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The diamond industry promised them happy with the jewels cultivated in the laboratory. Until prices sank

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Few things better symbolize luxury than a good diamond. They shine in the shop windows of the most exclusive miles in Paris, Milan or New York, in Hands of Hollywood actresses and in The watches of the most sought -after soccer players on the planet. However, they do not run good times for precious stones. Not at least if we talk about your price. A perfect storm in which intrinsic factors are mixed and alien to the sector has shame its price until it is left, according to Some analystsin minimums that were not seen so far from the century. The big question is … What can we expect now? Prices, falling. It doesn’t matter which source is consulted. They do not run Good times For diamonds. The maximum expression of luxury, the great symbol of opulence, has been seeing how its value slides through a slope that moves it away from the dimensions that reached between 2021 and 2022, when the sector lived a “Exceptional demand” in the US market thanks to couples who had postponed their commitments or weddings for COVID-19. A few days ago Barcharta financial data platform, shared A graph which reflects the descending curve that precious stones have drawn from 2022 to place in what the signature considers “its lowest level of the century.” He Price index Paul Zimnisky for raw diamonds also show a “puncture” from the pandemic, although without even minimal record. And the panorama is similar in the graphics of Diamondse either Princescopewhich reflect the lowest values ​​from at least 2008 for natural jemas. Click on the image to go to Tweet. What show the figures? That if we talk about quotes, the diamond industry has lived better years. In February Bloomberg calculated that in a matter of two years prices had fallen almost 50% in the case of raw diamonds and 35% in polished stones. More or less for the same dates The Guardian revealed that in stores natural diamonds cost 26% less than two years ago, a considerable fall but that pales compared to the accumulated since 2020 by the created in the laboratory. Citing A Tenoris, a firm that tracks the prices of diamonds in more than 2,000 US stores, the British newspaper I pointed that at the end of last year the average price of a natural diamond of a quilate marked $ 4,997. In May 2022 it exceeded 6,800 pounds. In the case of “artificial” diamonds, $ 3.410 had passed in January from 2020 to 892 at the end of 2024. In their graphics Pricescope and Diamondse They also show falls. A perfect storm. The big question arrived at this point is … why? What motivates that price drop? The reality is that there is no single answer, but a cocktail of them, a mixture of factors that have impacted the market. Analysts point to a Change in demand After the health crisis, when prices rose thanks to the increase in postpandemic sales. Others point out the “puncture” of weddings, especially in the US, which is equivalent to less alliances and commitment rings; or even The effects of the Ukraine War in the sector. Another factor that explains the collapse is the behavior of the Chinese market, crucial for the industry. In February Bloomberg estimated that its demand had been reduced by 50% from the pandemia. And not just that. Citing experts in the sector, the agency said that, on average, the retailers of the Asian giant were returning to the wholesale market of India between 30 and 40 million dollars each month in surpluses of polished diamonds. All this in an economic context challenging For Beijing. Natural vs “artificial”. If something has really influenced the world diamond industry, beyond that we get married more or less, the covid hangover or the fall in demand in China, is the appearance of a new product in the market: the “synthetic” diamondscultivated in the laboratory and that have marked a before and after in the sector. Instead of requiring Millions of years of formation, as is the case with the mined natural jemas, a “synthetic” stone can take shape in a laboratory in a record time: a few weeks or Even hours. “Synthetic” diamonds are not exactly new. Its origins can go back to the 50s. However, in recent times they have broken into the market for several reasons. One of them is that their origins are easier to track than those of the mined jemas, which has gone “More ethical”especially in the eyes of the Millenials. Also influence its appearance and price, which becomes 70% lower to the natural stones. “They are much bigger stones,” Comment a jeweler to The Guardian. “About two or three more times. In laboratory, three carats is normal, even four or five.” Its attractiveness has caught attention Even of jewelry brands and watches specialized in luxury, in some cases with welcome in the market that exceed expectations. Of course, not everyone thinks the same. “They are synthetic, a bulk created product, without history. The price will continue to fall,” Vaticin Another jeweler. Winning weight in the market. In 2023 Five days public A graph (supporting tenoris data and the billing of 1,300 retailers of the sector) that demonstrate the growing weight of the diamonds grown in a key segment of the market: that of the US commitment rings. If at the beginning of 2021 they represented only 3.5%, in the summer of 2023 that percentage was already approaching 18%. In February The Guardian He went further and assured that synthetic diamonds already supposed 45% of the bridal jewelry market. The problem is that this growing weight has come accompanied by another word that analysts also frequently repeat: Overproduction. The analyst Paul Zimnisky was warned in March in An interview with The New York Times: “We are seeing that a small group of very large producers in China and India are increasing production with faster and better processes, and every time they do … Read more

Waymo promised them very happy as a world leader in Robotaxis. Now Baidu has just advanced on the right

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Chinese robotaxis just advanced the United States for the first time in the race for autonomous transport. Baidu announced that his service Apollo Go has completed 11 million tripsovercoming the 10 million reported by Waymo. Why is it important. This advance marks a turning point in a technology that defines the future of urban transport. China has needed only two and a half years to overcome the company that launched the first completely autonomous service in the world in 2020, after a long stage of R&D as part of the “Other bets“From Google. The contrast. General Motors announced that He left his Cruise project At the end of 2024 after spending 10,000 million dollars on it. Motion had to pause its operations for economic causes. Meanwhile, Weride and Pony.aiboth Chinese, expand through Europe and the Middle East thanks to alliances with Uber. In Xataka I have tried a totally autonomous taxi. This is traveling without driver In figures: A journey in Robotaxi costs 35 cents per mile in China. That same trip costs about 2 dollars in the United States. China and its 1.4 billion inhabitants make up a market that quadruples to the American. That is a natural advantage of scale impossible to replicate. The panoramic. China has built its advantage over three pillars: Favorable regulations in more than 50 cities. Competitive automotive supply chains worldwide. Enthusiast government support that considers the autonomous car as a key area of ​​innovation. {“Videid”: “X8Clg26”, “Autoplay”: False, “Title”: “Baidu World 2022 Say hello to the apollo rt6, Baidu’s Next-Gen Av”, “Tag”: “Baidu”, “Duration”: “53”} And now what. Tesla announced that I was going to launch his service in Austin this monthbut competition has been globalized. Baidu is already testing in Hong Kong and United Arab Emirates, with filtered plans to do the same in Switzerland and Türkiye. Nevertheless, Chinese companies are still looking for financing: Not even its huge market by population serves to survive in a sector that has not yet achieved black numbers. Deepen. McKinsey estimates that the robotaxis will not reach commercial scale until 2030, requiring billions of extra dollars to achieve a completely autonomous capacity. In Xataka | There are only two confirmed data of the launch of the Xiaomi Yu7: that we do not know its price and that the waiting list is one year Outstanding image | Apollo Go (Function () {Window._js_modules = Window._js_modules || {}; var headelement = document.getelegsbytagname (‘head’) (0); if (_js_modules.instagram) {var instagramscript = Document.Createlement (‘script’); }}) (); – The news Waymo promised them very happy as a world leader in Robotaxis. Now Baidu has just advanced on the right It was originally posted in Xataka by Javier Lacort .

The Catl battery factory in Aragon promised to generate thousands of work. At the moment, 2,000 Chinese will be left

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1,847 Chinese workers. That is the estimated figure that, according to The Aragon newspaperwill arrive in Figueruelas to lift the battery production plant for electric cars that Catl and Stellantis signed months ago. Then it was sold that some 3,000 jobs would be created but, for the moment, almost 2,000 employees will come from the Asian country. The data. The first time that the subject was discussed Chain ser Last May. Then it was pointed out that Catl would arrive in Figueruelas (Aragon) with more than 2,200 workers from China who will raise the new battery factory for Stellantis “, in the words of Mayor Luis Bertol. The figure, as we see, has clarified until it closes in the aforementioned 1,847 workers. The town faces a challenge, since those almost 2,000 workers would fold the current census of inhabitants that In 2024 it was estimated at 1,240 neighbors. Obviously, the vast majority of factory workers that Stellantis has in the municipality live in nearby towns and, above all, in near Zaragoza since they are currently accounted for about 5,000 regular employees in the property of the car manufacturer. A promise. The new factory that Catl and Stellantis will raise in Figueruelas will be The largest battery producer of electric cars from our country, even ahead of Volkswagen’s in Sagunto. Then it was announced that it arrived with an investment of 4.1 billion euros under the arm. But it was also promised that it would create 3,000 direct jobs. The figure leaves the declaration of general interest (say) approved by the Government of Aragon to open the doors to the express processing of the aid, as collected in December 2024 in The Spanish. “The noise is in the media”. Since the news was known, the coming and going of the numbers on Chinese workers has raised some dust. It is not clear why CATL needs to bring almost 2,000 Chinese workers to raise their factory. Nor if that work could have been left in the close environment or if knowledge is missing for it. Similarly, it has also been put on the table how Figueruelas will face its population. Bertol pointed to The Aragon newspaper that “noise is more in the media than among our neighbors.” Explain that the idea is to start prefabricated housing near the factory facilities. And he shields that there was already a similar situation in the 80s when General Motors lifted the Opel plant (which now belongs to Stellantis) in the town. Is it legal? According to The Aragon newspaperChinese workers who will arrive in Figueruelas will not be only operators that aim to lift the factory. Intermediate controls are expected and, of course, high -ranking controls. To do this, Catl will apply the framework of the Unity Law of large companies and strategic groups (Law 14/2013) Born to promote the arrival of these macroprojects after the 2008 crisis. This law is included, for example, the streamlining of residence permits for highly qualified workers. Is Chinese labor needed? “At the start you need people who, getting out of the plane, know what to do in that factory later.” Thus defends Bertol, mayor of Figueruelas, the arrival of these workers in the city. “You don’t have to get your hands to the head for this matter, it is a logical and normal process,” he explains to The Aragon newspaper. “Catl brings battery technology, which is also the best in the world market, and brings its machines and ways of working.” Without these workers it would not be the factory in motion although, yes, it is not said how long they are expected to maintain their work in the Aragonese town or if formations will be established to local workers. Other cases. Although striking, the case of Figueruelas is not exceptional either. Catl’s landing in Germany was similarwith investments that came from the hand of Chinese workers who could train local workers but, above all, they did Full performance What was lifting. Byd has worked similarly on his arrival in Hungary. And it is something that works in the two West-Oriente directions. Following the tariff war that the United States opened with all the countries of the world, the debate of Why Apple did not make its iPhone in the United States. Beyond costs, there was a simple reason: there is a lack of people formed. Photo | Stellantis and Catl In Xataka | Nissan pointed to the electric car as a future plan. It will fire 9,000 employees and prove Toyota

We promised them happy with the 7,000mah batteries. But Android is still Android

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I have been able to try the Realme GT 7one of the first phones in the market (generalist, no gaming) with 7,000mAh battery. A full -fledged mobile with a battery whose duration is good, but not superlative. The point is that this is not the first time something like that happens to me. I have tried mobiles with 4,500mAh batteries that lasted a lot more than others with 5,000Mah. Mobile with 5,000MAH with completely disparate durations, and then we have Apple with a 4,600mAh battery that lasts more than some much larger. Not everything is the ability. Welcome is the ability. Between 7,000mah and 5,000mah I have it clear: big horse. A battery with greater nominal capacity, to equal optimization and consumption of the components, is a battery aimed at having a longer duration. A clear example is the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge With its 3,900mah battery. Miracles do not exist and, with that capacity and the screen of a Galaxy S25+I was destined to have a battery that lasts little. Android is very Android. Android is a relatively free system, and this has as many advantages as inconvenience. There is nothing more efficient at an energy level than an AOSP ROM, based on “Pure Android” and with hardly any background processes. The issue is that manufacturers want to put their icing: customization layers. Although they provide added value, starting to build on Android is not simple, and adding both applications and extra processes, sometimes, does not work out. If a version is not optimized, it will devour resources, have the physical battery that the device has. There are even more elements. To the optimization that each manufacturer has to do in the system if you want the ROM to work well, you have to add that each phone element (screen, modem, Bluetooth, Wifi), has its associated controllers. A bad optimization or adjustment in the software that manages basic hardware elements can translate into triggered consumption. And, beyond optimization, hardware elements themselves can consume more or less. There are more or less efficient screens, there are more or less efficient processors, thermal management … The cocktail to create a mobile with a battery that lasts what must last is complex. The solutions. Sometimes, it is best to admit that there is no solution. If your mobile lasts little because milliamps are missing, there is no way out. In the opposite case, there is hope. If a telephone has a brutal battery, but it does not last enough, it is necessary to know the manufacturer to work in an update that solves it. It is not something, unfortunately, too common. But it is neither the first nor the last time that a phone does not work as fine in launch and, within a few weeks, it all starts stabilizing. In fact, this is not just an Android problem, although the system is more prone to these instabilities in the battery. I still remember The terrible battery of the iPhone 12 Pro. Yes, he had “only 2.815mah”, but the iPhone 13 pro lasted much more with 300mAh more. Super -healing problems, a total (health) capacity that touched 80% in just one year of use … Image | Xataka In Xataka | Save battery on your mobile: 28 things that increase their consumption on Android or iPhone and you can avoid

Elon Musk has promised to stay in Tesla at least until 2030: "unless he dies, of course"

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Elon Musk has once again been the center of attention after confirming that he will continue to lead Tesla during at least the next five years and that will dedicate “much less time” to political campaigns in the future. Its decision comes at a key moment for the company, which is going through economic difficulties and a strong media pressure. Musk has defended his role in front of Doge, ensuring that he did “what had to be done” and that he does not regret his decisions. The announcement, made during Your intervention In the Catar Economic Forum, it has been received with relief by the markets, which feared for a possible exit from the Millionaire from the company’s management. Until 2030 “unless he dies.” In an intervention by video call in the Economic Forum of Catar, Elon Musk made clear that his priority for the next five years will be Tesla. The businessman recognized that, although his political participation has been controversial, Now he wants to focus in the management and future of the company. Given the insistence of the moderator to confirm his commitment to Tesla, Musk joked adding: “Yes, unless he dies.” The tycoon also took the opportunity to Define rumors about its possible substitution as CEO. Musk said that, despite the speculation of the American press, he has no intention of leaving his position as CEO of Tesla. In Xataka Elon Musk put Tesla on autopilot. He has promised to take the steering wheel for the good of his fortune Musk faces Tesla’s challenges. Tesla’s economic situation has been especially delicate in what we have been in 2025, where the reputational crisis generated by Musk’s political role in front of Doge joined a context of global sales fall and the renewal of his best -selling model: the model and. In the first quarter of 2025, the company reported a reduction in its net profit of 71%, remaining at 409 million dollars. In addition, the income from the sale of cars descended 20% compared to the same period of the previous year, standing at 13,967 million dollars. The hardest blow came from Europe, where the brand recorded its values minimums in sales In the last two years. Musk wanted to take iron from the current company situation ensuring that his sales situation “has already taken a turn”, although he has recognized that Europe is the weakest region As for the company’s sales. “We are strong in the rest of the world. Our sales are going well at this time and we do not foresee a significant fall of sales,” the company’s CEO justified. Less political visibility. The Millionaire took advantage of his intervention to announce that he will significantly reduce his expenditure on political campaigns and acts moving away from political focus to concentrate on the management of your companies. This decision seeks to calm investors and improve the image of Tesla after months of controversy that have put Tesla as a goal of political interests, although Musk questioned the reputational damage that his political adventure has caused the brand. “Yes, maybe We have lost some sales On the left side, but we have won them on the right side. Sales figures are at this time solid and we don’t see demand problems, “Musk explained in his speech. {“Videid”: “x8ldfb3”, “Autoplay”: fals, “Title”: “How ELON MUSK WINS If many of its companies are not profitable”, “Tag”: “Webedia-Prod”, “Duration”: “797”} Positive Investor Reaction. The news about the return of a 100% Musk concentrated in solving Tesla’s problems was received as a sign of stability for the manufacturer. Tesla’s shares experienced a rebound up to 3.6% after the announcement, unmarked from the general bearish trend of the market. However, subsequently the price ended up yielding to the global fall, although Musk’s stability and commitment message has been positively valued by shareholders. Tesla’s shares have fallen by 14% so far this year with respect to their maximum registration in December 2024. In Xataka | Elon Musk asked for calm and endure the actions of Tesla. Its president did otherwise and has won 230 million dollars In Xataka | Elon Musk dismissed the security experts of autonomous vehicles: they were the same ones that should regulate Tesla cars Image | Flickr (Gage Skidmore), Unspash (Dmitry Novikov) (Function () {Window._js_modules = Window._js_modules || {}; var headelement = document.getelegsbytagname (‘head’) (0); if (_js_modules.instagram) {var instagramscript = Document.Createlement (‘script’); }}) (); – The news Elon Musk has promised to stay in Tesla at least until 2030: “Unless he dies, of course” It was originally posted in Xataka by Rubén Andrés .

The AI ​​and technology of today drive the dream that Glass promised

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The augmented reality is not new for Google. In fact, it is a segment in which they have wanted to play their foot for more than a decade. Glass It was the project that made us dream of glasses with which we could obtain all the information we would like directly from our retina. The problem is that Technology was simply not ready At that time. With the arrival of the generative AI, the balance has ended up balancing a lot. During The Google I/O.the company showed a prototype of glasses that reminded us of Google Glass, now driven with Gemini. Us We have been able to test this same prototype During our visit to the event and under these lines we tell you what we have found. Notice for navigators: they are still a prototype, so Google’s mission has been to collect feedback through closed -door tests. Glass lacked two keys: an AI like Gemini and the technology we have today Google’s return to the field of smart glasses seems to be more alive than ever, especially after knowing the development of the platform Android XR and his collaboration with Samsung and Qualcomm for the creation of Project Moohanthe augmented reality glasses that have the objective of standing in the Apple’s proposal with Vision Pro. Real -time translation can become one of the functions most demanded by these types of devices | Image: Google The company seems to come back with A renewed approachimportant strategic alliances and a much more mature technology. Android XR wants to spread through glasses of multiple formats And during the event we have been able to get back a bit with their glasses designed to wear them throughout the day. Google and Samsung They have not hidden with design Project Moohan and have not done so with these glasses either. This discreet approach seems inspired by the recent collaboration of Goal with Ray-Banand it is a clear recognition that smart glasses need to be, above all, glasses that people want to wear. The test (with failures) during the Keynote of the Google I/O | Image: Google During the test with this prototype I could check How Google has integrated its artificial intelligence assistant Gemini in a format that takes advantage of the first person vision. Unlike the original Glass proposal, where technology was the protagonist, here the experience flows more naturally. We would have loved to show you the interface during the test or a closest close -up of the glasses themselves, but unfortunately were some of the restrictions we had to meet. Sergey Brin himself, Google co -founder, recognized during the event the mistakes made with Google Glass, admitting that then They did not understand the complexity of supply chains in consumer electronics or how difficult it would be to make smart glasses at a reasonable price. The I see what you see Gemini It develops really well While we interact with the assistant through the glasses. The wizard uses the camera incorporated in the glasses to ‘see what we see’. In one of the demos, I stopped in front of a painting and directly asked who his author was and what he represented. Without having to specify to which table I referred to, the assistant responded precisely by providing data on the work and other related details of interest. Prototype glasses in the test with Gemini | Image: Xataka In another of the tests, I could also taste slightly Its potential capacity to help us with any type of taskasking him about the operation of a coffee machine in front of me. The wizard not only identified the model, but detailed the step -by -step procedure to prepare coffee. Although all the tests were in a safe environment where Google workers had control in case something strange happened, these tests implied me Everyone of possibilities that Google counted thanks to Gemini and a technology that is now ‘. Gemini drives device capabilities | Image: Google This ability to “see” and understand the context makes a substantial difference with respect to attendees who only depend on voice or text commands. It’s like having a partner who observes the world from your perspective and helps you when you need it. A ‘todologist’ that helps you in whatever. And that concept of direct aid has also been extended in other projects that Google has underway and that we could also see on Google I/O, as is the case of Search Live. In the current state in which this prototype was, the glasses had A touch button on one of the pins that allows you to activate or pause Geminiso that the assistant is not constantly listening and observing. In addition, when the camera is active, an LED lights so that people around you know that you are recording. This is the prototype on the demos | Image: Xataka The information was projected from one of the crystals, and everything we heard from Gemini could also see it in text. In the current state, the text is something uncomfortable to read, and that I have no view problems. However, we must remember that It is a very premature prototypeso it is a characteristic that surely changes a lot during the development cycle. And it should be remembered that Android XR is beginning to develop this year for this new concept of glasses, as the company has revealed during its Keynote. A strategy of alliances and price will be everything to determine its success What also makes this project of previous attempts distinguish is The collaboration strategy What Google is deploying. The company announced during the I/O associations with glasses manufacturers As Gentle Monster and Warby Parker, in addition to deepening their technological alliance with Samsung and Qualcomm. Google is investing up to 150 million dollars In his association with Warby Parker. Despite the enthusiasm, you have to be realistic: What I could try was a very early prototype with limited functionalities and in a controlled … Read more

The appointment apps promised to be the end of the old marriage agencies. The result has been quite different

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The classics never die. Not at least if we talk about love and his things. Although Tinder, GrindrMeetic, Bumble and the rest of appointment apps (The list is long) They have made a considerable hole in the world of national romance, in Spain there are still people who continue to resort to those who for decades were the great allies of the single: marriage agencies. Its objective may not be to take couples before the altar, but a Fast search in Google to verify that there are still agencies operating, especially in the big cities. And from the sector they assure that they are not doing badly. “We are on the rise”, celebrate. The big question is … How have you managed to survive appointment apps? Don’t say Tinder, di agency. Ligar today is not the same as linking in the 80s the beginning of the 2000. Although the essence is always the same, each time has its own forms and codes. The history of Ligteo However, he also has his milestones and probably one of the most relevant was marked by the launch of Tinder In 2012. It was not the first platform to look for a partner (there were already match.com or okcupid), but it did clearly influenced the sector and somehow managed to knock down some taboos and stigmas. In 2013 it was already one of the hundred apps more downloaded And in 2018, after experiencing a 58% growth in a matter of a five years, it exceeded the four million of paid users worldwide. Its expansion has experienced ups and downs (Like His social footprint), but A recent study GFK DAM shows that he continues to lead the ranking of the platforms to flirt in Spain, with an average of 1.5 million monthly users. In second and third are Badoo and Grindr, with 776,000 and 635,600 users. And the marriage agencies? That revolution was not only felt in the networks or Apps downloads. The emergence of tools such as Tinder also affected a business model that had been implanted in the country and had experienced its golden era after the Divorce Law of 1981: Marriage agencies. Suddenly those who wanted to flirt but did not have time or encouragement to go to a disco could do it from their mobile, without having to resort (and pay) to the services of a professional celestine. “We go from being the only way of searching for a couple to live a strong competition,” He recognized in 2023 to the newspaper ABC Alicia López, psychologist at the Apesian agency. The agencies had to undertake their particular journey through the desert, face a crisis in their business model. And they had no choice but to “reinvent themselves”, like Remember López. Businesses organized workshops, looked for new income paths, influenced the strengths of their service … The idea was to relocate, find their coordinates after seeing how apps the apps “moved”. And changed the wave. The Adagio says that every crisis is at the same time an opportunity. And in the world of pairing professionals seems to have been fulfilled. Appointment apps and websites continue to work in Spain with millions of monthly users (4.7, According to GFK DAM), but the agencies claim to have found their hole and even benefit from the new scenario. “A few years ago that wave has returned to us and many people are tired from the digital world and their disappointments and lies,” López comments. “Of course, there is something that we thank these apps and that is that people have encouraged to ask for help to find a partner. Before it was a bit taboo, such as going to the psychologist,” he adds. It is not the only one that points in that direction. At the beginning of the year Carmen del Valle, director of Harmony, acknowledged in An interview With the being that at first the agencies like yours were “displaced” by apps, but over time the result was the opposite. “Now many people tired and frustrated.” And if there were doubts, he insists: “We are on the rise.” The importance of the approach. The key is what the agencies contribute. Or rather, in their ability to differentiate from the apps that have arisen in recent years. In fact of the valley insists In what a good part of the single ones who knock on their door demand something very specific: “A personalized and direct treatment.” These two values ​​are part of a cocktail to which agencies have added others, such as exclusivity, anonymity or even efficiency. “The agencies have existed a lifetime. Now, with apps, people look for safer and reliable options,” Confirm López to León News. Its logic is simple. The agencies are sold as intermediaries, a professional ally capable of providing a more personalized and direct service than that of apps. Those responsible are offered to refine the search, connect potential couples with shared affinities and desires and speak of high success percentages, often 80% are around. All without the need for public exposure, having to upload personal photos an app and go through the ritual of the Match. Not suitable for all pockets. For López Agencies offer “an alternative for people who want to avoid the dangers of staying with someone unknown in appointment apps.” As intermediaries, they assume the responsibility that the people who match share some affinity, something they try to guarantee with face -to -face interviews. Same important is discretion. There are agencies that organize appointments without having Show even photos To the single ones who are going to meet. Other businesses presume of your ability in he Matchmaking and the application of methods not very different from those used in the human resources departments of the companies. That assistance (of course) is not cheap. Prices may vary from one agency to another, but if interviews are reviewed to their managers in recent years there are rates for 300, 600, 1,800, 2,000, 6,000 or even 12,000 … Read more

The Chinese brands promised them very happy plagiarizing the design of the Vespa. They ran into a problem: it’s “art”

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There are many copies of motorcycles. And even more with the Arrival of Chinese motorcycles to the market. In fact, there are European manufacturers allowing the Chinese to copy their design to continue earning money: It is a long history. But there is a manufacturer whose design is specially protected: we talk about Vespa. A motorcycle with copyright. Every vehicle manufactured and registered in the EU enjoys 25 years of protection for its design. If you want to go further, you have to register it as creative and artistic work. This is the case of Vespawho enjoys 70 years of author protection since the death of his creator, Corradino d’A Ascanio. This happened in 1981, so the VESPA design is protected until 2051. It is recognized as a work of art, and in case of plagiarism it can be fought before justice, as explained in Motorpasion. It is just what happened, with a bad start. In 2014, Vespa denounced before European justice a Plagiarism committed by Zhejianga Chinese manufacturer who claimed as his the design of a clonic scooter to spring 125. Four years later, in 2019, the General Court of the European Union determined that the intellectual property rights of Piaggio (brand after Vespa) had not been violated on this scooter, and dismissed the appeal. “Since the relevant public that can buy lifts has a high level of attention, it will consider that the style, lines and appearance that characterize the vespa lx sterine are different, from the visual point of view, of those of the Zhejiang lift. Due to the different impressions that the two struts produce, there is no risk of confusion by the relevant public.” According to The initial resolutionthe Intellectual Property Office of the European Union (EUIPO) failed in favor of a Chinese manufacturer who was clearly copying the design of the original VESPA. A subjective interpretation. The Vespa case is governed by European Copyright Lawwhich protects the designs during the aforementioned 25 years, and for the protection of intellectual property of up to 70 years for the creation of original work. One of the main problems of this law is that, in the case of vehicles, there is no absolute framework that supports the possible plagiarism. Everything falls to the Court’s own interpretation, which will determine or not whether there has been an infraction or not of the law. The pillars in which the Industrial Property Code They are the novelty, the creative character and artistic value, elements with an very high subjective load. But he who follows her, gets her. Vespa did not give up the evidence that a Chinese brand were plagiarizing its design. Piaggio resorted to the Court’s decision and, four years later, he got the authority determine that Vespa’s pattern is “unmistakable and cannot be replicated”revoking your previous decision. Image: Motorpasion It is not Vespa’s first legal battle. Already in 2020, in full legal battle against Zhejiang, Grupo Piaggio denounced one of the brands that presumed in the eicma of Milan of their new scooters. One among which was A practically identical model to spring 125. The bikes ended up being removed from the stands of the manufacturers, and not to say that their sale in Europe is completely prohibited. So far, anyone who has dared to copy Vespa, has ended his scooter outside the market. Not the only work of art. Piaggio is the only manufacturer that registered Vespa as the work of art, but in the automobile world there have been some cases. The Porsche 911 is one of themdefending its iconic form in multiple judgments. Other iconic models, such as Ferrari 250 Gtothey were also considered as a work of art after legally facing Ares Desingcompany that wanted to market a model replica. Despite the protection granted by the vehicle as a work of art, this is not a common practice in the automobile world, even in the luxury vehicle. Replicas are still alive. Although legally the Vespa cannot be copied, its design continues to “inspire” numerous brands. Among them, the Spanish Velca. Beyond the similarity in the name, the manufacturer is expanding in Spain with scooters that inevitably remember Vespa. It is not its own design, it comes from China, and is shared with many other brands. Another separate issue is that Piaggio did not want to face the numerous replicas that continue to exist in the market. Who wants a Land Rover … having a Land Wind. Reasonable similarities. Beyond engaging in judgments whose resolution nobody ensures (of not having claimed, Vespa would continue with their clones more alive than ever at the beginning), manufacturers can do little about copies. In the world of the car, Chinese copies are the order of the day, and In most cases nothing happens. In the most rocambolesque cases, such as MV Augusta (one of the most exclusive luxury manufacturers of motorcycles), have come to ally with Chinese giants like QJ Motors to create replicas of the original models. Reason? Al become Chinese manufacturers, let them sell a cheaper substitute and collect benefits. Image | Vespa In Xataka | We have visited the Shenzhen falsification market: China is at another level when it comes to copying other products

The US promised them very happy resurrecting its nuclear industry. Now a problem with tariffs has been created

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The commercial war that He has started United States this April has given much to talk about, especially for Tariff dispute with China. This situation has put an old energy problem on the table: the dependence of foreign uranium. An uncomfortable dependence. The policies of the current American administration They have made clear their position not to continue towards the change of the energy transition. The Trump approach is placed in fossil fuels, but in nuclear matters it was preceded by Biden. In this specific case the energy constant is has maintained Between both governments, which in the road map left that nuclear energy should triple. In this way, the United States has been importing 99% of Uranium concentrate to make fuel for your reactors. In addition, the 54 nuclear centrals of the country generate about a fifth of all the electricity it consumes, According to Ciphernews. Who are the suppliers? As detailed in the same medium, most of the uranium has come from Canada, Kazakhstan, Australia, Russia and Uzbekistan, and although this mineral It was exempt of tariffs, the situation can vary Seeing the stage. In short, the issue has generated a stir in the energy sector and has exposed a structural vulnerability in its nuclear supply chain. A bet towards national mining. According to the United States Energy Information Administration (EIA)last year the national production of uranium concentrate multiplied by thirteen, but still is not enough to meet the demand. However, Scott Melbye, president of Uranium producers of America, He has assured that at least six companies have restarted mining operations in the country. It was not always like that. USA It was the largest uranium producer of the world in 1980, but in the following decades other countries ate the land, as was Canada and Kazakhstan because the extraction costs were lower. The situation worsened with a nuclear disarmament agreement of the USSR and for 20 years the half of the US nuclear fuel came from the recycling of Soviet uranium. After all this situation, in which it began more and more to depend on the uranium of others came the Fukushima accident in 2011. After this tragedy many countries, including USA, They reduced their investment in nuclear energy. Western mining companies paused operations, while Kazakhstan, with state support, Increased its production without worrying about profitability. Russia also continued to sell cheap uranium, even after the end of the disarmament agreement in 2013. Will it be self -sufficient? The orientation of Trump’s policies It seems to point towards the reactivation of its internal nuclear supply chain. Although uranium is still free of tariffs, global tension, technological advances and energy urgency are pushing the country again to look at their own subsoil. The big question is whether this rebirth will be sufficient and sustainable in the long term. Image | Pxhere and Gage Skidmore in Flickr Xataka | The uranium is listed up after the nuclear resurgence. And a company wants to start extracting it in Greenland

Valencia promised them happy with his new law to regulate tourist floors. Until “the 11 -day trap” arrived “

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Made the law, made the trap. In His attempt To tackle the proliferation of tourist floors, the Valencian Community has encountered an unexpected (not so) challenge: the picaresque of the homemade, who have found in The new law that regulates the sector a loophole that allows them to rent floors to tourists by receiving more lax standards. The key is in something in principle as innocent as the duration of the rooms. To be more precise in themselves last more or less than 10 days. There are those who already talk about “The 11 -day trap”. What happened? The news I advanced it A few weeks ago the newspaper Levante-EMV: Airbnb have begun to announce apart from Valencia with a common denominator, the minimum time of stay required to their tenants. It doesn’t matter in which street they are located, how they are decorated, their surface, whether or not they have seen the sea or if they are more or less expensive. In all the same is repeated and invariable condition: minimum stay of 11 nights. Not one less. Are they many homes? A few. At the end of February Levante-EMV He pointed out that only in Airbnb could be consulted “tens” of housing located in residential blocks of Valencia (sometimes located in thirds or fourth plants) that were offered under that condition: a minimum stay of 11 days. A quick search on the same platform shows that ads are still like this. Moreover, there are businesses that They have decided Start applying the same criteria. And why 11 days? To understand it you have to use Valencian legislation. To be more precise of Decree Law 9/2024a text approved in August and that updated the 2018 standard on vacation rentals. Your goal, like He moved in 2024 The Valencian government is “to improve the regulation” of tourist floors and “offer legal certainty” to users and homemade. The key is what is a ‘tourist floor’ for the new regulations. Where the temporary barrier comes into play. When modifying article 65, the document Clarify That the “housing for tourist use” are those that (among other conditions) “are given in conditions of immediate availability, for tourist purposes, for a time less than or equal to 10 days, computed continuously to the same tenant.” What does that mean? That vacation homes are associated with that temporal horizon: 10 days. Anyone who is rented for longer would remain out of that categorywhich requires also having a tourist license. In practice it is a legal route that allows homemade to announce their homes on platforms such as Airbnb as something else: Seasonal rentals. According to the urban lease law (Lau) The latter are the rentals that are not destined to cover “the permanent need for housing of the lessee.” The Moncloa already It has been proposed Work in their regulation to prevent them from being used to dodge the requirements that apply to conventional rentals and benefit people for whom they are really intended, such as students. Why is it important? Because one of the objectives of the regulatory change applied in August 2024 in the Valencian Community was precisely to stop the increase in tourist homes, a rental modality that has gone winning strength in Spain and Tense (even more) the market residential. It was recognized by the regional government itself by arguing what it was looking for with the new regulations, in addition to “stopping unfair competition” or giving greater “transparency” to the sector. “The proliferation of this modality (…) has meant its exponential and uncontrolled increase in certain areas, which determines the need to adopt urgent measures to stop a phenomenon that, if not acting immediately, can generate problems that are exponentially aggravated,” reasoned In 2024 the Generalitat Valenciana. There are experts who They already question that the new law has been right when specifying what a home for tourist use is. Have you had consequences? Yes. Or at least reactions. After The news of Levant The Federation of Neighborhood Associations of Valencia (FAAVV) has demanded that the Generalitat regulations be changed as soon as possible He has jumped Already to the Valencian political debate. “Instead of proposing clear limits to the activity and assuming the responsibility of inspecting and sanctioning create endless ambiguous and contradictory assumptions,” laments the FAAVV. “The norm must be changed because it does not help to contain the threat of tourist floors against residential rental and create legal confusion and insecurity.” And what does the government say? The Ministry of Tourism has already warned that the fact that a rent is not considered tourist does not mean that it should not comply with certain standards, such as the deposit of a bond, and that in those cases in which a fraud is appreciated those responsible are exposed to sanctions that can reach 10,000 or even 100,000 euros, depending on the characteristics of the case. However, they are open to make certain adjustments in the standard. “The law was approved in August. Now that it has been working for a while we will review everything, see if there is any type of dysfunction and act,” Recognize The regional government, which also ensures that the vision of this temporal framework (the 10 -day stays) varies from one locality to another. A few weeks ago, the Generalitat discharged 886 homes of the Tourism Registry for lacking NIF/NIE, And he warned: It is the first phase of a process that will end up affecting 34,000 homes. Images | Giuseppe Bucola (Unsplash) In Xataka | If the question is whether tourist floors take the price of rentals, we already have the answer: more than 30%

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