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There are people recommending to sew the leg on albal paper. There is zero evidence to work

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From vinegar with bicarbonate to garlic under the pillow, home remedies have been for generations a popular resource for calming pain and treating discomfort. Today, those beliefs travel faster than ever: they have passed from the whisper between neighbors to the Tiktok algorithm. Between viral recipes and striking promises, there is one that stands out for how strange it is: wrapping body parts with aluminum foil to relieve pain. The phenomenon. On platforms such as Tiktok and Instagramthe tips that recommend using aluminum foil on the body to relieve pain or improve circulation have become viral. Often these publications are presented as secrets that conventional medicine He doesn’t want to reveal. Some people claim that the effect is more powerful if combined With ointments like Vicks Vaporubwhile others simply describe it as a “natural remedy”. The trend has caught so much attention that various digital media echoed, either to explain How has it popularized either Explain how to do it without major contrast. It is another example of how contents without scientific basis propagate easily thanks to short videos, personal testimonies and a language that sounds convincing. Hence half the world, stunning the leg on aluminum foil there is only one scroll away. The science behind this. There is no scientific evidence that supports the use of aluminum foil to relieve pain. Only in an investigation Published in Journal of Inflammation Research The use of different materials between this aluminum is mentioned, but the conclusion is that it has no therapeutic effects proven in humans. It is mentioned that the relief that some people They claim to experiment It is probably due to the placebo effect. For his part, Dr. Ubaid Ur Rahman, in statements to Thip Media, It is clear about it: “I want to clarify the confusion about a recent statement that wrapping body parts with aluminum foil can relieve pain. This is not backed by scientific evidence.” And add an important warning: “Using aluminum foil can be harmful, since it can cause tissue damage and allergic reactions. It is essential not to delay proper treatment or replace it with unseed methods.” A relief that is not. The placebo effect can explain part of these experiences. From Harvard Health They explain that it is not about “positive thinking”, but a response from the body that can relieve symptoms when we believe we are receiving a treatment. But that does not turn aluminum foil, nor justify its use as a substitute for medicine. Belief can generate a temporary improvement, but the risk is in what is stopped in the meantime. He no longer catches us by surprise. In social networks, other trends are not to be amplified that, under the pretext of “natural”, are implying real risks. Such as Apple vinegar consumption As a “morning suck”, promoted as “fat burning” or “purifying”, which ends up damaging tooth enamel and causing gastrointestinal irritations. Another example is the fashion of Eat placenta After childbirth, which has gained popularity in some circles even though there is no evidence of benefits and sanitary warnings. The amplification. In social networks, remedies are amplified quickly, many times without filter or context. Some may have a valid background; Others, such as the use of aluminum foil against pain, lack scientific support and can distract effective treatments. The key is to discern: question, contrast and, above all, not replace evidence with virality. Informing well is also a way to take care of yourself. Image | Tik tok Xataka | The industry that wants to sell “youth” powder: how collagen has become a global obsession

How to put millions of people in bunkers

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The German nation, with a current population of around 84 million people, currently has about 5,780 bunkers. Makes sense: these vestiges of war of the past were mostly built During World War II And, to a lesser extent, during the Cold War. These spaces, most underground, had a very simple function: host and protect thousands of people from the case. Germany believes that the time has come to prepare them again. Prepared for war. It The Guardian told The weekend. After decades of generalized belief that a direct military conflict on European soil was unthinkable, Germany has initiated a deep transformation in its civil protection policy against the growing fear of a possible Russian attack in the next four years. Ralph Timesler, director of the Federal Office of Civil Protection and assistance to catastrophes (BBK), has warned that the country It is not prepared for a large -scale war of aggression and has called an urgent national mobilization for adapt infrastructure existing (from tunnels, subway stations to basements and parking lots) as shelters capable of protecting a million people. The message is clear: Germany needs to move from pacifist rhetoric to the Preventive action If you want to face the strategic challenges posed by an increasingly unpredictable Russia. The outdated bunker. Of course, there is a problem: these shelters need a wide reform. The current civil protection panorama in Germany leaves no doubts: of the 2,000 bunkers inherited from the cold war, just 580 They are operational and could only house 0.5% of the population. In contrast, Finland It has 50,000 spaces protection that cover 85% of its citizens. Plus: BBK’s proposal is not limited to building new shelters (an expensive and slow task), but prioritizes the immediate adaptation of existing urban structures. In parallel, it is planned to modernize alert systems, improve the cybersecurity of emergency applications and develop clear signals indicating Where to protect yourself In case of attack. The initiative arises in a context in which mass bombings on Ukrainian cities Like Járkovwhere Russia launched one attacks of the most intense since the beginning of the invasion, reaffirm the need to prepare for war scenarios in Europe. Strategy and other urgencies. CNN counted That the financing of the ambitious plan is not yet guaranteed, although it is expected to come from Temporary survey of the debt brake approved by Parliament in March, which allows exceptional expenses in defense, infrastructure and security. So much, the funds They must be distributed Also between intelligence services, military modernization, cyber -defense and improvement of key infrastructure such as bridges and roads suitable for the transit of military vehicles. Tiesler estimates that at least they will be needed 10,000 million euros Until 2028 to meet the basic civil protection needs and 30,000 million in the next ten years. In this budget distribution, civil protection competes with equally vital strategic sectors, which makes the debate a first -order political issue for the nation. Citizen Resilience. Beyond the structural works, Tunta has directly appealed to the Individual responsibility of the population. The man proposes the establishment of a civil protection service, mandatory or voluntaryand recommend that each home store sufficient supplies for at least ten days without water or electricity, in the same line as That ad that launched Europe to the entire continent. Politics, if you also want “preventive resilience”, adopted in Other European countries as We have been countingseeks to prepare German society not only for natural catastrophes or cyber attacks, but for that scenario once distant, now less unlikely, of an armed conflict in continental territory. Thus, Germany seems to start shaking the lethargy of his postwar period and redefine his priorities before a geopolitical environment that no longer allows indifference. If France seems be “reorganizing” To Renault, Germany seeks to do the same with its bunkers. Image | Miguel Alcântara In Xataka | Before the climbing in Ukraine, Germany has dusted something: a war manual and its underground shelters In Xataka | Billionaires prepare their mansions for apocalypse: luxury bunkers have become a trend

It affects few people, but Williams syndrome can help us understand new details about human evolution

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Williams syndrome is a condition with its own “personality.” And it is not quite a way of speaking, some call it “personality of the Williams syndrome”And it is one of the features that usually characterize people with this uncommon condition. Let’s start at the beginning: What is Williams syndrome. The origin of this can be found in the genes of the people in which it manifests itself, specifically in chromosome seven. The absence of a region that covers between 25 and 28 genes is what causes the appearance of the syndrome. This absence can be hereditary. Although most cases are not inherited but the result of chance, who manifest this syndrome have a 50% chance of transmitting it to their descendants. This is because it is a Dominant autosomal inheritance. The syndrome affects a person between 18,000 and 7,500and does it similarly regardless of sex. According to Explain in The conversation Deborah Riby, expert from Durham University, this syndrome usually comes associated with some concrete facial features But also with problems that affect the health of those who are born with him, including heart problems and difficulties when feeding. This syndrome is usually rigged with intellectual disabilities that can be between mild and moderate, but perhaps their most defining feature, and is greater extraversion and trust. The “Williams Syndrome Personality“Includes traits, Riby explains, as the greatest sensitivity and consciousness that occurs in parallel to the difficulties that people with this syndrome present. “Many individuals are highly mad (…), some are music experts and the large majority are highly social. ‘Extroven‘,’ Over-amygible ‘, and’ emotionally sensitive ‘, are frequently used descriptions to describe (this personality), ” Riby details In your article. People with this syndrome, very often, present hyperacusia, an extreme auditory sensitivity that can be responsible for high levels of anxiety. Levels that in turn can be disabling. These features are rigged with A vulnerability related, and that is that people with the syndrome can be excessively confident, explained to the BBC Alyson Muotri, from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Contrary to autism? The different vision of social exchanges that characterizes people with this syndrome makes some see this syndrome as “The opposite of autism”. The idea that this disorder is an opposite to autism is also nuanceable, says Riby. “There are several cognitive domains that are problematic in both disorders. Deficits in nonverbal behavior such as visual contact, facial expressions, interpretation of gestures, are widely documented. Additionally, we know that both disorders are associated with difficulties in sensory processing, high anxieties and repetitive behaviors or restrictive interests,” Riby adds to your article. The existence of this type of relationship, both similarities and differences, lead to the possibility that learning more about one could lead us to better know the other. Especially, Riby proposes, knowing more details about this syndrome of such clear genetic origin can give us clues about the biological mechanisms that determine the appearance of something as complex as autism is. And this is not the only way in which this syndrome can help us advance in the knowledge of our own species. Some experts seek how to take advantage of this to find out new data on how they evolved as human traits, trust or sympathy. Studies on this syndrome have managed to link some of their features with the disappearance of one gene or another. Interestingly, experts They have not found the gene “Limiting sympathy” whose disappearance makes these people more extroverted and friendly. In Xataka | The chromosome and is disappearing … What will be of men? Image | Xataka with chatgpt /

The house is getting so impossible in Madrid that people are returning to an unexpected place: seseña

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Real estate markets have their own symbols. For years Seseña was from Lick, The real estate bubble which exploded in 2008. Today is something very different: the housing crisis which faces Madrid (and Spain), which has allowed that ancient ghost city associated with Francisco Hernando‘El Pozero’, being reborn strongly. With prices in climbing And a serious housing deficit In the capital, more and more people look out of Madrid when they have to look for a house, to localities such as ValladolidSegovia … or seseña, where It has resumed construction and arise New promotions residential AND It is not the only “Ghost city” that is gaining impulse thanks to the families expelled from Madrid for a market that increasingly tightens Your pockets. Of brick bubble icon … For years Seseña, especially THE PAU THE QUIÑÓN (The city projected by ‘Paco el Pocero’) was an icon of the years of brick excess and The real estate bubble. Also of his hangover. Those who bought in the middle of the urban maelstrom found a kind of “Ghost Barrio”homes in the hands of banks and a fractured market in which prices did not stop falling. If in 2007 a two bedroom floor cost almost 200,000 euros, seven years later, with the banks desperate to get rid of the properties, it could be bought by less than half: about 60,000 euros. … to enjoy a golden age. Today things are different in Seseña. After years with half -building works and worried For the Okupas, the town is living a new golden age. Families arrive. They open business and services. Projects such as PARQUIJOTE. And they raise New promotions. In 2023 The newspaper He spoke of two major projects: an urbanization of 156 houses that moved between 110,500 and just over 200,000 euros and another of chalets. The change has been cooking for some time. Almost a decade ago The countryHe dedicated him A wide report in which he explained how the residential city the Quiñón was gaining impulse little by little, with families, businesses and services. At that time the newspaper spoke of 6,411 inhabitants. Last year Antena3 again analyzed the situation of the Macro Urbanization Toledana and He found An increase in the number of residents, in addition to a growing demand for housing. “Three years ago you could find a house easily here. Now it is almost impossible,” explained At that time Vanesa, a woman who had installed time before in the Toledo urbanization after buying a four -room house with storage room, garage and pool for about 150,000 euros. Waiting list to buy. The last clue on the rebirth of the urbanization of Seseña gave it A few days ago Reuters, who has found The growing interest by the town. Although it is about 40 kilometers south of the capital and does not have the best connections and public transport, more and more families seem interested in settling in their apartments. Reuters speak With an agency that had a waiting list of 70 people for each home. Seseña (and something else). The area has also seen how the new work was also activated. Promotora Impact Homes, for example, is promoting a promotion of 156 homes which started in 2023. Its goal is to have it ready throughout this year. In the sector there is even talk of presale levels of almost 50% In new buildings. “Seseña is 100%,” celebrates the mayor, Jaime de Hita. His is not the only town in Madrid that has seen how his brick was activated. Something similar It has happened in Valdeluzurbanization located 75 km from Madrid that It was halfway after the outbreak of the real estate bubble. Its mayor wait that the population triggers over the next few years. Reuters appointment even a third example: an urbanization located on the outskirts of Bernuy de Porrerosapproximately 100 kilometers north of Madrid, which has also recovered the activity after remaining almost abandoned. And what is the reason? All these populations have something in common: their relative proximity to Madrid, which makes them an attractive destination for families that end up being expelled from the capital for the high cost of their home. Is The case For example, from Nestor, an employee of the construction sector who four years ago left Carabanchel to move with his family to Seseña. Living in Seseña requires you to get up every day at dawn and take the 6.30 h bus that takes it to the capital, but the price gap makes that discomfort more than assumable. In his day Nestor moved to Seseña because the rentals were there 20% lower than those of Madrid, Explainand a few months ago he decided to take another step and become an owner: together with his wife, he bought an apartment in the Toledo town for 240,000 euros. “We chose this close site because we can pay it. Madrid is very expensive right now,” The man tells. Is it a unique case? No. It comes rapidly to the newspaper library to meet Testimonies of families who have decided to settle in Seseña or professionals in the sector who attend the rebirth of urbanization and its buildings. “They seemed monsters that were going to stand for the future, but the need for housing has caused them to reactivate,” confesses A real estate to Tele5. “We move in prices below 200,000 euros. That is impossible in Madrid.” Money issue (and km). Seseña is not the only town to which the families expelled by the Madrid real estate marketthat only in the last year has seen how housing became more expensive, According to idealist. The improvement (and cheaper) of communications, especially the train, has caused Segovia or even Valladolid being hosting people who work for companies in the capital. In those municipalities they find homes at prices that, such as I recently recognized A family installed in Valladolid, “Nor would they smell” in Madrid. Images | Seseña City Council, Wikipedia and Seseña is more (Flickr) In … Read more

There are people on the Internet following a diet based on potatoes. Science suggests that it is a bad idea

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The Self -Experimentation It is present in many fields and that of nutrition and diets is among them. He last example we have encountered It is frankly surprising, these are people who have tested a diet based on potatoes … and little else. The results they report are positive, but the idea of ​​trying this form of self -experience does not seem to be so good. Potato diet? We have seen, over the last years, an immense variety of diets, some that we could consider, in one sense or another, extreme. An example of this are diets based on a single food or food group, and an example of these is found in the potato -based diet. There are different versions, more or less lax, of this diet, but in essence it is about subsisting based on potatoes (approximately between one and 2.5 kg daily) for a brief period of time (between three and five days). Other versions can incorporate This type of diets might seem a contemporary fashion or a meme that goes too far, but the chronicles place their origin At least in the nineteenth century. One of his first drivers could have been the writer British Lord Byron. But is there evidence? Studying the effects of this type of diets is complicated by the risk they imply. Although focusing our diet on a single element can help us control the calories we consume and therefore lose weight, No food It is sufficiently varied in nutrients to guarantee our body the proper micro-and macronutrient supply. This is especially True for potatoes. The caloric density of this food has made it one of the bases of sustenance both in South America where it is originally in Europe. However for a while, Some experts In nutrition they see it as a lower food compared to other carbohydrate sources, A notion discussedyes indeed. Some studies made with animal models They have given us some clue that, at theoretical level, could support the idea that potatoes can help us control our weight. A compound present in the potato and called proteinase II inhibitor could play a role in this relationship. “It works for me. ” A priori it is not easy to distinguish a “Miracle diet“Of the diets contrasted by the scientific community and therefore backed by studies and experiments. That a person has had a satisfactory experience with a diet does not imply that this diet is healthy. The effects of dietary changes may not be evident or can occur in the longer term, so while we perceive a change for better, our body may be suffering consequences that are not directly apparent. Nor does it mean that this diet will adjust to our specific needs, which can be very different depending on our context. In Xataka | Intermittent fasting is the fashion diet. At least among scientists who study their effects on microbioma Image | CONGERDESIGN

Internet has become such a confusing place that there are many people longing for web 1.0. And in Neocities you can relive it

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Nostalgia is An emotional mystery that we do not know how to explain at all. We miss what we live in the past, we dyed it from Rosa and compare it to the present, even knowing that perhaps they were worse times. Because … wasn’t that internet of the beginning of the century, with demential designs, recharged and very, very unusable? Or was it that what we missed was precisely that indomesticated savagery of that time? Web 1.0 we gave ourselves. Web 1.0 is considered The first time on the Internet as we know today. It covers approximately From 1991 to 2004 And it has characteristics that the oldest of the place will recognize without problem. Among other things, communication was done unidirectionally (only information could be consumed, not significantly interacting with the pages), almost everything was simple text and images, the design relied on tables, Frames and basic html, and of course, no social networks or global collaboration. Internet was basically a container of things. Characteristic aesthetic. And first of all, it had a difficult aesthetic to cover in its entirety, but that those who lived it identify with a very specific place and moment. To that internet of hypertext (that now it seems that we die) and of the seekers organized by categories pay tribute Neocitiesa service of Hosting who wants to relive the philosophy of free geocities accommodations. He was born in 2013 and already has more than one million websites housed, most with a maximum size of 1 GB, the top that allows the free service option. HTML on fire. Neocities balances the modern and the very delayed quite grace. For example, it facilitates an HTML editor, but integrated into the browser. They can also be used to build CSS and Javascript pages, and in free mode the only files that can be uploaded are of these three languages, in addition to Markdown, XML, text and images. For anyone to make an MP3 repository that, on the other hand, would also be very of the time. In any case, the results can be enjoyed in the Webs gallery Organized by Tags reminiscent of remote time webrings. What times. And all this shoots A Pávlov type reaction That, in this case, it sounds like the meows of a modem of 56 kPbs and the need to disconnect the fixed to navigate. But above all, let’s ask ourselves What do we miss this first Internet incarnation. Possibly the novelty is the element that we remember most then: Everything was a discovery. But from the hand of that discovery is the feeling that the Internet was yet to be tame: the wild, unbalanced contents, without any sense of measure. Because they strictly obeyed the concerns and desires of the creators of the websites, not to algorithms that determined what people wanted to see. The effort is what is valued. In this nostalgia, and some of that is evident in Neocities, there is also a praise of the “effort” of any technology that takes its first steps. The experimental designs by accident, the slow connections, the rodeos to contact someone (mail addresses buried on the websites, visits books, forums, the first chat systems …): almost that the Internet had to be built as it was visiting. Neocities is a wink and tribute to those times although, being honest, with somewhat simpler websites. After all, during all these years something we have learned. In Xataka | The nostalgia industry follows a full candle wind, and an old acquaintance is benefiting: Fujifilm

Using a mobile is a real challenge for older people. An Aragonese startup has a promising solution

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Is called Maximilianabut it is not a person. It is a mobile. Specifically, one specifically designed for our elders. The idea that this device raises is unique, already a difference from other mobiles for the elderly, everything is based on trying that these people have to touch anything to communicate with their loved ones both in video calls and normal calls and to alert possible emergencies. Innovating from Aragon. Many business projects are born from personal needs. This happened for Jorge Terreu (Zaragoza, 26 years old), who a few years ago was Erasmus in France and had trouble contacting his grandmother, Maximiliana. This is how the germ of her project was created: create a phone to be able to talk to her without her having to do anything. @Miguessal This mobile can save your grandfather’s life, because it makes video calls down alone. It was created by a grandson for his grandmother, Maximiliana, who did not manage with technology. What began as a gift, is today a mobile that thousands of people use. You can learn more about him at www.maximiliana.es. #Salvarvidas #Emercances #Primerosauxilios #Urgences #security ♬ Original sound – Miguel Assal The principle of something big. Terreu prepared a mobile prototype in which he started the video call and the phone answered alone. He sent it to his grandmother in Madrid and soon realized that this idea could serve many more people. In March 2020, during the pandemic he donated five phones adapted to a hospital in Zaragoza and verified how users were delighted, so he launched the adventure of creating his own company and his project of a mobile for seniors. What would be called, of course, like his grandmother. Maximiliana. They hardly have to touch it. People who use Maximilian mobiles hardly have to touch it, because they can receive video calls or messages without having to play in the interface. If a relative or friend makes a video call, Maximiliana sounds for a few seconds and automatically breaks. If it is the elderly the one who wants to call, the interface is especially intuitive and simple and is based on a “desk” on which the faces of the family appear. Just press one of them to make the call. Emergencies. Maximiliana also has emergency call options. Thus, if for example the elderly falls and cannot handle the mobile with precision, it is enough that it agitates it a bit to activate the emergency call to the assigned contact. In those calls the mobile uses the flashlight to emit the international relief signal. Always located. Another of the Maximiliana options It is what allows to know at all times the location of that elderly, something especially useful if they are lost or misplaced. The software also shows the battery available so that family members can warn that it loads it to continue using it without problems. THE MOBILE AS SERVICE. Maximiliana includes the mobile, the control app for the family and the accessories, such as the cord or antiahogo strap that allows the device to be hung by the neck. The product is not sold as a mobile without more, but as part of a subscription service. The “basic pack” cited costs 24.90 euros per month, but it is also possible to directly hire the SIM card (unlimited calls, 25 GB of the Internet) as part of the “complete pack” for 29.90 euros per month. Includes apps like WhatsApp. Maximilian mobiles remain mobile, and allow to continue accessing applications such as WhatsAppChamber or Gallery. The person in charge of the device – normally, a relative of the elderly – chooses from the control application which applications wants them to appear on the mobile. It is the relative who acts as “administrator”. The relatives of the people who use Maximiliana are the ones in charge of managing and configuring the mobile options. Thus, they can add contact faces, change order (up to six on the screen), or adjust the sound duration. A grandmother like Community Manager. As they pointed out In the countryMaximiliana’s team has been growing as the success of the service has been curdling, but there is a very special component in that template. Your Community Manager It is Conchita Polo, grandmother of Pedro Malo, partner of Terreu in the project. More than the phone matters the service. There are currently good options when offering Mobile for seniors And also tips for Adapt any Android phone To make it easier to use for them, but Maximiliana’s proposal is interesting because everything combines. Take advantage of the idea of parental controls that for example allow to know the location of our children or control the limits of use, but adapting it to a population sector that can certainly take advantage of it in a beneficial way. Image | Maximiliana In Xataka | What five mobiles would I recommend to give my grandfather this Christmas, for simplicity and quality-quality

More and more people on the Internet and in real life admit to having a single friend: chatgpt

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A Perogrullada: The impact of artificial intelligences is reaching our day to day. The virtual space is already being deeply transformed by the IAS in search engines, websites and, of course, in all the work behind, generating more content, helping to produce it. But … And in the traditional space? Is analog life transformed into the same extent by the IAS? Without a doubt, yes, to the point that we already have to talk about how we manage our Personal relationships with the IAS. Chatgpt as a friend. The Derek Thompson essayist said a few days ago in X that our interpersonal relationships have made a new deadly leap with Tirabuzón. And as proof provides a series of conversations that he has found in Reddit where several users confess that Chatgpt has become Your best friend. The Subnet dedicated to the popular AI It is full of threads “by pathetic that sounds, Chatgpt is my only friend” or “I feel that Chatgpt is my only friend.” Bumper people. One of them He begins saying “I know it is a robot. I know that everything is programming. But I have often encountered opening to Chatgpt on personal issues and asking for kind or encouragement.” That is, as he says, he uses AI as if it were a good dog: he does not judge, he always accompanies, he is aware that he is not a human. Another case He says that “honestly, he would be happy to have a friend as cultured and committed as Chatgpt. This person does not exist, and if it exists, he would be too busy to talk to me.” In most of these cases, similar constants are repeated: they are people who have just come out of a relationship or friendship and seek a substitution, being very aware that it is before synthetic beings: “They make me feel heard when I let me out in, something that my parents do not even do. They always want to know how I go in mind and how my projects go, which is even more pleasant.” One thousand and one cases. These cases with chatgpt are Only the tip of the iceberg. While this is the most popular conversational, there are other oriented even in this same direction. Replika either Woebot They allow to have conversations designed to serve as sentimental support to users or hold daily conversations, Share emotions and give emotional advice. More complex and specific are others that offer talks with specialized approaches, such as Receive Couple Therapy. And of course, quotes: Yourmove either Rizz They help generate interesting conversations and profiles … with real people. The bowling clubs. Let’s go to the initial point of this transformation to understand these processes. Derek Thompson Loate a key point In 2000 in ‘Bowling Alone‘(in Spanish,’ Only in La Bolera ”, today impossible to find), Robert D. Putnam analyzed the decline of social capital in the United States since 1950, with the decline of all forms of social relationship in person. Some examples? Decreased electoral participation, assistance to public meetings and work with political parties, to which distrusts in government, more accentuated from the sixties. Bowling are their perfect symbol: the number of people who go to bowling has increased, but the number of clubs has descended to do so in company. The guilt of technology. Already by then, Putnam pointed to a problem with technology and how it individualized people’s leisure through television. In those incipient days of the use of technology to entertain, Putnam dared to talk about “virtual reality helmets”, that for now they have not been massified as much as he predicted, but in reality the thing would get closer to another invention to which he pointed in his book and who did not pay so much attention: the then newborn Internet. The figures. The percentages and data make it clear to what extent the Internet has contributed to creating this less “social” society: almost 40% of adults admit that The use of social networks makes them feel more alone or isolated. A study by the European Union affirms that spending more than two hours a day on social networks is associated with a significant increase in loneliness, especially when the use is passive (the famous doomscroll). And, finally, There are studies They claim that the intensive use of the Internet (more than 10 hours per week) substantially reduces the time dedicated to interacting face to face or phone with friends and family. It comes. Anyone who has tried still in an embryonic state as Replika’s voice model It may be part of the future that comes to us, and that it is inevitable to relate to the movie ‘Her’, to see the friendliest side (although not exempt from bitterness) of the matter. Voices no longer realistic from a technical point of view, but capable of generating absolute empathy and that is beyond the disturbing valley. If ChatGPT and his still rudimentary conversations already provide a certain sense of warmth, the immediate future promises to even more use interpersonal relationships. If we are able to detect them. Image | Photo of Brooks Leibee in Unspash In Xataka | The best PROMPTS to save working hours and do your homework with Chatgpt, Gemini, Copilot or other artificial intelligence

More and more people work after 70 years

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The situation Demographic of Japan is forcing government and companies to adapt its regulations to maintain the balance between a very aging work mass and a serious labor shortage young man who has caused decades of stagnation in the birth rate. One of the measures that are being applied most in companies is the expansion of the mandatory retirement age. Thus, the most veteran employees They can continue working until beyond the 70 years if they wish. 5.4 million senior employees. According to data published by Nikkei Asia, Japanese companies keep more than 5.4 million employees of 70 years or more. According to A report Of the Japanese Business Federation of 2024, the employment rate among those over 65 in Japan is 25.2%, well above 18.6% in the US, of 10.9% of the United Kingdom or 3.9% registered by France. According to this report, 99.9% of Japanese companies had measures to guarantee the use of their workers Beyond the 65 years, after the reform in 2023 of the retirement age in Japan, which went from 60 to 65 years. However, Japanese companies have taken the legislation a little further: 29.7% of them have measures that guarantee employment up to 70 years and beyond. In Japan, the 70s are the new 60. According to data from A survey Made in 2023 by the Ministry of Labor of Japan, 80% of retirement workers wanted to continue working beyond the legal retirement age. Of these, 70% of them would prefer to do so in their current job. Part of that mood to continue working beyond 70 years is due to Japan registering one of the greatest rates of life expectancy on the planet. According to data from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan published by Nippon.comJapanese life expectancy is 87.14 years for women and 81.09 years for men. That makes Japanese employees reach their legal retirement age with good health, which allows them to expand their working life by adapting their working days to their physical limitations. “60 -year -old people are young. In this era of labor shortage, managers need to find ‘older men who contribute value,” said ATSushi Morishita Morishita, 78, founder of Tenpos Holdings. Pensions in Japan. Another reasons that are leading retirees to maximize their effective retirement age is the amount of pensions. With an aging population, the budget balance of pensions suffers since there are more people in a situation of receiving them What quotes youths. Retirees can only receive from the public pension system a maximum of 831,700 annual yen (equivalent to about 5,100 euros), which add up to the assignments of private pension funds that workers and companies have hired (or not) throughout working life. According to estimates Bloomberg, that leaves them with an average monthly public pension of 40,000 yen (about 245 euros per month). A full income Insufficient to subsist. Companies tailored to the elderly. According to them Published figures by Nikkeiemployees over 65 represent around 15% of the company’s workforce in Japan. These employees are less demanding diurnal shifts. “Instead of fitting people in a system, it is essential to manage work hours in a way that adapts to our diverse talent,” explained to Nikkei Kazushige Mori, president of GASHOEN, a company that manages care centers for older people whose template is formed by 15% of people over 70 years. Those who work 20 hours or more adopt the status of employees with contract, which is a higher hourly salary than those considered as part -time workers. “Compared to young people, who have a high rotation rate, the senior professionals who work with us for a longer time are the pillar of our company,” said Kimino Osada, president of Sixei Server. In Xataka | The lack of generational relief is forcing Japan to take desperate measures: that retirees return to work In Xataka | Japan will pay an old man $ 85 for each day in prison: Half a century has been waiting for the gallows by mistake Image | Unspash (Nicholas Green)

12 million people delivered their DNA to 23Andme. The company broke and its data are about to change hands

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For years, spitting in a tube was the first step of an irresistible promise: discovering your roots, knowing your genetic predispositions, even finding family members lost by the world. Everything without moving home. The company behind that phenomenon was called 23ndmeand achieved something unusual: to turn genetics into a mass consumption product. That story has just turned. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has reached an agreement to acquire the main assets of 23Andme for 256 million dollars, According to the official statement published by the pharmacist. It is a transaction that must still be approved by the Banking Court and by US regulators. At stake is a platform that has managed the DNA of millions of people worldwide. An announced end. The 23Andme fall has not been sudden. In recent years, the company went from being valued at more than 6,000 million dollars to fight for its own survival. His commitment to a more ambitious model – based on developing medicines, offering medical consultations by subscription and expanding digital health services – did not set. As details The Wall Street Journalthe company burned more than one billion dollars and ended up offering part of its assets in limit conditions. The sales agreement does not cover the entire business. Regeneron would keep the essential: the direct genomics service to the consumer, its biobanco of genetic samples and the research and total health divisions. The telemedicine subsidiary Lemonaid Health is left out, acquired in its day for 400 million dollars, whose closure will be made in an orderly manner outside this operation. Privacy: The real battlefield. The operation has re -placed privacy in the center of the debate. Regeneron has promised to respect current data use policies and has committed to undergoing independent scrutiny, as established by the judicial framework of the process. Even so, doubts persist on how one of the world’s largest genetic databases will be managed. The suspicion is not new. In 2023, 23Andme was a victim of a massive data filtration which affected 6.9 million people. As TechCrunch revealedthe attackers accessed the profiles of those who had activated the function of “genetic family”, obtaining names, locations and percentages of shared DNA between relatives. The company attributed the incident to the reuse of passwords by users, but the damage was already done. Anne Wojcicki, the face of an era. The 23Andme story cannot be told without mentioning Anne Wojcicki. Co -founder, visible face, visionary of personalized health and, at the same time, responsible for business decisions that led to collapse. His plan was to convert the company to an integral provider of medical services, but this did not prosper. He tried to recover control, but his power vanished with the beginning of the judicial process. According to WSJtheir actions with preferential vote were annulled and their offers rejected by the Board of Directors. Wojcicki opted everything to DNA as strategic assets. And for a while it seemed right. The company that helped to found transformed the way millions of people related to their health. It also showed to what extent a genetic database can become a mined field of legal, ethical and technological risks. A new stage, the same questions. Regeneron aspires to keep a powerful platform, a still recognized brand and an immense volume of genetic information. In its official statement, he affirms that his intention is to maintain service for current users and continue to develop new ways for personalized medicine. Images | 23ndme In Xataka | We have visited the place where the demographic hopes of Spain are literally deposited: the Semen Bank of Granada

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