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What is and how to use Alibaba’s artificial intelligence without having to pay quotas

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Let’s explain What is and how to use qwenthe artificial intelligence model created by Alibaba. It is a large language model that comes to compete against Deepseek in Asia, and also passing against other giants in the sector such as Chatgpt, COPILOT either Gemini. We are going to start this article explaining what exactly Qwen is and what are the peculiarities of this model. Then we will pass to Explain how you can start using itsomething quite simple. What is Qwen Qwen is a generative model of artificial intelligence. Specifically it is a Great linguistic model or Large Language Model (LLM), of the same type as Chatgpt and the rest of the alternatives. This AI model has been trained to understand natural language. This is A multimodal AIwhich means that it is able to process and generate both texts and images, code and other elements. Come on, although its main function is to respond by text, you will also be able to ask you to draw and do other tasks. Qwen is too An open source modelthat you can download from specialized pages such as Hugging Face and Modescope, or use in those programs to install models of Artificial Intelligence on your PC. You can use it for free For personal use or research, although its commercial use is limited with restrictions for large companies. This is an important point. Open source models expose their operation, and allow you to use all your functions free Without having to pay quotas. Not all Qwen models are like that, but if you enter its website you can use it for free without problems, and you don’t even need to create an account. Qwen’s first launch was in the beta phase in April 2023, with the name of Tongyi Qianwenwith an internal architecture based on the Meta de Meta ai model. It was publicly launched in September of that same year after receiving the approval of the Chinese government, and in December its first open source models were created. In mid -2024, QWen 2 arrived, also with several open source models, and since then it has been making periodic releases with new innovations, such as QWEN 2.5 in January 2025, and Qwen 3 at the end of April 2025. In this last launch, they claim to have overcome Depseek’s performance. How to use Qwen The easiest way to use Qwen is entering its official websitewhose address is chat.qwen.ai. Here, you will have the option of log in, create an account or continue delightedwhich means that you can use it without having to register anywhere. Of course, if you decide to use it withdrawn, every little you will jump the window to log in, something that can be annoying, but you can keep telling you that you use it if you count. There are some functions that cannot be used without registering, for example, You can’t create videos as a guestyou need to be using an account. On the main screen of Qwen you have a painting to write the text with what you want to ask artificial intelligence. Below are your specific functionsto make concrete requests such as generation and video, images, generate code, summaries, writing aids and more. In the same text box you have A button to activate online searchas well as to use deep thinking modes. On the left there is a + button to attach files and work from them, and the right you can use your voice to make requests. Above left on the web you can choose different models, although by default the most advanced will appear. All you have to do is write to Qwen the question you wantor choose one of its functions and ask you specific questions or requests. Then, the AI ​​will begin to generate the answers immediately. Its operation is the same as that of other models and other artificial intelligence websites. As we have told you, you can also activate a specific function as the creation of drawing. Then, in the prompt that you write to him you do not need or ask him to do that, since he will recognize the function. You ask for what you want and the AI ​​will generate it at the moment. In Xataka Basics | Prompts pages: 16 free websites and communities to find ideas for your prompts and find advice to improve them

It is a masterpiece of the Spanish comic, but they had to discover ‘Paracuellos’ in France so that we would pay attention here

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It is unanimously considered one of the masterpieces of the Spanish comic: ‘Paracuellos’ by Carlos Giménez is genuinely (for his tone, for his graphics and, of course, for his theme) from here. However, It was not easy to find a hole in our bookstores. As if one of the stunted children of the work were, ‘Paracuellos’ was the result of an initial misunderstanding that forced Giménez to seek space in other markets. And then he returned in style. ‘Paracuellos’ is one of those capital works of the Spanish comic that is simple to find in any bookstore. He coda in that sense with ‘Maus’, with ‘Watchmen’, and within the national space, with Mortadelowith Superlópez and with few more, because the editorial world of comic in Spain is a continuous recycling of successes. But finding ‘Paracuellos’ is, for years, very easy: in fact, Penguin Random House has launched a total edition on the occasion of its 50th anniversary that collects all the volumes of this work in giant format. Their virtues are obvious From the first moment: above all, the exquisite drawing of Giménez, supernaturally endowed to provide overwhelming personality to his creatures, is already in 1975, when he began to create it, absolutely extraordinary. A lot of Children dressed all the same, but each with a very important personality Thanks to the looks, sad and naive, but very distinctive, with which they receive the designs of adults (educators, wardens, nuns, inspectors, family members, members of the phalanx). As a good heir to the tradition of the Españo and the Spanish Berlanguian cartoon, it is the portrait of a terrible situation but without humor disappearing completely from children’s lives. Children marked by fears of very diverse type (to be abandoned, to be beaten, to lose the few privileges that scratch among their peers -because they know how to draw, because they have a toy, because they know how to play football -), but at the same time they are unable to lose their innocence, which turns their adventures into experiences halfway between the endearing and terrible. And, of course, above any other value, there is the ruthless portrait, in the first person (We are not, yes, before a strictly biographical comicalthough in part it is) of an atrocious reality: The life of admitted children in social assistance homes during the Francoist postwar. Children of defeated in the civil war, orphans or families in extreme poverty, educated under the yoke of nationalcatolicism and the Falangist discipline. Hunger, punishments, loneliness, institutional violence … A portrait that, despite its crudeness is not lacking hope and tenderness. Liked more in France The first episodes of the series were published from 1975 in several Spanish magazines such as ‘Thank you very much’, ‘El Papus’ and ‘Yes’. They had a very limited success, so Giménez was forced to leave the work after the publication of only two albums. He told so For rtve.es: “No Spanish editor of the time wanted to publish them in their magazines. They were horrified to see those pages full of familic and sad children with those disproportionate eyes and those most disproportionate ears yet yet.” The absence of eroticism or humor for adults in ‘Paracuellos’ closed the doors in Spain, but In France he found an alternative route in the legendary magazine magazine ‘which began to publish it in 1976. A much more prone market to recognize the talent in the cartoon made it a success and from there jumped to other countries in Europe, similar success. 20 years later, in the late 90s, Giménez resumed the work with four more albums. In 2016 he would return to her again coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the series, with three albums that Finally they would conclude it. ‘Paracuellos’ remains, despite the wide parenthesis over time, and thanks to the integrity and quality of Giménez, as a total work, of a caliber that has made that Your candidacy is presented on some occasion to the Princess of Asturias de las Artes. It is an essential piece of our comic that, however, had to be recognized outside to start appreciating in your country of origin. Header | Penguin Random House In Xataka | The most famous superlupez has not long since existed: how Jan transformed him from parody to adventure

Tap to pay lands in Spain

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Apple has just announced the arrival of Tap to pay To Spain, available for all shops, suppliers of platforms and developers of payment apps. Caixabank, through the Global Payments merchant platform, will be the first to offer payments through Tap to pay to all its trade clients. What is tap to pay. Tap to pay It is a function announced in 2022 which allows to turn our iPhone into a TPV for payments without any additional hardware. Just perform the same process we would do with any dataphone: bring the card to the iPhone. Platforms like Stripe were among the first to join the proposal, adding compatibility with Tap to Pay in the United States. The function lands from today in Spain by Caixabank, open to integration into different platforms. What is it for. The goal of Tap to pay is to eliminate the need to have a TPV to make payments in shops. The operation is identical to that of traditional payment, replacing the dataphone with the iPhone. You enter any trade to make a purchase Prepare your credit/debit card, mobile or smartphone (any payment method via chip NFC) You bring it closer to the payment receiver, in this case, the iPhone instead of the TPV The transaction is completed Where will it be available. In alliance with CaixaBank, all Spanish Apple Store will have payment available via Tap to pay. Platforms like PayPal show video how simple it is to make payments through this solution. Apple opens the service today so that the different suppliers can implement it, so it is expected that we progressively begin to see Tap to pay in the businesses that want to adhere to this payment modality. Any company or autonomous may use the service to collect your customers. The advantages. Integrating Tap to pay has certain advantages against a traditional TPV. Only the compatible app and the iPhone are required, so at the portability level it is a victory against the dataphone. Apple also presumes privacy in this solution. The same technology that has been refining in payments through Apple Pay: every transaction is encrypted is used. Apple promises not to know what is being purchased or who is buying it, by not permanently storing card numbers or information about the transaction. What iPhone I need. To use Tap to pay we will not need a new batch iPhone. The new payment method will be available to all iPhone from the Xs From now on, as long as they execute the latest version of iOS (18). Image | Apple In Xataka | How to pay with your mobile: necessary requirements and main apps to do so

The oil ships are changing route to avoid the Ormuz Strait. Who will pay the detour: We

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Hostilities between Israel and Iran have reached a new peak of tension. The impact has not been expected: The price of oil rises and all looks point to the Ormuz Strait. Through that narrow step it circulates almost a fifth of the world crude, and although it has not been blocked, the tension is already altering routes, more than transportation and raising the pressure on the global energy market. A global bottleneck. The Ormuz Strait connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabic Sea, and is under the control of Iran. Only in 2024, more than 1.4 million barrels daily on ships were transported. According to Bloombergalso manages about 27% of the global oil liquefied gas flow (LPG). A partial or total obstruction It would directly affect energy powers such as China and India, as well as Iran, which has the third largest oil reserve on the planet. An unprecedented climb. Amid the registration of the conflict, many shipowners have begun to avoid the area or demand much higher risk premiums to cross it. According to Financial Timesthe result has been a vertiginous rise in charter prices. According to Clarksons Research figures cited by the British media, the daily rate to rent a VLCC (Vary Large Crude Carrier) that transports 2 million barrels of crude oil from the Gulf to China jumped from $ 19,998 to $ 47,609 in just a week. And not only oil transport has been increased: tank ships that transfer refined products, such as gasoline and diesel, have also doubled their rates, reaching more than $ 51,000 daily on that same route. The gas feels the impact. The tension has caused a slight fall in maritime traffic in the area, and some countries have begun to take precautions. Catar, through his state company Qatarenergy – the world’s largest exporter in the world – officially recommended to its vessels, care to cross the Strait, being the first measure known by an energy producer of the Gulf, According to Bloomberg. The tension is intensified. Iran, under international sanctionsuse a “ghost fleet”: ships that operate outside the international regulatory system, without valid insurance or security certifications. This not only represents a legal risk, but also operational. On June 17, Petrolero Front Eagle, of the Norwegian Frontline company, collided with one of these ships just after leaving the Gulf, According to Reuters. That same day, two other oil tankers collided and even caught fire, while two others were approached by Iranian vessels, which led to a “maximum alert” in the area. According to Richard Fulford-Smith, director of the firm Eden Ocean, cited by the Financial Timessome oil buyers are opting for suppliers other than Iran who use regulated vessels. This is pushing the demand towards the legitimate fleet and further increases the global rates. And now what? Uncertainty has already pushed some companies to redirect their routes outside the Persian Gulf, despite the additional cost. China and India could increase their purchases to suppliers such as Saudi Arabia or Russia, which do not depend on the Strait. So, some vessels are demanding higher risk premiums to cross the area, while others prefer to avoid it completely. For its part, United States has begun to reinforce its military presence. Can there be a real closure? Although there has been no official closure of the Strait, the tension has raised the fears that it may occur. Oxford Economics has recently warned In Bloomberg that the price of the Brent barrel could reach $ 130 if a total blockade occurs. And the most worrying: an eventual risk premium could be maintained even after a reopening. For now, the flows continue, but with greater caution and an increasingly dense naval presence. Energy risk. The Ormuz Strait is still open, but fear of a block is more present than ever. For now, the flow of crude and gas continues, although conditioned by a conflict that threatens to spread. The tension has not paralyzed trade, but has more expensive. And that, in the energy market, is enough to light alarms. Image | Pexels Xataka | A fear has taken over the world oil industry: the closure of the Ormuz Strait by Iran

A sentence forces the Principality of Asturias to pay the glasses to a public employee. It is only the first of many

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The Occupational Risk Prevention Regulations establishes a series of mandatory measures and recommendations to maintain the Safety of work environmentsand forcing companies to adopt measures of protection for your employees. Adequate clothing, helmets, gloves, protective footwear, etc. However, what happens when what causes physical damage is the continued use of screens in the workplace? That is the situation that a public employee In 2021. The Social 1 Court of Mieres, in Asturias, has responded to the lawsuit forcing the Asturian administration to take care of the Cost of graduated glassesopening the door to future demands of other employees in the same situation. What happened? As extracted from the sentence to which Xataka has had access, the affected person is a work worker of the Principality who performed maintenance assistant at the Sports Center of El Cristo in Oviedo. In 2021, the center digitized the access control system, so the employee increased the use of screens in his job. As a result of the use of screens, the employee began to present visual discomfort that before the change did not suffer affecting his visual acuity in the use of the screens. In 2024, the employee asked the Principality of Asturias for an ophthalmological review and the provision of new glasses adequate if the recognition recommended it. The autonomous administration ignored both “leaving it without answer,” says the sentence. In January 2025, on behalf of the employee, the legal service of the USIPA-SAIF union He filed a lawsuit against the Principality claiming the application of European directives and The sentences of the Court of Justice of the European Union. The protagonist: Directive 90/270. In his sentence, the Mieres Court forces the Principality of Asturias to provide or cover the cost of glasses to a public employee to need them to work with screens, in compliance with article 9 sections 1, 2 and 3 of the European Directive 90/270on minimal safety and health provisions for work. This European directive complements community regulations through a series of minimum provisions common to all EU countries. In the aforementioned article 9, the eye protection measures and the view of the workers are established. Specifically, “if you experience visual difficulties that may be due to work with the screen.” Under this article the right to ophthalmological reviews is collected, and forces employers to provide employees with “special corrective apparatus appropriate to the work in question”. A pioneer sentence. The sentence recognizes the employee the relevance of the application of that 90/270 directive and the European jurisprudence with a Judgment issued in Italy where this right is also recognized that employers must provide special corrective devices (such as glasses) if medical recognitions justify them. The sentence distinguishes between “normal corrective devices” (general use, out of work) and “special corrective devices” (specifically necessary For tasks with screens), putting the focus in the latter, since the employee only reported “visual acuity disorders that had been diagnosed, however, it is incumbent at the aforementioned jurisdictional body to verify whether the graduated glasses in question effectively serve to correct view disorders related to their work and not general view problems.” Thus, the sentence fails in favor of the employee forcing the administration of the Principality of Asturias “to be carried out an ophthalmological medical examination, (…) as well as that they are given with graduated glasses if they were prescribed by said option as necessary to perform their daily work in front of the computer screen or reimburse them The expenses of its acquisition“, is specified in the sentence. Why is the sentence important? The application of these regulations by the Mieres Social Court feels a precedent in the prevention of occupational hazards, normalizing the ocular protection of those employees who are exposed to long days in front of screens without the equivalent of protection to a helmet in the case of workers or gloves for a carpenter. Maria Guadalupe Lorenzo, lawyer of the Legal Service of the Usipa-Saif Union of Asturias that has led this case, says that “from our union we are already formulating claims of the future extensions of effects to this sentence for the labor personnel who are in a similar situation, as well as claims for the official personnel and other affiliated workers. There will be multiple claims and surely more sentences in this regard.” The sentence is firm because the Principality has not appealed, so its application is immediate. In Xataka | Going to the bathroom is not work: a Swiss court allows a company to force its employees to sign when they go to the bathroom Image | Unspash (Nonsap Visuals)

You have to be a millionaire to pay it

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With the arrival of summer, the millionaires feel the unstoppable impulse of throw yourself in the sea to wear their spectacular and very expensive supereyates. The waters of the Balearic Islands have become a real parade of floating mansions in an appointment to which names have not lacked Like Jeff Bezos And his huge schooner Korueither Mark Zuckerberg with the Launchpad. Between Both floating giant The presence of the Renaissancethe largest superyate ever built in Spain, which in these days is monopolizing all eyes of the visitors of Ibiza. The largest superyate manufactured in Spain With its 112 meters in length, the Renaissance It is the Large major superstad built in Spain To date, although it operates with a flag of Cayman Islands. Left the shipyards than the Freire Shipyard manufacturer He has in Vigo, in 2023, marking a milestone in the national naval industry. He Renaissance Not only does it stand out for its dimensions, but also for its design, luxury finishes and latest generation technology. According to data of Superyatchfanthe Renaissance is registered in the name of Gary Klesch, an American tycoon resident in Switzerland of the Klesch group, considered one of the most important industrial conglomerates on the planet. The ship Le cost about 185 million eurosa figure that reflects the level of luxury and sophistication of the boat. However, the millionaire has found a good form of amortize it as long as you don’t use it. With the arrival of summer and the High tourism seasonhe Renaissance He has been seen sailing through the waters of Ibiza offering his services to the millionaires seeking exclusivity and comfort for their vacations, such and as the Ibiza Diario. The silhouette of Huge yacht It will not go unnoticed for the premises and tourists who approach the beaches and coves of the island, but only a few lucky ones can afford the whim of lying to the sun in their roofs. The rental price is three million euros a week during the low season, and goes up to the 3,750,000 euros per week In high season, expenses apart, indicates On its website Charter Index, Company dedicated to luxury vessel rental services. That is, in addition to being one of the largest in the world, with those figures Renaissance It is also located Among the most expensive, overcoming the Maltes Falcon that is rented for just over half a million euros a week. The luxury of a cruise mansion for the Mediterranean The experience of going aboard Renaissance You may restore you of the impression of your rental price, since it was designed to meet all the needs of your exclusive guests. Can house up to 36 guests, distributed in 19 suites with private bathroomand has a crew of 44 people in charge of missing any details to guests. Among its facilities a multimedia room, a luxurious jazz bar with live music and nightlife and hydromassage bathtub. In addition to a helipad in the bow, the main cover offers a first -class gastronomic experience, with a Sushi barpizza oven and barbecue areas. In addition, guests can relax in spa rooms and massage with beauty and hairdressing services. In the stern, it has a Beach Club in which slides and other inflatable attractions are installed for leisure, as well as material to practice different nautical sports. In Xataka | The difficult thing has not been to build a yacht of 80 meters and 200 million dollars. It has been to take it to the sea without destroying it Image | Freire Shipyard

His previous divorce went to pay

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In just a few weeks the man with the third greatest fortune in the world will walk Towards the altar To give the “yes I want” with her current fiance, the journalist, pilot and Occasional astronaut Lauren Sánchez. However, at the moment both parties would be discussing calmly what would happen with all that fortune if they decide to divorce in the future. After giving up a good part of his heritage in his first link, Bezos has learned the lesson and prefers to have everything well tied with a prenuptial agreement so that it does not happen again. More than a wedding, a business fusion. Jeff Bezos’ fortune at this time is estimated at about 231.8 billion dollars according to Forbesbut Lauren Sánchez is not far behind since, in addition to being a journalist with a long professional career On television, too founded The audiovisual producer Black Ops Aviation, specialized in aerial filming. Therefore, the union of both arises, in legal terms, almost as a business fusion in which each party makes its heritage clear before the link. In fact, according to The published by The Economic TimesBezos’ lawyers began the negotiation of their prenuptial agreement months ago, with the aim of granting Sánchez lawyers enough to review it and propose amendments to such a complex legal text. It’s not just a courtesy. In doing so in this way, Millionaire’s lawyers shield themselves to hypothetical challenge in the future. A armored agreement. California legislation requires premarital agreements to be “conscious.” That is, all the couple’s assets must be put on the table to prevent hidden goods in the future. This is especially important when, as is the case, one of the signatories has less goods than the other. According to Alphense Provinziano, a lawyer specialized in family law, this “is not any presuptial agreement. It is designed to resist any legal challenge.” The agreement forces Bezos to be transparent in the declaration of their assets, so that Sanchez could not subsequently claim any hidden active if the marriage failed. According to Provinziano, “(Bezos) is making sure that Sanchez has his own legal team and plenty of time to review the agreement,” said the lawyer. Again, ensure access to the best legal advice protects the millionaire of future challenges of that agreement. Bezos’s bad experience. They say that the human being is the only animal that stumbles twice with the same stone, but when that stone represents 4% of the value of a giant as Amazonit is better to take due precautions. After her previous 25 -year marriage with the writer and philantral Mackenzie Bezos, the founder of Amazon had to accept A divorce agreement of 38,000 million dollars for not having a premarital contract. Bezos has learned the lesson. Bezos’ divorce resulted in the transfer of 4% of Amazon’s actions to his ex -wife, turning Mackenzie Scott into one of the richest women in the world thanks to signing one of the most expensive divorces in history. The second in economic importance was that of Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates with An agreement of 12.5 billion dollars. The couple’s legacy. On the other hand, such and as they highlight From the Douglas Family buffet, the premarital agreement also contemplates the couple’s legacy to their respective children as a result of previous relations. That is, it is not an agreement that only delimits the possessions of each party, but also defines the terms of what corresponds to each party In case of death of some of them. On the other hand, in the premarital agreements of this type, the philanthropic projects of the couple. Sanchez has been increasingly involved in the direction of the Bezos Earth Fundfounded by the millionaire to foster economic growth maintaining the sustainability of the planet. In fact, Sanchez recently received A prize in Cannes On behalf of the Bezos Foundation. In this agreement, the role of Bezos and Sánchez is established in their common philanthropic projects in case of divorce or death. In Xataka | Asturias has just celebrated three weddings from Sologamia: when the “yes I want” is actually a “yes (me)” Image | Flickr (Keith Hinkle, George W. Bush Presidential Center)

or pay more or will have to look for another floor

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Housing is, by differencethe greatest economic expense for households in Spain. According to dataof The countrythroughout 2025 more than 300,000 households in Spain will see how their rental contracts signed for 2020 expire, the year in which the pandemic promoted a large number of renewals and new leases. The renewal of these contracts will bring an increase in their fee to update to the market price, which will not only raise the economic pressure of householdsbut will initiate a process of deepest changes As for the population and availability of rental housing. THE GREAT RENTAL REVIEW. In 2019 the Urban Lease Law (LAU)extending the duration of the contracts of three to five years (or seven if the landlord is a company). Therefore, 2020 contracts signed after the approval of that law will begin to expire throughout 2025. This mass review is a kind of “funnel effect” in the rental housing market that will increase in the monthly installments that were signed in 2020, or the cancellation of these contracts. There is no exact figure of the number of contracts that will be affected by this review in their quotas but, according to The data collected by The countrythe figure would range between 220,000 and 300,000 lease contracts. Bad news for tenants. Many of these tenants signed in 2020 rental contracts With moderate pricesconditioned largely by the uncertainty generated by the pandemic. Five years later, and with the rent market for the clouds, the tenants face revaluation that can range between 20% and 30%, increasing even more in very tension or tourist areas. According to data From idealist, the average price of rental housing in April 2020 was 10.7 euros per square meter per month. In the same period of 2025, its price has increased up to 14.3 euros, which represents an increase in the monthly fee of 38.3%. That assumes that a tenant paid average in 2020 a monthly rental of 856 euros for an 80 square meter house, but in 2025 that same house will cost 1,144 euros per month. The cities like Madrid or Barcelona, ​​the current price would have doubled. Tensioning areas. The Government approved aProtection measures package for tenants before the disproportionate increase of rental fees, following the wake of the measures that already had been taken in Catalonia. This new regulation established limitations to the increase in the rental price by renewing the contracts and linked those increases to the Lease reference index which varies month by month. At present, it places that increase in 2.09%. The problem: 1. The regulations only apply when the rental housing is in a tension zone and its contract is in a renewal situation. So the measure does not apply to new contracts. 2. The declaration of tension zone depends on Each autonomous community. In April 2025, only Catalonia, Navarra, Asturias, the Basque Country, the Canary Islands and the Valencian Community had declared municipalities as a tension zone. So, the homes located in the rest of the communities that they have not declared themthey cannot benefit from the limitation of increases in the price of rentals and renewal is done according to market prices. An unprecedented situation. The conjunction of the entry into force of the Housing Law with the extension of the duration of the contracts and the price escalation in the rentals of recent years leaves an unpublished scenario in the real estate market, but which will be repeated from now on. Now, the landlords of those rental floors, in their Most small ownersare faced with two options: or renew the contract with an increase in limited price or cancel the current contract and put the house in the market again with current prices. The decision is not so obvious. The dilemma of the landsters. If the house is in a tensioning area, the owner is obliged to respect the increase marked by the lease index in renewal, but ceases to be canceled and signed a new contract. That is, as Javier Gil, a researcher at the CSIC and in the Urban Critical Studies Group (GECU) to El País, these episodes always facilitate the circles of speculation by the homemade. ” The homemade could prefer to risk not renew the current contract and put the house again in the market to Obtain greater profitabilitysell it or allocate it for tourist rental. On the other hand, those little owners who are satisfied with your tenants They might choose to apply moderate increases below the market value, even in non -tensioning areas where the law does not force it, in order to maintain stable and guaranteed profitability, although it loses short -term profitability. Greater rental demand. One of the effects that this large -scale renovation is that, if many of these contracts are canceled, the pressure on the rental market will increase more since more tenants will be forced to look for an affordable rent, and each time they will have and move away more from the urban nuclei to get them. In turn, the rental offer will be reduced with those properties that pass for long -term rental for tourist rental, seasonal or that goes into the sale market. According to data From idealist the number of interested parties in each rental offer that was published on the platform had increased by 20% during the first quarter of 2025. that is, a greater demand for a Lower rental offer long lasting. In Xataka | In Catalonia a house of 12 square meters for 600 euros per month is rented. It is a garden booth Image | Unspash (Anton Khmelnitsky)

We want to pay to see ads

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As determined A recent analysis of the Antenna Market Studies firmthe rates of streaming cheaper and with ads are working. To the point that they are now one of the main drivers of new subscriptions. It is a movement that generated a Opinion current against by users, but now they are the predominant current. The data. The percentages that Antenna collected at the end of March determined that, in the United States, the streaming platforms offered by both possibilities to their clients (plans with and without advertising) had 46% of subscribers to plans with advertising. It is an interannual increase of 33% of subscriptions to these rates. They are a significant amount of subscriptions, taking into account that the total plans with advertisements in the United States (not counting prime video) is 100 million. In addition, 65% of those 100 million are new subscribers. All good in the UPFront. The UPFRONT of most platforms (presentations before the advertisers of programs and plans for the next season so that brands can acquire spaces on platforms and channels) were presented last week. The entire business of streaming It seemed to coincide in the positively that they were being valued and this type of plans were growing, which means that of space available for advertising. Netflix, for example, announced that he had reached the 94 million users of plans with ads worldwide, compared to the 70 million in November 2023. We prefer ads. The most striking of all these data, as Antenna points out, is the change of customs. When the platforms of streaming They appeared, its indisputable value was not only to be able to choose programming and schedules: it was also a program free of advertisements. Now, according to statistics, 86% of customers who have been offered a plan with advertisements two or more times, choose the one that includes advertisements. And two years ago there were much less plans with ads, and only half of the spectators had tried them: that there are now 86% of spectators signed to these options represents a change in what we expect from the offer of streaming. Chronology of a trend. As has happened with so many other current trends of the streaming (Rate up, Shared Accounts Restrictions), the starting gun was given by Netflix, announcing it in April 2022 and starting it at the end of that year. Despite the surprise (Netflix had positioned himself against advertising), the platform justified the measure with the need to stop what then seemed a loss of vertiginous subscribers. Success was immediate: Subscriptions shotand those that included ads accounted for 30% of the new subscriptions. Very soon Disney+followed, almost simultaneously in the United States, HBO Max and Prime Video. Only They resist temptation platforms like Apple TV+which continue to flag a premium program (and rates). They are the last gala village to resist a seemingly contradictory trend: spectators pay for again having something they paid to get rid of. Header | Boliviainteligent in Unspash In Xataka | Netflix has tired that all its series and movies look like Netflix series and movies. And you have a plan to change it

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