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These are the new features coming to the popular application

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Let’s tell you what they are the new channels and stations that come to TDTChannelsas well as those who leave the platform. TDTChannels is one of the most popular applications available to watch television and radio channels over the Internet on any device. Remember that the application is free and does not even require registration or a DTT antenna. It is simply the best alternative for watch DTT on your mobile either watch DTT onlinealthough there are also other alternatives quite interesting. New TV and radio channels on TDTChannels Those responsible for the service have pointed out that they are making adjustments to the list of online channels and radio stations that are available in the service. These are news from television channels What we are going to find: TV channels that are added TV channels removed Updated TV channels 7TV Andalucía (Arcos, Campo de Gibraltar, Jerez, San Fernando, Rota) COPE Play Time 3CAT Vinaigrette 3CAT Joc de Cartes On Play (RTVE) Star TVE Europe 8M (RTVE) Cartaya TV RTL Radio Freccia Italia RTL Zeta Italy RTL 102.5 Italy (Musicals) Cosmos TV Peru Colombia Signal Chillhop Music College Music Paramount Network Quickie Channel The Twins House 2 Zero Wave COPE SAM Ibiza 101TV Round 101TV Cadiz DanceStar Disney Channel THIRTEEN TV Almassora EsTuTele Telecija TeleQuivir Yours La Janda TV TeleGranada TVM Córdoba TeleBilbao 101TV Malaga 101TV Seville Cordoba TV Freedom Digital TV Vinx TV The 9 TV TV Carmona ATV Andorra Current Time TV Miami TV Jenny Live ZAZTV Pat Bolivia News Caracol Colombia Telepacific Colombia Canal Capital Colombia Successful Peru News Panamericana Peru Globovision Venezuela VPI TV Venezuela Dance TV Estonia Fashion TV RU.TV Russia ABC News USA There are three sections in this list. First you have channels that join, then channels that leave, and then channels that information has been updatedwith new links, logo correction, etc. The changes have focused mainly on regional and local channels, temporary signals, and several international channels. And now, let’s tell you news on radio stations. Here, there are much fewer changes, but we tell you anyway. Stations that come Stations that leave Updated stations COPE (All regional stations) À Punt FM Onda Madrid BE Manresa Radio Gracia Next FM Hit103 Onda Guillena Radio RM Requena Utiel Onda Cero Puertollano Medea FM Popular Radio – Herri Irratia Radio Malibu Radio Mogan As you can see, the changes in terms of radio stations have been more focused on updating existing stations. Install and add channels to TDTChannels You can download TDTChannels for free in its versions for Android and for iOSand download your APK file to install it on Android TV or Fire TV. You can also view its content online entering directly into your Web page. What you are going to download from the application stores on your mobile is the channel aggregator. The skeleton, to which you then have to install any IPTV list. We have told you about the official list of channelswhich you can install by downloading and adding their M3U, M3U8 and JSON lists In Xataka Basics | DTT channels in 2026: what changes are there with a channel that is leaving, a new channel and another that changes its name

The question is not whether you poop glyphosate, but how much glyphosate you poop. We have been measuring this popular herbicide wrong all our lives

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In those wheat macaroni that are in your shopping basket, in the jar of lentils or even in the beer there may be traces of glyphosatewhich is probably the most used herbicide on the planet. Weeds are common in agriculture and this chemical is highly effective. However, you can minimize its presence by avoiding ultra-processed cereals, opting for local products from the EU or better yet, buying organic. We were looking wrong. We know that glyphosate is present in the environment and the European Union regulates the limits maximum residues, but the reality is that there has always been difficulty in accurately measuring how much reaches our body. Because until now, we almost always looked in urine. This international study published in Science Direct The focus has changed to feces and here things change. Feces are the black box. Because this research has revealed that feces are a much more precise black box for the analysis of glyphosate in humans than urine and reveal an alarming reality: exposure to glyphosate is much higher than official statistics say. Urine testing was just the tip of the iceberg. The reason for this is how our body absorbs and rejects it: glyphosate is expelled through the feces due to its low intestinal absorption rate. Since it cannot pass through the wall of the intestine to reach the blood (from there it would go to the kidneys), it remains trapped there and ends up expelled in the feces. In a 24-hour period, 90% leaves in the feces and only a small amount reaches the urine (between 0.5% and 6% in humans). Why is it important. Because the international standard for monitoring glyphosate it’s urinewhich implies an underestimation and therefore an underestimation of the risk. Furthermore, this finding affects not only people directly related to agriculture; it is enough to consume common products present in the diet. And it doesn’t just affect humans: the study also shows its presence in farm animals, domestic cats and even bats, which means that the herbicide is moving throughout the food chain. In short: the study forces us to rethink how we monitor the presence of chemicals when safeguarding public health and the ecosystem. Modus operandi. This study proposes the use of feces as an alternative and potentially better matrix than urine for glyphosate and its metabolite AMPA (until now, the usual). To do this, they analyzed 716 human fecal samples and 249 animals from 11 countries (10 European and Argentina) taken in 2021. The research team used an advanced analytical chemistry technique called hydrophilic interaction chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (HILIC-MS/MS). Thus, glyphosate was detected in 71% of the European samples and in 100% of the Argentinian samples and are much higher than those present in the urine samples for the same individuals, 35% and 86% respectively. They saw glyphosate in conventional and eco farmers, residents of agricultural areas and general consumers. An alarming biological conclusion. If there is one thing that is clear from the study, it is that if 90% of glyphosate is in the feces and not in the urine, it means that this chemical spends much more time in direct contact with the digestive system than we thought. And therefore, the current safety limits are probably based on incomplete and undersized data, which underestimates the real health risk. It is not only the toxicity itself (which is low), but also the cumulative effect on the microbiota and long-term cellular damage. And glyphosate can act as a selective antibiotic that alters the intestinal microbiota, killing beneficial bacteria and allowing the proliferation of pathogenic ones, is cataloged As it is probably carcinogenic to humans, it can act as an endocrine disruptor to our hormonal system or induce oxidative stress. In Xataka | We have a problem with pesticides in agriculture. And a bigger one with the panic they generate In Xataka | The big problem of agriculture in Spain is the one that nobody wants to address: it rains less and less and we want to plant more and more Cover | Giorgio Trovato and Ibadah Mimpi

Petrer’s most popular vehicle is a hearse mounted on a Mercedes W124 300D: Funeraria El Fiambre

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Rubén Cano, a 26-year-old resident of Petrer, has been driving around the streets of his municipality and nearby towns for months at the wheel of a mortuary Mercedes that he has labeled with the motto “Funeraria El Fiambre. Express shipping for the stiff ones.” The vehicle, which he uses as a private car, has become a viral phenomenon in the province of Alicante, and has given rise to both very curious anecdotes and the occasional problem. Three years searching your custom car. Just like share the Levante EMV medium, Rubén has been an automotive aesthetics enthusiast since he was a teenager, and had been looking for a hearse “at an affordable price” for a few years. He bought it second-hand at Wallapop and moved it from Barcelona. It is a Mercedes Benz W124 Sedan 300 D, bodywork for funeral homes, with 200 horsepower and 3,000 cubic centimeters. Cano assures that he has all the documentation in order: ITV, insurance and driving license. Its only practical drawback is its size: at 5.1 meters long, it needs to take up two parking spaces. Image: Rafa Petrer (Facebook) Between humor and controversy. The vehicle does not go unnoticed, far from it. While many neighbors stop to take photos with him or even joke by asking Rubén to be the one to take them to the cemetery when his time comes, others have not taken the joke too well. Some of the complaints arose when the car appeared parked near a well-known school in Petrer or in front of private homes. On Facebook you can find messages like “get that car off my street”, reflecting a certain discomfort on the part of the neighborhood at what they consider an inappropriate presence on public roads. The Local Police he was about to fine him. The protests led the Petrer Local Police to contact Rubén and his mother to warn them of a possible sanction for disturbance of public order and usurpation of powers of funeral staff. “I don’t understand why they wanted to report me if I don’t dedicate myself to transporting dead people. The only ones I transport are my friends and some may be glanders but not dead,” Rubén explained to the aforementioned media with humor. After consulting the police headquarters, it was clarified that there was no violation and the matter was resolved without a fine. Future plans with the mortuary Mercedes. Passionate about the world of motors and considered a tinkerer in bodywork and painting by his friends, Rubén has very specific plans for his peculiar acquisition. He wants to camperize the cabin, which measures 2.2 meters, so he can sleep in it during his trips. He comments that the changes will be subtle because, as he admits, he is satisfied with his four-wheeled “jewel” as it is. The young man account that even during a police stop at dawn in the Port of Alicante area, the National Police officers laughed when they read the car sign. Living using a hearse. Like Rubén’s example, we find several people who have become accustomed to using a car designed for funeral homes in their daily lives. Our colleague Javier Lacort was lucky enough to interview some owners of Seat 124, 131, Opel Kadett and Citroën BX in Motorpasión, all of them bodywork models for funeral homes. Due to the length that these vehicles offer, their owners are delighted because in the end you can fit everything, even a dead person. Cover image | Ruben Cano (instagram) In Xataka | A remote town in Soria attracted neighbors by offering them a house and bar. Two months later they left due to the cold

Going to the mountains to go hiking is increasingly popular in Spain. And those who are suffering are the golden eagles

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Go on the weekend to take a route through the countryside It is a plan that can be very playful and, above all, healthy for us humans. But… What happens to the native fauna of the area? This is a question that It’s starting to resonate a lot on the internet.by focusing on the impact that our presence in the mountains can have on the most emblematic species of Spain such as the golden eagle or the partridge that have begun to have a lesser presence. A technological solution. The main idea that was in mind was that the animals were crashing into the hikers and causing great damage to their presence on the mountain. But to solve this mystery, biologists chose to put a GPS device on the eagles to monitor what they were doing. And the reality is that they are not crashing into us, but rather they are fleeing. The result. In this way, when it is confirmed that we do not have any type of collision with the eagles that could respond to their change in behavior, we have to go where they go when we humans are in the mountains. The University of Valencia in 2019 led this investigationdetecting that without a doubt there is a “weekend effect.” This effect can be seen in telemetry data which shows that during Saturdays and Sundays, the eagles are forced to modify their hunting routes. All this to avoid humans who, among other things, may be scaring away their targets on the ground. A greater expense. When these birds have to go to other areas to look for food because of hikers, they have to cover a longer distance than they are normally used to. This only means greater physiological stress and energy expenditure that can compromise their reproduction or survival, even if they never touch a human. But in addition, this translates into a situation known as ‘Landscape of Fear’, where the animal perceives the human not as a physical obstacle, but as a potential predator, which triggers its stress and cortisol levels, affecting its ability to breed. The real threats. To understand the real danger that these birds are in, we must look at the different mortality statistics in Spain. In this case, although a sedentary lifestyle causes great discomfort to the animals, the causes of death are much more industrial and violent. According to the studies collected, such as those of the GER-EA projectthe main cause of death is collision with power lines and electrocution. This is followed by poisoning and shooting, with 13 and 8% respectively. But what is clear is that humans are not a direct cause of death due to collisions with us when we are sedentary in the countryside. Distinction matters. Stating that eagles collide with hikers may sound spectacular, but it diverts attention from the real problem that we can solve as mountain users. The study in Ecology and Evolution (2025) and data from Ecologists in Action They point out that the problem is Yontrusion into breeding areas. Climbing, off-road vehicles and off-road hiking near the nests cause the adults to abandon the nest or the chicks, leaving them exposed to the cold or predators. Images | Mathew Schwartz In Xataka | Japan has been looking at its bears in fear for months due to a record wave of attacks. Now he looks at them with something else: gluttony

The most popular artist among Generation Z right now is AI

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That AI is going to be even in the soup is no longer a surprise: we saw it at CES 2026 and we confirm it more and more on the internet. Of course, music is no exception: Spotify has already had to use scissors to delete 75 million songs while already there are hits made in IA that triumph on legendary lists like Billboard. Three hours a week. While there are those who continue to debate whether or not to use artificial intelligence in art, life continues its course with a reality in the shape of a steamroller: agree with the “Audio Habits Survey” from Morgan Stanley prepared by Alphawise, in which for the first time they have included among their questions about music in AI, young people listen to music generated by artificial intelligence three hours a week. Why is it important. Because while there are artists associating on the one hand and on the other hand platforms acting against content generated with artificial intelligence, the fact that the younger audience is not only not reluctant but also feels comfortable with this type of audio gives food for thought. It may be that while media companies are debating whether to adopt or resist, the potential audience is making the decision for them. If you can’t beat the enemy… In fact, that is the invitation of the team led by analyst Benjamin Swinburne in his conclusions: “We believe AI will be a key driver for Spotify in 2026 and beyond. Specifically, we expect AI to be critical to Spotify’s efforts toward personalization 2.0.” They have also remembered the Warner Music Group record company, which recently partnered with Suno to monetize music made in AI: “The rise of AI music will increase the value of scarce catalog resources, while potentially generating new competition for top-of-the-line content.” In figures. According to the aforementioned survey carried out in the United States, on average 36% of the people interviewed listen to music made by AI for an average of 1.7 hours on average. But if there is an age segment that listens and accepts this reality more, it is between 18 and 29 years old, with 60% and three hours. Millennials follow, with 55% of people surveyed and 2.5 hours on average. In generation The generational division of those who listen to music made in AI. Via: Sherwood News In detail. The small print of the survey is that the most common sources from which this music generated with artificial intelligence comes are TikTok and YouTube. The first of them, the entertainment app par excellence of generation Z and the very young Alpha. However, the policies of different platforms regarding AI vary: TikTok encourages the use of AI as a creative tool although it is strict when it comes to labeling it, it also YouTube sees AI as an ally creative with the corresponding labeling and only allows monetization if there is added human value. Spotify, on the other hand, prioritizes the quality and protection of real catalogs and although it allows AI, it has declared war on music spam that it considers to be of low quality. In Xataka | The first chorus decides everything: streaming is making today’s songs much simpler In Xataka | Gen Z has become so disengaged from addiction that it is holding daytime raves with coffee and sound healing. Cover | Photo of Vitaly Gariev in Unsplash

We are entering an era in which robots with AI are becoming increasingly popular. LG already has its own to help us with household tasks

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LG Electronics has CLOiD officially announcedits first multitasking home robot powered by artificial intelligence, which is being presented to the public for the first time at CES 2026 in Las Vegas. The goal is for this robot to be able to automate a good part of household tasks, going beyond the basic cleaning functions to which current robots are accustomed. Below these lines we tell you all the details. LG’s first robot for domestic work According to LG, CLOiD is capable of performing complex tasks like getting milk from the refrigerator, putting a croissant in the oven for breakfast, and even taking care of the laundry: from starting wash cycles to folding and stacking clothes once they’re dry. The company is demonstrating these capabilities in various domestic scenarios during the technology fair. The robot has two articulated arms with seven degrees of freedom each. The shoulders, elbows and wrists allow forward, backward, rotational and lateral movements, while each hand includes five fingers that move independently to manipulate objects with precision. The torso can be tilted to adjust its height, allowing it to pick up objects from knee height upwards, although not off the ground. An intelligent “head” as a control center The CLOiD top unit functions as a mobile smart home control center. It is equipped with a chip that acts as the robot’s brain, screen, speaker, cameras, various sensors and generative artificial intelligence by voice. These components allow the robot to communicate with people using spoken language and “facial expressions” on its screen, learn users’ living patterns, and control connected home appliances. Integration with LG’s ThinQ and ThinQ ON ecosystem allows CLOiD to work more fully with the South Korean brand’s products, essentially acting as a hands-on smart home hub. Physical AI Technology: VLM and VLA At the core of CLOiD is what LG calls physical AI technology, which combines two models: Vision Language Model (VLM), which converts images and video into structured language-based understanding, and Vision Language Action (VLA), which translates visual and verbal inputs into physical actions. According to the company, these models have been trained with tens of thousands of hours of data on household tasks, allowing the robot to recognize appliances, interpret the user’s intent and execute appropriate actions. The wheeled base uses autonomous driving technology derived from LG’s experience with robot vacuum cleaners and his Q9 model. According to the company, this configuration was chosen for its stability, safety and cost-effectiveness, with a low center of gravity that reduces the risk of overturning if a child or pet comes into contact with it. One more step in LG’s home robotics CLOiD isn’t the only robot capable of folding clothes showing at CES this year. SwitchBot is also showing its Onero H1 with similar capabilities. However, everything indicates that at the moment LG seems to be considering CLOiD more as a concept than as a product that they are going to really sell in the short term. The company says it will continue to develop home robots with practical functions and shapes for household tasks, and expand the application of its robotic technology to conventional home appliances. The ultimate goal, according to Steve Baekpresident of LG’s home appliance solutions division, is to achieve its vision of “Zero Labor Home,” “making housework a thing of the past so customers can spend more time on the things that really matter.” Autonomous robots with generative artificial intelligence are beginning to conquer technology fairs. They are the perfect setting to attract the masses, so it remains to be seen if they end up convincing enough so that in a few years we will see them hogging store shelves. Among other factors, the price will be what decides if the move really pays off. Images | LG In Xataka | The technology industry has been searching for the “next smartphone” for a decade. Now he thinks he found it with AI

Xania Monet is one of the most popular artists of the moment. It is also an AI that has just signed a million-dollar contract

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It seemed like an area of ​​culture that remained for the moment in the background before the million-dollar demands of Hollywood production companies and publishing giants, but hostilities are also intensifying in the field of pop music: through AIthere are composers who create singers that do not exist, who have a considerable following on streaming platforms and who get them million-dollar contracts. And meanwhile, distributors and producers defend their corralito with demands for the tools that generate these new phenomena. The figures are beginning to be in the millions, so this has only just begun. The Xania Monet case. The poet Telisha Jones, 31, tried a new method in the summer of 2025 to capture her verses: she introduced her poems into Sunothe artificial intelligence platform capable of converting text into complete songs. The tool not only put music to their words, but gave them a powerful voice, with the timbre of a professional R&B singer. Jones’ lyrics were brought to life through an algorithm trained on millions of previous recordings. This is how Xania Monet was borna digital avatar with a presence on social networks and, shortly after, a catalog that soon circulated on social media platforms. streaming. The climb. In just two months, Xania Monet accumulated figures that many human artists take years to achieve. Your theme’How Was I Supposed to Know‘ rose to first place in the Billboard R&B Digital Sales Chart. This same month, the song reached number 30 on the Adult R&B Airplay: that is, real radio stations are playing it. Another song, ‘Let Go, Let God‘, more in the thematic parameters of gospel, reached number 21 on Hot Gospel Songs. All of this points to a reach that is not exactly small: 17 million total views in the United States in two months. It reached a peak of more than 5 million streams in just seven days. On Spotify, the number of monthly listeners is around 530,000, while on social networks, the avatar accumulates close to 770,000 followers between Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. The millionaire contract. From there, success (and money). According to Billboardseveral record labels initially requested meetings with Jones, but she refused to activate her camera and sing for the executives, for obvious reasons. But the offers have ended up arriving, one of them from 3 million dollars. Some labels linked to major record companies such as Universal, Sony or Warner withdrew from the bid for Monet because their respective companies have lawsuits against Suno for copyright infringement. The winner was Hallwood Media, an independent company owned by a former president of the legendary Geffen Records. It is not his first signing of these characteristics: weeks ago he had signed imoliveranother music creator by using Suno. The doubts. The case raises multiple legal and ethical questions: who is really the author of a song whose lyrics are written by a human but whose music, voice and arrangements are generated by a machine? Jones claims that she owns all songwriting and production rights, based on Suno’s terms of service. However, the United States Copyright Office has established that will not grant protection to works whose “expressive elements are determined by a machine”making it unclear who is going to pocket the $50,000 generated from rights to date. But there is also the eternal issue of generative AIs: Xania Monet’s voice bears notable similarities to established singers, such as Beyoncé. If their voice was generated by training the model with protected recordings, to what extent would the original artists not have to be compensated? That’s without going into the primary ethical question, with almost existential overtones: the implications of an artist without a body and without years of practice behind her competing with flesh-and-blood musicians for space on the lists. The imoliver case. He was ahead of Xania Monet and behind him is Oliver McCann, who He defines himself as a “musical designer”since he also lacks traditional musical training. His work with Suno consists of introducing textual indications into the platform describing atmospheres, emotions or genres and polishing it. In July 2025 he was signed by Hallwood Media, which has replicated that same strategy with Monet: in August a song was uploaded to streaming, and a series of songs followed with marketing support, to finally release a complete album. The legal controversy. In June 2024, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) launched what would become one of the most significant legal battles of the music industry in recent times. On behalf of Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group, he presented simultaneous lawsuits against Suno and Udiothe two dominant platforms in music generation by artificial intelligence. They were accused of massive and systematic copyright infringement: both companies had fed their AI models millions of protected songs without obtaining licenses or permissions. In August, Suno acknowledged that this was indeed the case, and that this practice was perfectly legal under the doctrine of “fair use”. According to her, the songs generated are new and legal. So the companies increased their attack, adding to their lawsuit an accusation that they had obtained their songs through Youtube piracy and ripping: “the largest theft of intellectual property in human history.” To resolve this conflict (which has led companies like Anthropic to pay 1.5 billion dollars to resolve a lawsuit of the same type, but in the literary field) we must answer a fundamental question, and one that will determine the future of people like Monet and imoliver: who is the legal owner of the songs generated by these platforms? In Xataka | We have created these three songs using Suno AI v3. It’s the most spectacular thing we’ve seen in a long time.

The popular hair drug hides a big problem behind depression

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Finasteride has long been a popular solution for the treatment of androgenic baldnesswhich has long been a very popular solution to stop hair loss. However, behind its apparent cosmetic success hides an alarming reality that has taken more than twenty years to receive greater attention: a significant association with depressionanxiety and suicide. The analysis. Published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry by Professor Mayer of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, systematically reviews the accumulated evidence and exposes what he describes as “a systemic failure of pharmacovigilance.” The study concludes that both the drug’s manufacturer, Merck, and regulatory bodies, such as the US FDA, failed to take relevant action despite growing danger signals about serious health problems. The evidence. Although concerns about depression associated with finasteride arose as early as 2002, it was not until the last decade that the evidence became overwhelming following studies done after the product was marketed. Brezis’ analysis is based on eight large independent studies published between 2017 and 2023, which used two main methods: disproportionality analysis in adverse event reporting systems and analysis of massive health registry databases. The results. The study carried out in countries such as Sweden, Canada and Israel points to very consistent results: the use of finasteride is associated with a significantly higher risk of developing depression, anxiety and suicidal behavior. All of this with a good statistical significance that shows that it is not due to chance. The human cost of this two-decade delay is devastating. The report estimates that, globally, “hundreds of thousands of people may have suffered from depression, and hundreds, or even thousands, may have died by suicide.” The data. One of the main reasons why it took so long to react was the massive under-reporting of cases. In 2010, the FDA was already discussing internally the possibility of including depression as a side effect, but noted that reported suicides were lower than expected in such a large user population. Brezis’ analysis puts figures on this discrepancy: For 2011, with a base of 4.6 million users worldwide, between 6,440 and 12,880 suicides were expected over a period of 10 to 20 years. However, only 18 cases had been reported to the FDA system (FAERS). By 2024, reported suicides amounted to 320, compared to the 19,320 that would be expected over a 30-year period. FDA inaction. The report is especially critical of the manufacturer and the regulator. Despite suspicions, none of the eight studies analyzed were conducted by Merck or requested by the FDA. This is striking, since Merck itself had validated in 2006 the usefulness of the pharmacovigilance tools used in these investigations, concluding that they had “sufficient sensitivity and specificity.” For its part, the FDA was disconcertingly slow. In 2011 it recognized depression as an adverse effect and in 2022 it added suicidal ideation, but not as a formal warning on the label. It took the agency five years to respond to a citizen petition requesting the drug be removed from the market. Internal FDA documents from 2010 show entire sections redacted as “confidential,” hiding key data about the drug’s safety. The case in Europe. In addition to the report issued by the FDA, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has also launched an alert following its research on this same medication and suicidal tendencies. This is something that the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS) has collected on its website, pointing out that from now on the packages of finasteride 1 mg will include a patient information card with the aim of reinforcing these warnings. In France they wanted be much more critical with the recommendations made by the EMA to confront this serious problem. Specifically, they have pointed out that the introduction of this alert card or the dissemination of a letter to professionals is not enough. Especially considering that the latest recommendations made by the regulator have not reduced the incidence of suicidal ideation in treated patients. Because. The relationship between finasteride and mood disorders is not a simple correlation, but has a plausible biological basis. The drug inhibits the enzyme 5α-reductase, reducing the conversion of testosterone. This process also decreases the synthesis of brain neurosteroids, such as allopregnanolone, which are crucial for mood regulation. For some users, the effects do not go away when they stop treatment. The so-called “post-finasteride syndrome” describes severe neuropsychiatric symptoms that persist for months or years after stopping the drug. Call to action. Brezis emphasizes that, as it is a medicine for a cosmetic indication, the balance between benefit and risk is radically different. “It wasn’t about a life-or-death medical need. It was about the hair,” he emphasizes. Images | Nik Shuliahin 💛💙 In Xataka | A natural, safe and already approved sweetener for consumption: the new and unexpected solution against baldness

This map exposes the most popular coffee in each country. Capuchino is the undisputed winner worldwide

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On October 1, World Coffee Day will be held. It has no importance for those who already celebrate that ephemeris every day (and more knowing what it is Good for health), but it is the date chosen by the International Coffee Organization to pay tribute to this universal drink (and baptized by Clemente VIII) and value both the situation of coffee growers such as fair trade networks and sustainable practices. Not surprisingly, coffee is the second most consumed drink in the world only behind the water, and something very interesting is to know the coffee tastes of each of the countries. The reason? Although there are two main coffee varieties –The robust and the Arabica-, there are many preparations and machines that give very different results. And this map illustrates it perfectly: Prepared by Coffenessin it we can see what kind of elaboration is most present in the day -to -day life of many of us. Among all, the star is the cappuccinoand by far: according to the map, It is the preferred preparation of 24 countriesamong which is Spain. He is loved in much of Europe, in fact, and a lot of distance from the espresso. This elaboration, stronger and concentrated, is the second most popular. 14 countries, among which are the United States or Germany, prefer this elaboration that causes a sensation for the fascination they generate, on occasion, the necessary machines for their preparation. They are increasingly economical and with more functions -all in one like the Ninja Luxe that we analyzed a few months ago They facilitate things very much- and, although it may shock that of taking an espresso, the truth is that … it is rich. Why can it collide? Because, As Spaniards, an espresso is ‘complicated’ of drinking. The reason is that, if we ask for a coffee alone in a cafeteria that does not have Specialty coffeethe most normal is that We are served a torrefactand it is a tremendously bitter and required coffee, which is why it needs more sugar than it already has naturally with the aim of masking the taste. If specialty coffee is used, although it is still strong, it is much better. The third most popular elaboration is filter coffee, and here I am surprised that it is not the most consumed in the United States, the place of the famous ‘office coffee’ and that of the ‘dinners’. It is popular in 12 countries, including South Africa, United Arab Emirates or Bulgaria. And what about Italy? Well, no matter how much coffee tradition they have, in Italy they don’t have coffee. Not yet, at leastsince tradition comes from the title process and some of the most famous elaborations, being one of them, precisely that of American coffee. Because yes, it was not invented in the United States, but for Italian hoteliers that, during the Second World WarThey reduced the espresso coffee with water to be the taste of American soldiers. According to Coffeness, it is the most popular in Italy, but also in South Korea, Argentina, Costa Rica or Uruguay. In Latin America, basically. Turkish coffee is thick and the most attached to a specific place Then there are peculiarities, such as the Irish coffee that conques Ireland, the Turkish coffee they only want in Türkiye, Where is Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanityor the espresso macchiato, which apart from a Stera of Eurovisionis the favorite in Australia, Honduras or the United Kingdom. Where is China? I ask that too, since China in recent years has become One of the main players in the coffee market worldwide. The drink has gone from insignificant to cause fury, so much that they are opening many coffee shops in large cities And it is something that has even become In a claim so that companies like Huawei attract foreign workers. The problem is where they have taken the data from Coffeness, and it is the reason why, although nice and may be very right, We are not facing a rigorous study or anything like that: They clarify that they are based on a search data analysis on Google, so although far from offering definitive data, they can determine what are the most popular coffee elaborations in many countries. And there is the matter: China and its great blockade They enter the equation, preventing that data can be collected. But well, apart from rigor, the results ‘quad’ with what, in many cases, we could expect. And it does not surprise me a little that the most popular elaboration is my dear capuccino. Images | Alet123Coffeness In Xataka | How much does a cup of coffee in each country in the world cost, explained in a fantastic map

It is also the return of our most popular franchise

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Today arrives at bookstores The new installment of the ‘Captain Alatriste’ series by Arturo Pérez-Reverte. Although 14 years have passed since their last novel, its success is indisputable and palpates not only in the derivatives that the character has lived (most during this parenthesis in the time of the original book series), but also in the impact that the series has had outside the entertainment industry. So much, that perhaps we can consider ‘Alatriste’ as the main franchise that Spanish culture has given in recent years. Success franchise. Of course, Alatriste is not the only fictional character who has lived an existence of success beyond his original incarnation. It is inevitable to think about Mortadelo and Filemónhis successful adaptations to cinema and animation and his remembered video games for PC. And there is also the significant case of a torrent, for two reasons: first, its politicized resignification, sometimes against the desire of the original author; And second, its Current recoverywhen nostalgia seems to be the only safe commercial maneuver. Torrente had comic and video game (and slot machine), but of merely anecdotal reach. What attracts Alatriste’s attention is that, although the novels have been a very considerable editorial success, its successive adaptations and reincarnations have also had the support of the public and the sympathies of Pérez Reverte. The original books. The original book saga tells the adventures of Diego Alatriste and Tenorio, a veteran soldier of the Thirds of Flanders who is spoiled in the Madrid of the seventeenth century as a swordsman for salary and in full decline of the Spanish empire. To the original series, composed of seven books published between 1996 and 2011, two more are added. Much of its success is due, apart from the sometimes folletinesco tone and carefree adventure of swordsman, to the appearance of famous characters of the Golden Age and their careful historical atmosphere. In audiovisual. The movie ‘Alatriste‘, by Agustín García-Yanes is not a precisely secondary product: due to the participation of an international star, Viggo Mortensen (at that time very in vogue thanks to the movies of’The Lord of the Rings‘), his budget catapulted until he became the most expensive film until the moment of Spanish cinema. With a completely exportable invoice, he did not get an excessive box office success. That did not prevent in 2015, Telecinco to premiere a series by adapting the novels. Salvador Calvo and Enrique Urbizu directed it and gave life to the protagonist Aitor Luna. The series fulfilled in audiences, but it was strongly criticized by his overwhelmingly television aesthetics. Other media. But Alatriste’s career does not end there: although we have not come to see an Alatriste video game, we have tasted a role -playing game (‘Captain Alatriste role’, by the legendary Ricard Ibáñez – at which we all remember for the mythical ‘Aquelarre’- and that he even enjoyed two expansions). There have also been two comics. ‘Captain Alatriste’ (2005) and ‘Blood cleaning’ (2008), both with a script of no less than Carlos Giménez and based on the first two books of the series. Beyond adaptations. However, the most interesting of the success of ‘Alatriste’, and what enshrines the series as an unquestionable triumphal franchise of our pop culture is the impact it has had beyond adaptations. For example, the saga renewed interest in the Golden Age, something that was noted not only in exhibitions, book releases and others, but even in educational terms: books were used as educational material in schoolswith even reissue with reading guides. Hand in hand, Alatriste led us to rethink the “Spanish character”with its lights and shadows, something that Pérez-Reverte has not stopped reflecting so far and that permeated at the time in innumerable essays and articles. Alatriste still stands, and not only for commercial interests: its presence as a Spanish cultural icon is indisputable. Header | Telecinco Cinema In Xataka | Before he died, this man left a list of everything he had read in his life: 3,599 books of all kinds that you can now consult

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