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Alejandro Llano, lawyer: “There is a type of dismissal that does not appear in the law but is the most popular: dismissal in July”

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Every year the same thing happens. July moves inexorably towards a well-deserved summer vacation, the offices and work centers are emptying little by little and, just then, the letters that no employee wants to receive begin to arrive: the dismissal letter. Alejandro Llanomanager of the legal office of UGT Catalonia, denounces a type of dismissal that is not officially recognized in the Workers’ Statute, but is well known to those who must defend the rights of workers: “There is a type of dismissal that does not appear in the law but is the most popular: the dismissal in July. In the last fortnight it is incredible.” The deadline runs even if you are not there. The key to Llano’s complaint lies in a detail that may go unnoticed, but is decisive in challenging a dismissal. He article 59.3 of the Workers’ Statute establishes that there is a period of 20 business days to challenge a dismissal in Spain. That is, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays do not count. On the other hand, the article 183 of the Organic Law of the Judiciary declares August as a non-working month for “all judicial actions, except those that are declared urgent by procedural laws. However, the General Council of the Judiciary, through regulations, may enable them for the purposes of other actions.” One of the cases in which the month of August is enabled as a business month is, according to article 43.2. of the Social Jurisdiction Lawthe dismissal of workers. That’s the trick. The Law Regulating Social Jurisdiction declares August a non-working month for almost everything, but makes an exception for layoffs, as it is an urgent procedure, generating confusion among laid-off workers, who may miss the deadline to challenge their dismissal thinking that justice “is closed for vacation.” “The rule, wanting to benefit the worker, is harming them, declaring August a business day for layoffs,” laments Llano. A dismissal notified on July 20 begins to expire while half the country is on the beach. When there is no lawyer available. Furthermore, moving the challenge of the dismissal to August has another perverse cost for employees: finding someone to defend you in time. “In August it is difficult to find a lawyer. Many offices are closed, because lawyers also take vacations,” highlights Llano. The specialized office Bermejo i Alegret, confirm the same phenomenon of increased layoffs in July from another trench. In his case, he speaks of a “silent practice with high legal costs” and warns of an aggravating circumstance in which the company knows that the worker is on vacation and even outside the country to begin the dismissal process. In these cases, the lawyer assures that “the courts can interpret this conduct as an indication of imbalance in the relationship” and point out the violation of your right of defense, tipping the balance towards the recognition of an unfair or even void dismissal. A phenomenon that statistics do not see. Here another paradox arises that, in part, explains why this continues to happen. Despite what Llano and other labor lawyers denounce from their daily experience, there is no official data that reveals how many ordinary layoffs occur during the month of July. The Ministry of Labor only measures collective dismissals on a monthly basis through its Employment Regulation Statisticswhich in July 2025 counted 4,864 laid-off workers, compared to 3,898 layoffs June or the 992 of September of that same year. These layoffs only tell part of the story, collective layoffs are growing, yes, but they only tell part of the story since they represent a percentage of total layoffs. The bulk of layoffs, individual and objective, are counted annually in the Dismissal Statistics and their Costwhich totaled 643,681 layoffs in the latest records of 2024, without the possibility of breaking them down month by month. The General Council of the Judiciary also does not monthly list the figures for dismissal claimsand only provides the quarterly and annual data. Therefore, we are faced with a phenomenon that, although labor lawyers see it repeated every summer, remains invisible to official statistics. In Xataka | Requesting a leave of absence from work has a catch: if you do not notify your return in time, you can lose your job forever. Image | Wikimedia Commons (Cberbell)

If the question is how to avoid heat stroke in summer, in Japan they have an increasingly popular answer: thermal bracelets

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It happened ago just over a year. Montserrat Aguilar had completed her day as a cleaning service worker in Barcelona when, already at home, collapsed and died. He had spent hours sweeping the streets of Raval in the sun on a day when temperatures in Barcelona exceeded 35ºC. Although at the beginning of 2026 the family I was still waiting based on the results of the final autopsy, his death unleashed a intense (and bitter) debate about the conditions faced by workers who, like her, walk the streets during heat waves. This year in Barcelona they wanted to cure their health with technology well known in Japan: bracelets capable of anticipating heat strokes. What has happened? that in full extreme heat wavewith the thermometer exceeding 40ºC In Barcelona, ​​the Barcelona City Council has decided to reinforce the security of the operators who provide public services on the street using technology. A few weeks ago he distributed 1,400 bracelets thermal among the staff responsible for keeping the city clean, providing public lighting and taking care of the garden areas. Is it the only measure? No. The Newspaper precise other measures with which Barcelona wants to prevent extreme temperatures from taking their toll on those who work on the street. For example, adapting the workday of gardeners in summer, advancing the start and end times to avoid the most dangerous periods, or adopting special protocols, designed for the dog days. Is it enough? No. Sensors and protocols are welcome, but unions insist they are not enough. “Non-exposure is the best prevention,” claims Carlos del Barrio, from CCOO, in The Newspaper. Workers’ representatives recall that “no measure is sufficient on its own” and demand greater investment to, among other things, add air conditioning to cars. Without going any further, the Commissions remember that a relevant part of the fleet is still not acclimatized and there are even vehicles (such as irrigation vehicles) that have the engine located right under the seat, something not very desirable in August. How do the bracelets work? They basically fit the operator’s wrist and control their temperature. When they detect that it rises too high and approaches dangerous levels, it emits a signal (vibrates and lights up) so you can take action. In Barcelona has it happened before. When this happens and the thermal bracelet issues its warning, the operator must stop, find a shady place, drink water and inform his supervisor. The bracelet itself will inform you with a light signal (green, in this case) when you are ready to continue. In the specific case of Barcelona, ​​Parks and Gardens has invested almost 60,000 euros in sensors from the company Metalco, devices designed to warn the user “two levels before” of heat stroke. “It is set to activate the alarm when the deep temperature reaches approximately 38ºC.” That is the general guideline. In practice, the sensor must take into account the conditions of each user. The Department of the Interior has also opted for a similar solution, with devices for the Mossos and firefighters. Is it something new? Thermal bracelets have been used for a long time. And they are certainly not exclusive to Catalonia or Spain. As I remembered a few days ago The Confidential There is a Japanese company that has been dedicated to them for a few years now: Biodata Bankcreated in 2018 and with headquarters in Tokyo. Its catalog includes Canaria+, a bracelet designed to detect “subtle changes in thermal stress” and that helps the wearer control their rest, hydration and food. When the sensor detects that the body is having difficulty dissipating heat, it issues a warning with light, sound and vibration. The moment it thinks the risk has disappeared, it reports again with a green light. “We felt it was necessary to have a system in place and take action before a person collapsed,” explains the company’s CEO, Takeshi Anzai. Regarding his bracelet, he clarifies that “the algorithm adapts” to whoever uses it, although it starts from four levels. The first is free of danger, with the temperature below 37ºC. The second rises to a maximum of 38.3ºC and reveals a “latent risk.” With the third (37.7-39ºC, depending on the person) the alerts go off. The last, the most critical, ranges from 38.7 to 40ºC. Is it only used in Spain? At all. In fact Japan is another good example. Last year the World Economic Forum actually dedicated an extensive report to the “lessons” that the country offers to overcome extreme heat waves and among its resources included wrist sensors designed to detect sudden increases in body temperature and, thus, prevent heat stroke. One of the organizations that has opted for them there is the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, which has distributed thermal bracelets among elderly people with reduced mobility, teachers and students who go to public schools and certain workers who have to work outdoors. “In Japan last year the number of people urgently transported due to heat stroke exceeded 100,000. In cities like Tokyo, the demand for ambulances became so high that authorities issued alerts asking the population to make appropriate use of emergencies,” remember Anzai. Images | Barcelona City Council 1 and 2 and Biodata Bank In Xataka | The French are so desperate about the heat wave that they have started painting the outside of their houses with chalk

They have put the 21 most popular AI chatbots to perform differential diagnosis. They fail more than a fair shotgun

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‘House‘It’s a series that I love. I don’t care about the intrastories in the slightest, but the process of differential diagnosis – despite all the movie stuff – drives me crazy. This ability to rule out diseases that could explain the same symptoms to arrive at the most probable diagnosis seems like witchcraft to me. Well: they have put the 21 Most Popular AI Chatbots to make that differential diagnosis and the result is clear. It fails more than a fairground shotgun. In short. He Mass General Brigham It is not an ‘anyone’. It is a non-profit network of American doctors and hospitals, including two of the most prestigious medical teaching institutions in the country. From January to December 2025, a group of researchers from the institution they put 21 AI chatbots such as Claude 4.5 Opus, DeepSeek, Gemini 3.0 Pro, GPT-5 or Grok 4 to evaluate dozens of clinical cases with the aim of establishing their level of success in an early diagnosis. The information is extremely basic, but it is also what professionals have when making this differential diagnosis and the ultimate intention is to evaluate the clinical reasoning capacity of the latest generation language models to see if they can be a clinical ally. The answer is no. While models optimized for reasoning achieved much higher scores than simpler ones like Gemini 1.5 Flash, the bottom line is that LLMs are still limited for this task. The exam. Each of the models was given 29 clinical cases that represent more than 16,200 responses in total. The result is that these newer versions of the most powerful chatbots they couldn’t produce an adequate differential diagnosis in about 80% of cases when they only had basic information about the patient. The problem is that age, sex and symptoms is very vague information, yes, but it is one that human professionals who have to make this differential diagnosis ‘play’ with for the first time. Little by little, as they do other tests and obtain more information, they refine the result, but it is that first ‘discard’ treatment that often makes the difference. “We want to help separate the hype from the reality of these tools as they are applied to healthcare” another movie. And, precisely, as the LLM They were given more data, the performance and results were more robust. When the chatbot has more and more information such as physical analysis data, laboratory results and diagnostic images, things change and AI reaches the final diagnosis in more than 90% of cases. But of course, to reach that stage they must have almost all the clinical data, which further shows the gap with impotence when performing an initial filtering. Don’t trust Google ChatGPT. The researchers are clear that “these models are very good at identifying a final diagnosis when the data is complete, but they have difficulties at the beginning of an open case,” which leads them to emphasize that they should not be trusted at home. The AI ​​industry is pushing your product in the medical circuit, but the study points out that “despite continuous improvements, commercial LLMs are not ready for clinical implementation without supervision.” They state that a human is needed in the operation and “very close supervision” to be able to scale the use of an LLM in the healthcare field. And there they are always talking about professional use, but more and more cases are seen of people who previously treated themselves by trusting Google and who Now they do it trusting what ChatGPT tells them. In the study they emphasize that “hallucinations remain” in these latest generation models, also showing concerns about the safety and integrity of patients. About El Salvador. In any case, it is evident that, in the end, Medical AI is another helper, a tooland here what has been tested is a “common” chatbot that knows everything, but is not specialized in anything. In medicine, as in other industries, the use of AI can help with tasks such as eliminating possibilities or organizing thousands of data, but a chatbot is not yet a good companion in this differential diagnosis because it simply cannot be trusted. Those who are going to have to trust AI for any type of treatment are Salvadorans. El Salvador has been a pioneer country when it comes to adopting new technologies, and the president, Nayib Bukele, has just embarked on another experiment: $500 million to leave healthcare in the hands of Gemini. The population will have access to the app Dr.SV who will work as a family doctor. As detailed in The Countrythis AI will know the symptoms and will assign calls with doctors who will make the diagnosis. The AI ​​will monitor for consultations and chronic diseases and the goal is for it to take care of cancer patients in the future. According to Bukele, they are creating the best health system in the world, something curious considering that they laid off more than 7,700 health system employees during 2025. For the sake of Salvadorans, let’s hope that This new experiment does not end like Bitcoin City. In Xataka | Privacy is dying since ChatGPT arrived. Now our obsession is for AI to know us as best as possible

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.

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