the best accessory for your TV. At the Prime offers you can get this LG DS60tr reduced, by 259 euros. This sound bar From 5.1 channels it has three front speakers, two rear and a subwoofer. Offers one 440 w RMS power and is compatible with Delby Digital and DTS formats. In addition, it incorporates artificial intelligence, which adapts the audio to the content you are seeing. LG DS60Tr – Sound bar, Bluetooth, 440W, The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links 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 | Webedia, LG, Samsung, Marshall, Oppo and TCl In Xataka | Best electronic books. What ebook buy and 11 recommended models In Xataka | What Kindle Buy: Purchase guide with recommendations to succeed with Amazon electronic book readers

His new “party” are working 92 hours

October 4, 2025 by usatoday24

In Silicon Valley, the new generation of young entrepreneurs has left behind the parties at which alcohol rivers ran. The example that follows is that of the big names of Silicon Valley, such as Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Sam Altman or Bryan Johnsonwhich prioritize their business projects ahead of their own social life. The phenomenon is not isolated, and more and more young entrepreneurs share the same mentality: “Why go to a bar if I can be creating a company?” Summarizes Emily Yuan, a young founder of Silicon Valley, In an interview for The Wall Street Journal. The data does not lie: alcohol consumption Among the youth of generation Z It is being reduced and, in the scope of Silicon Valley startup incubators, the norm is increasingly and not exception. Silicon Valley’s new habits. The daily routine of those who aspire to success in Silicon Valley is marked by working hours that exceed the usual. According to what was published by The Wall Street JournalMarty Kausas, 28 years old and founder of the startup Pyloncommented in a LinkedIn publication that chained several weeks in a row of 92 hours of work and that canceled his vacation because the stress of work prevented him from taking A few days to rest. However, in Another publicationthe young entrepreneur ruled out that in his company a “culture of 996” was applied for his employees, in reference to the new Asia export trendin which you work from nine in the morning to nine in the afternoon and six days per week. What is fun? The main paradigm change that shows this group of very young technological entrepreneurs is to define What is fun. In his case, and as Marty Kausas and Emily Yuan detailed, what they consider fun is not to spend some time with friends drinking some beers. “Our motivation to start a company was fun and adventure. But what is fun for us is quite different from what is fun for others.” That concept, together with the messages against alcohol that are giving some influential figures of Silicon Valley, such as Sam Altman, which has manifested himself totally contrary to alcohol consumptionor Mark Zuckerberg that, Unlike your cowsjust drink beer on few special occasions and what is necessary To take the photo. In general, for “Tecnobros“From Silicon Valley alcohol and parties no longer enter the concept of fun. Sobriety in the tech era. Generation Z, globally, is reducing alcohol consumption worldwide. The data They point out that there was a drop in alcohol consumption of 4.5% per year since 2011, and has been stabilized since then. According to him last report of health the average consumption of each adult in Europe went from 12 liters per year in 2000 to 9.5 liters in 2019, and if we focus on wine, the only alcoholic beverage that drinks Jeff Bezos In special celebrationsthe Data point to that its average consumption per adult has fallen from 14.2 liters in 1990 to 10 liters in 2017. In the “new garitos” there is talk of financing This decrease in alcohol consumption has been associated with a cultural change in the social activities of these new entrepreneurs. The meetings between colleagues, formerly animated by toast and drinks, are now meetings in Saunas, motivational talks or gym routines in search of professional connections. Miranda Nover, co -founder of a fitness startup called Fort, said In an interview for Business Insider That the image of ascetic existence is very important for young entrepreneurs. “You are trying to transmit: we do this six days a week in the office, we work until 9 pm, we do not drink, we do not party, we do not do any of that.” The businessmen of the future are “Healthy”. Unlike what happened with the previous generations of Millionaire Founders, such as Henry Ford or Aristotle Onassis, in which alcohol ran to all its parties. Now, alcohol consumption has ceased to be the central axis and a closer philosophy has been adopted to the Millionaire’s postulates Bryan Johnsonto focus all the energy on productivity. In San Francisco’s artificial intelligence events, alcohol is absent. According to Michelle Fang, 26 years old and event organizer for these Precotes founders of Silicon Valley, among the reasons why at the parties of the Entrepreneurs quarry is not only for a Change in the concept of leisure And health: “Many events related to AI do not serve alcohol, not only because it is out of fashion among the San Francisco public. Many founders are not enough to drink.” In Xataka | Alcohol is no longer cool: the “arrogance curious” movement is turning the abstemious into a trend Image | Unspash (Nguyễn hiệp)

Apple maintains strong control even on third -party stores. The test is the elimination of Ititorrent in Altstore Pal

August 29, 2025 by usatoday24

IPhone and iPad users in the European Union can do something unpublished in the rest of the world: Install alternative application stores and download apps directly from the developer website. This opening was not born from a change of philosophy in Apple, but of the obligation to fulfill the Digital Markets Law. The company has always defended its closed ecosystem and has warned that opening the door to external applications compromises security of users. However, it should not be confused: even in this new scenario, Apple maintains strong control about everything that is installed on its devices. The recent disappearance of Iitorrent in ALTSTORE PAL It is the clearest proof. Ititorrent is a Bittorrent customer for iOS who had found a distribution channel out of the App Store. Everything changed when his developer communicated in Github that Apple had removed the ability to distribute the application through that route. From one day to another, Iitorrent ceased to be available for new facilities and users began to point out that they could no longer download it. What happened was not a simple technical failure: Apple had revoked the authorization that allows developers to take their apps to alternative stores, a reminder that the company still has the last word even when it is not about its own store. This is how Apple decides which applications are still alive in iOS That same system of Notarizationwhich is presented as a security review, is also the tool with which Apple retains control. If an application stops fulfilling its criteria or if the company classifies it as malicious software, can prevent it from being installed and even block its execution in the devices where it was already. The same goes for third -party stores: they depend on specific permits that Apple grants and can revoke at any time, which would mean leaving all its users without catalog. In practice, although the installation is done from an alternative marketplace or from the web, each step is still subject to the final validation of Apple, as indicated on its website. Notarization for iOS and Ipados apps is a basic review that applies to all apps, regardless of their distribution channel, and focuses on the security and privacy policies of the platform, as well as maintaining the integrity of the device. As we pointed out, first the developer spoke. He reported that Apple had withdrawn from his account the ability to distribute alternative, which left Iitorrent out of Altstore Pal. He said he resorted to the official support without obtaining clear answers. Then came the official Apple position. In statements sent to 9to5MacThe company said: “The certification of this application was eliminated to comply with the rules on government sanctions in various jurisdictions. We have informed the developed.” The contrast is evident: on the one hand, a surprised developer; On the other, a company that insists that its obligation is to stop apps that can be risk. What happened with Ititorrent is not an isolated fact. Some projects that aspired to reach alternative stores found themselves before with the rejection of notarization. For example, Mini Vmac was rejected and never arrived at Altstore Pal. What is clear is that the company retains the ability to remove apps from the circulation beyond its own store. For some users, the practice reflects an excess of control; For others, it is the way to keep your devices safe. In any case, the European opening does not in any case eliminate the central role of Apple in the process. The first question that many are asked is evident: Can Apple withdraw an application even when installed from an alternative store? The answer is yes. All apps in iOS depend on the notarization and permits managed by the company itself, so that if it revokes that authorization, the application ceases to be installed automatically. The question also arises from what happens to those who already had it downloaded. In principle they can continue using it, unless Apple catalogs it as harmful, in which case the system will not let it open. It is no coincidence: in the App Store torrents have been vetoed for years, and the company has never had a simple relationship with them. Images | ALTSTORE PAL In Xataka | Few digital gardens have the walls as high as Apple’s. Chatgpt has managed to sneak into it

How the Latin Party of the 15 years is peering among the young people from Madrid

August 1, 2025 by usatoday24

In the Community of Madrid they live more than one million From Latin Americans, people born in Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela Peru or Uruguay (the complete countries around twenty) who work in businesses in the region, go to the same parks as the native population and have children who study in the same schools. That is why it is not strange that customs and traditions be infected. And that something like ’15 -year party’a celebration that until not so much celebrated only Latinas, start to turn on Madrid’s homes. Nothing that did not happen before with other traditions. Quinceañera To the Spanish. That in Spain parties of the 15 years are celebrated is no novelty. As the Latin population increased in our country, customs, traditions and products that until not so much was difficult to see on this side of the Atlantic were also extended. The quinceañera party It is a good example. The also known as ’15 -year -old party’ or quino is a celebration with which families mark the transit of childhood to maturity. And what are they? The staging can vary from one celebration to another or between regions, but there are some elements that are often repeated: Dresses Princess Styles (even with Cancán and Tiaras), bright colors, friends, chamblanes, cakes, dances … Everything, of course, focused on the great protagonist, the young woman who celebrates her 15 years and, with them, the transition from girl to adult woman. In the quinceañera celebrations it is common for this step to symbolize in different ways. In some countries, parents change the young woman’s footwear, replacing shoes with heel shoes, or the protagonist delivers her last doll to stage that leaves the childhood behind. Although There are those who go back The roots of the celebration of pre -Columbian cultures are not strange that the holidays include Christian action masses and sermons of priests. Expanding phenomenon. You may not know its details or history, but surely the concept sounds like you and you have seen photos of Quinceañeras In networks. Normal. A Fast search In Google shows news of 2017 or even 2014 in which there was already talk of how the holidays were spreading in Spain. At that time the norm was that behind those celebrations there would always be a young woman of Latin American roots. Today it is no longer so. A few days ago The country public A report in which he reveals that they are already organizing ceremonies for Madrid girls, Spanish families and without cultural ties with Latin America. “From 30 events, 10”. The phenomenon is better understood with the help of María Carolina Triviño, director of We will be Latina company based in Madrid that has specialized in this kind of ceremonies. While works above all with families from Honduras and Paraguay, it is no longer uncommon for their door to call Spaniards who want their daughters to celebrate the Quinceañera. “From more than 30 events, 10 have been for Spanish. And they always start the same: they came to a 15 -year party as guests of their Latin friends and encapricated,” Comment Triviño The influence comes through both friends and networks. In Tiktok they can be found A good handful Of videos about 15 -year parties, material in which as triviño acknowledges, girls are inspired to choose costumes and cuts. The country He has also spoken with Ana Rodríguez, a 50 -year -old from Madrid, to whom one day his daughter told him that he wanted to celebrate “his 15”. She had never heard of the party. His daughter yes, through her groups of friends and Tiktok. “It’s like Halloween or Pope Noél”. The ceremonies “of the 15” among young Spaniards may be new. Its context, no. Input because it is not the first celebration or foreign tradition that rootes in Spain. Before other parties have already done it through cinema or by simple imitation. “It’s like Halloween or Santa Claus, they don’t ask where it comes from, they just want to celebrate it because they see it around them,” Rodríguez comments. She herself confirms that in her environment, in Pozuelo, there are more Spanish who want to celebrate their own parties. “They don’t understand”. “Spanish parents don’t understand anything, but their daughters are clear: they want 15 photos, like their Latin friends. The other day a father told me: ‘This is going to be like Halloween. Before no one celebrated it and now everyone does it’”, agrees Sergio Saavedra, founder of a company dedicated to rent dresses for quinceañeras. Photos and costumes are two pillars of the party. “Latin girls do not want to give up their own and the Spanish do not want to stay out,” Point out Another entrepreneur who has seen a business opportunity. Not so strange. Another explanation that quinceañeras ceremonies They are rooting in Spanish homes is that the concept, in reality, is not so alien to us. Decades ago in Madrid, ‘parties of the 15’ were not seen, but they were held long when the young women fulfilled the age of majority. Between each other there are differences, but also similarities: celebrations centered on young people, dresses, social acts and a ceremony that in the end seek to highlight the passage of childhood to maturity. Today they continue to be held, although they are usually associated with certain social extracts. It is culture, and it is demography. If there is something that explains the pull of the Quinceañeras It is nevertheless demography. In Spain, many more Latin Americans reside today than a few decades, so it is normal for society to soak up its traditions. On January 1, 2024, the INE counted in the Madrid region just over one million people born in Latin American countries, which means that one in seven Inhabitants was born in Latin American countries. The data multiplies by which it was recorded at the end of the 20th century, when it did not even reach 100,000. And it is … Read more

Melilla has been with its collapsed systems for two weeks. Now, Villajoyosa has joined the party

July 4, 2025 by usatoday24

Villajosa City Council (Alicante) has suffered a very similar luck to that of the Melilla: A cyber attack has completely left ko the computer services of the municipality. In this case, the attackers have not yet attributed authorship, and from the City Council they anticipate that the recovery process will last “several days.” What happened. A cyber attack classified as ransomware The municipal computer systems has left out of the City Council itself. At the moment, the damages caused are being evaluated while trying to restore the service as soon as possible. The City Council claims to be working with the Cybersecurity Operations Center (COCS), under the National Cryptographic Center, to accelerate the process of return to normal. Meanwhile, they warn that the systems will be inactive for “several days.” How is this type of attack. Cyber attacks classified as ransomware They have a very concrete purpose: Ask for a ransom. The way of operating is clear and consistent: The computer is infected Your data is kidnapped An economic rescue is requested to release them Who has the computer on, to turn it off urgently. Local media They confirm that the event began last Wednesday night, warning the City Council to its workers to immediately turn off any administration computer. The next morning, the City Council reported that its public service services were “attending manually, with the limitations that in some cases can entail.” Municipal sources point to more than 300 infected computers. A case that sounds to us. The case of Villajoyosa is important because it is the second that Spain suffers in just two weeks. Melilla has been with her collapsed computer services by a cyber attack attributed to a Russian cybercriminal group. At the beginning of this week, the figure requested by the group that assumed the authorship: 1.8 million euros in exchange for almost 4 tb of information. Among her, “all the inhabitants of the city”, tourists and information committed on public office. No solution to sight. Villajoyosa speaks of “several days” to restore the service, but there is no specific date. Melilla already has fourteen days of computer chaos, refusing to pay for the rescue and with the National Intelligence Center (CNI) working to recover the encrypted data. Studies tell us that paying an attack by ransomware increases the chances of attacking you againso the solution is not so simple. (Almost) at the head. Spain It is one of the most attacked countries in the world by cybercriminalshaving suffered a wave of cyber attacks in recent months. The last, this week, investigating a data filtration related to the president of the Government, Pedro Sánchez. Giants like Microsoft bet Por European security programs, offered without cost and in order to share intelligence on threats. Measures and proposals that do not seem enough to a growing phenomenon. Image | Denisdoukhan In Xataka | Europe and Spain are suffering a wave of cyber attacks. So Microsoft has decided to take action on the matter

ELON MUSK: “If the Demential Project of Expenditure is approved, América Party will be founded the next day.” It has just been approved

July 1, 2025 by usatoday24

Just a month ago, Elon Musk left The Oval Office giving a virtual door to Donald Trump, who reproached that without the millions he had donated to his campaign Today would not be president. In addition, he accused the president of appearing In Epstein’s listlinking Trump with the networks of prostitution and abuse of minors. More calm the spirits, the CEO of Tesla said that its political stage had come to an end And he was going to dedicate all his energies to solve the serious difficulties that the car manufacturer is going through. The promise It has lasted a month. Musk now not only returns to the political field, but has even proposed to create a new political party: America party. It will be that the goat always pulls the mountain. The origin of the idea: a survey. The distancing between Musk and Trump was made public when both They starred in a discussion in X. In that context, Musk launched A survey to your followers asking them if he should create a new political party that represented 80% of voters who do not feel identified either with Democrats or with Republicans. The result was overwhelming: 80.4% of the participants supported the idea of a new game, although the proposal was pause at that time. In Musk’s words: “Our country needs an alternative to Democratic-Republican Unipartisanism so that people really have a voice.” Musk’s criticisms of Trump’s “great and beautiful law.” Since the presentation of Trump’s new budget law, popularly known as the “great and beautiful law” (One Big Beautiful Tax Bill), Musk was especially critical. Touch the image to go to the original message Such and As you collect the BBCMusk denounced that these regulations perpetuate the United States dependence on the debt, raise the expense roof and expand tax exemptions for large fortunes and companies, while cutting health benefits and services for the most disadvantaged. Musk did not hesitate to qualify the law as “a disgusting abomination”, And he added: “Shame for those who have voted it, they know they have done wrong. They know it.” While the new budget law is being debated in the Senate, Musk insists on his offensive and attacking this law on this occasion on this occasion. With A message in xthe millionaire has threatened to boycott the re -election of all those who support the new law in the next primary of the Republican Party, ensuring that “they will lose their primaries next year even if it is the last thing he does on this earth.” For Musk, who have campaigned to reduce government spending and now vote in favor of the greatest increase in debt in history “they should bend the head of shame.” Trump without hair on the tongue. Donald Trump has not remained silent before Musk’s attacks to his bill. From your social networkTrump recalled that Musk “has had more subsidies than any other human being in history, without subsidies, should close the store and return home in South Africa.” In addition, the president has threatened to send to DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency that Until now Musk had directedto review all the Magnate contracts, ensuring that Cularing on satellitesrockets and electric cars “would save a fortune.” Trump has also stressed that Musk knew from the first moment that the Budget Law was a fundamental part of his campaign, a campaign that Musk himself “had supported with such vehemence.” Vox Populi, Vox Dei. Making use From the popular judgment in Latin, “the voice of the people is the voice of God”, Musk took the survey on the creation of a new party again out of the manga ensuring that If the law is approved, the next day it would found the America party. “Our country needs an alternative to Democratic-Republican Unipartisanism so that people really have a voice,” wrote the millionaire. Touch the image to go to the original message As advances The avant -gardethe law has just been approved, so we are waiting for the next Musk movement. Of course, one of the options does not seem to be to keep your attention In Tesla’s problems either of Spacex. In Xataka | We knew that the CEO of large companies were very well paid. What we didn’t know was how much their salary had risen Image | Flickr(Gage Skidmore)

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