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France is the most radical country against technology among children. And now it plans something extreme: prohibit social networks

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“We must ban social networks to children under 15 years.” This blunt was the French president, Emmanuel Macron, speaking before the TV cameras. The measure It would be a pioneer In Europe, which studies initiatives in this regard, but there is a problem: France’s regulatory role is having negative consequences For companies and users. What happened. The statements of the Gallic president occurred after the Tuesday tragedy In a French school: a 14 -year -old boy stabbed and killed a member of the teaching staff. As they point out In EuronewsIt is not clear if this attack is associated with something that the teenager had seen on social networks. No knives. Macron intends to prohibit social networks to children under 15 “in the coming months” if there is no progress in a similar regulation at the European level. The tragedy in Nogent’s greate Indian that “a 15 -year -old can no longer buy a knife on the Internet. That means we are going to impose massive financial prohibitions and sanctions.” And either of social networks. But the highlight was that intention to ban social networks, something that even announced in X said intentionIn addition to stating that platforms have the possibility of verifying age to be able to implement this type of control and prohibition. Actually the message is not new: said exactly the same thing more than a year agobut the recent events and European inaction have re -promoted those intentions of Macron. They are already doing it with porn. On June 7, the law that forces pornographic platforms to verify age of users. The objective, prevent minors can access this type of content. But it is not going well. As a consequence of these measures, services such as Pornhub, Redtube and YouPorn have decided to leave the Gallic country and stop serving there. According to those responsible, this regulation is inefficient and potentially violates users’ privacy. Also propose a solution Device dependent and in which Google and Apple would have to make some modifications to their operating systems. The struggle of minors and screens. France was a pioneer in 2018 when prohibited mobile phones in schools for students under 15 years. Other countries They followed the wake, but the country continues to alert the dangers of the screens for the minors. In fact, a process was recently initiated to try prohibit the use of any screen (Mobile, but also TVS or computers) to children under six years. According to French experts In pediatrics or child psychiatry, not doing so exposes them to permanent damage to brain development. Spain, in the line of France. In our country the future law of the minor advocates Prohibit registration on social networks of children under 16 yearsclimbing the current limit two years. There are also measures to limit access to technology according to age, and for example from zero to three years the use of children should be prohibited from children, while from three to six years it is advisable except exceptions and under the supervision of an adult. The Spanish “pajorto”. The Government of Spain also launched a year ago The implementation of the Beta Digital Portfolio, popularly known as “Pajorte”. It is a mobile app that will theoretically serve to perform age verification and thus avoid or mitigate access to pornographic content by minors. Its implementation is limited, although the platforms that are already implementing it have detected A colossal fall of its traffic. Europe begins to move card. As they point out In politicianthe European Union has raised a proposal led by Greece and France and Spain as great support. In it the objective is to establish a new regulation to significantly limit the use of social networks by minors. According to the project, minors could lose direct access to networks Like Tiktok or Instagram and would need parental permission to visit these platforms. Denmark, which will occupy the presidency of the EU in the next six months, is in favor of these measures Image | Anthony Choren | Mary Borozdina In Xataka | There were two paths to regulate technology in children: the government has chosen the one with zero screens

The obsession with flat belly and radical thinness

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As every summer, aesthetic pressure marks the pattern again, and this year social networks have found a new goal: the flat belly. Although it seemed that the ideal of the perfect body It was fadingthe viral content has demonstrated otherwise Social networks mark the pattern. A movement It has emerged under the name of “average complexion”. In many videos It can be observed To people, mostly women, showing their body under the pretext of being “neither skinny nor fat”, thus perpetuating unrealistic beauty standards. Influencers Like Carla Flila They have pointed out That this type of content “only generates unnecessary insecurities” by promoting a standard that, far from being inclusive, continues to be exclusive and harmful. Beyond Trend. This phenomenon is nothing more than the tip of the iceberg, since There are many other videos how to “deflate the belly” or “routines to have flat belly.” In them you can visualize express exercises, miraculous diets and advice without scientific basis. All for the insatiable search for an ideal of beauty: the flat belly. Deeper. But what seems like a simple aesthetic tendency has deeper repercussions. A study by the University of Malaga analyzed How within the apparently harmless content you can find publications that actively encourage eating disorders. This duality has highlighted how difficult it can be to distinguish between content that simply promotes exercise and one that, under the disguise of healthy recommendations, encourages dangerous food behaviors. In addition, other research published in Behavioral Psychology showed How brief exposure to representative images of the ideal of thinness has a negative effect on the self -esteem of the participants, increasing anxiety. A persistent stigma. And if the discourse in networks reinforces little inclusive standards, Gordophobia continues to feed body dissatisfaction from another front. A recent UNIR report entitled “Between the healthy and the cult of the body”He revealed that 43.8 % of the boys and 34.7 % of the girls have high levels of Gordophobia. In fact, such as They have detailed In CTXT, Gordophobia is not an isolated prejudice, but a tool that keeps people in a state of constant body dissatisfaction, promoting harmful behaviors for physical and mental health. An endless cycle. This aesthetic pressure is not a new phenomenon. For centuries, the bodies have been molded and controlled by the prevailing aesthetic ideals. The idea of ​​a flat belly in the most recent history began in the nineteenth century, when women They were pushed To use Corsés to get the iconic “Wasp waist”, a symbol of femininity that deformed its ribs and hindered breathing. Almost arriving at this century, in the 90s and early 2000s, the beauty ideal turned towards extreme thinness, popularized by models such as Kate Moss and the call “Heroin Chic“Today, social networks have taken over, perpetuating that cycle of unattainable standards that transform bodies into shaped objects. Outside the networks. Aesthetic standards seem to take another way again, have we returned 20 years ago? The issue is that after a parenthesis in the 2010 decade marked by the rise of movement “POSITIVE BODY“, which included a diversity of bodies, now fashion derives Towards extreme thinness. With the reappearance of the Victoria’s Secret parade, which has bet again by hyperdelled models after years of criticism for their lack of diversity, as well as The reintroduction Of aesthetics and 2k in haute couture brands, they make it clear where the aesthetics wants to return. While social networks continue to amplify these restrictive canons, it is worth asking what will be the impact on the mental and physical health of those who are dragged to pursue unattainable aesthetic standards. Image | Cyril A. and Tiktok Xataka | During millennia, humanity has eaten what it played. Now he has started eating what he wants and that has consequences

Venice is an inverted forest that is sinking. There is a radical plan to save it: raise it 30 centimeters

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Venice is, in essence, a prodigy of Inverted engineering: It stands on millions of stuck piles On the contrary in the Lagunar mud, creating what has been described as a submerged forest down. These trunks, made with trees, have supported for centuries the burden of stone palaces and imposing bells without resorting to steel or concrete. The physical principle that supports this system is not based on the brute force of the materials, but on the friction of compressed humid soil that, together with wood and water, constitutes a resistant tripartite structure. However, that skeleton It has a serious problem. The abyss. The mythical city lives a cruel paradox: it is not only a city that floats, but one that It sinks. In the last century, the Venetian floor has descended about 25 centimeterswhile the sea level has risen about 30. In other words: it is a lethal combination that has triggered increasingly frequent and severe floods. While its decay adds some tourist magnetism (visiting it before it disappears), for Venetians it is a persistent threat that compromises your future. The city sinks two millimeters a year due to natural subsidence, while the waters increase some Five millimeters annually due to climate change. An unpublished plan. Before this existential threat, the engineer Pietro TeatiniAssociate Professor of Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering at the University of Padua, proposes a solution as bold as controversial: physically raise the city Injecting water into aquifers deep between 600 and 1,000 meters under the lagoon. The idea is born from the observation of gas reservoirs in the Valle del Powhere when filling during the summer, the terrain rises, and goes down when they are emptied in winter. According to Teatini, through this technique, Venice It could rise 30 centimeters In a stable and homogeneous way, enough to grant a break of about five decades, in which the authorities could plan a definitive solution. Drill and drill. The project would consist of pour a dozen wells Distributed in a circle of 10 kilometers around the city, all located inside the lagoon. Water to be injected would be saline, taking advantage of the abundant local resource and without risk of contaminating fresh water aquifers. To ensure stability, it would be injected at low pressure and slowlyavoiding fractures in the underground rock. The choice of a wide circumference guarantees a uniform elevation that would not damage historical structures. Chioggiaat the southern end of the lagoon, it would be outside the radius of action. The system that was not enough. The search for solutions also exposes a failure. Currently, Venice’s main defense against high tides is The Mose system (Sperimentale Electromeccanico Module), a series of mobile gates that rise from the seabed to isolate the Adriatic Sea lagoon. Although it began to plan in the 80s and was tested for the first time in 2020, its cost has exceeded seven billion of euros and is not yet officially operational. Originally conceived to activate five times a year, since 2020 it has already been used about 100 timesreflex of the problem. Every time it is activated, interrupts maritime traffiche harms the port (the second most active in Italy) and alters the ecological balance of the lagoon by preventing the natural flow of water. Mosetherefore, it does not solve the problem, and Teatini proposes its project as a temporary complement by extending the combined functionality of both systems during those 50 yearsmargin that could be used to develop a definitive structural solution. Venice towards the end of the seventeenth century Underground technology Theatini’s plan It is not frackingnor is it based on extreme pressures. It is rather a controlled process that has been used in oil engineering to stabilize platforms. The idea is that water gradually penetrates the deep sandy substrate, expanding and pushing the ground up without causing fissures. A maximum elevation of 30 centimeters is the technical limit that can be achieved without compromise stability. The pumping rhythm would gradually reduce to avoid overloading aquifers, and the incorporation of additives that maintain the expansion achieved even if the pumping is interrupted is studied. To prove the viability, a pilot project is proposed in another part of the lagoon, less critical, with an estimated cost of Between 30 and 40 million euros. The complete implementation would be three times cheaper than the Mose. Plus: The approach is more realistic than other ideas raised in the past, such as shallow cement injections that were used limited to islands such as Poveglia in the 70s. Race against time. No doubt, some experts are skeptical. David Dobson, professor of materials at University College London, acknowledges that the idea generates “skeptical optimism”. It warns that the aquifers already collapsed (as happened in Marghera when water was extracted in the 60s) may not recover its original volume. In addition, injecting water is more difficult than gas, as it flows more slowly and requires greater pressure. However, he argues that, if a successful essay is carried out and the process control is demonstrated, the proposal It could be truthful. In any case, he points out that the root of the problem remains Global warmingand as long as it is not addressed, any solution will necessarily be temporary. Symbol and priority. Teatini has been studying the phenomenon of the Subsidy in Venice. His Thesis with doctorate He already addressed this problem, and was his former professor, Giuseppe Gambolati, who first proposed those deep injections as a solution. Today, in the face of institutional inertia, he insists that his proposal is the only technically developed that can begin to be tested immediately. In addition, with the creation in March 2025 of the New authority per the lagoona state entity that will be in charge of evaluating interventions in the lagoon and planning the future, a window of opportunity opens. Although every plan will have high costs, Teatini argues that it is a Reasonable investment and even possible with citizen financing. The big doubt. In addition, there is the … Read more

a radical change regarding its predecessor that points to more layoffs

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TO Lip-bu Tan A nuclear accident changed his life. He was a prodigious student, and after graduating in Physics with only 19 years at Nanyang University in Singapore, he completed a Master in Nuclear Engineering at MIT. That seemed to be his way, but in 1979 the Three Mile Island accident It caused a wave of pessimism about the future of these centrals and, consequently, of job offers. So he ended up studying a Master in Business Administration at the University of San Francisco. And from there they began their successes. He created a risk capital fund called Walden and focused on the semiconductor industry and alternative energies. Among its investments in the semiconductor sector Highlights what he did for example in Annapurna Labswhich ended up being bought by Amazon and became a fundamental pillar of the development of chips used by this giant in its infrastructure. Also invested in Nuvia, which would end up being bought by Qualcomm In 2021. In addition to his role as an investor, in 2004 he was appointed member of the Council of the Cadence Design Systems semiconductor company. In 2008, he was appointed co-cup, and ended up leading the company alone from 2009 to 2021. During his management the actions of Cadence grew by 3,200% value, and became for example one of Apple’s strategic partners. That successful management made it so became a usual signing in administration councils. In addition to participating in that of several academic institutions, he directs the advice of Hewlett Pckard Enterprise, Schneider Electric and, even more interesting, SoftBank. So did not match Gelsinger, and that is a track for the future But even more striking than his position in Softbank is the one he had in Intel: from 2022 to 2024 he was a member of the Board of Directors of this company. Left his post in August 2024, and curiously He did it for his differences with the management of Pat Gelsingerthe then CEO of the company. According to Reutersthat was due to several reasons. For example, I was concerned about the increasing number of Intel employees and also a culture in which bureaucracy and risk aversion were too settled. He also had doubts about his strategy in artificial intelligence, and failed to promote an initiative for Intel to achieve third -party manufacturing contracts. All these conflicts make clear what is so – that is 65 years old – probably raises for the immediate future of Intel. Analysts like Patrick Moorhead They believe that the new CEO will make important expenses of expenses, and that probably means one thing: layoffs. The question is whether Intel’s division will also boost so that the manufacturing unit (Foundry) is separated from the design and development of processors. It is the same thing that AMD did in 2009 and it went welland there are many experts who have recommended that That split is carried out. There is also the unknown of how Intel will also become a reference in the chips segment for ia. They certainly have products promising, like Gaudi 3but they need to turn them into an element that giants of the AI ​​hugged, something that does not seem to happen. Own A message wrote yesterday To all employees, and a message was clear: “Intel will be a company focused on engineering“. He did not give keys about the steps he will take in the short term, but his alleged past differences With Pat Gelsinger they seem to make it clear that his management will be different from the one raised by the Excus. It has an important initial advantage to start with good foot: Everyone knows him. Both inside Intel and outside. His potential clients in the company also, especially because they have probably done business with him while he was in the Intel Council or while CEO of Cadence, who worked with numerous technology and semiconductor firms. It maintains good relations with Lisa her from AMD and with Jensen Huang, from Nvidia, They say in Reuters. Now it remains to be seen if all these contacts and experience make Intel exceed the greatest crisis in their history. Image | Intel In Xataka | Intel’s plan in front of an unattainable TSMC: beat Samsung and consolidate as the second largest chips manufacturer

Radical fans staged violent fight in Rome (VIDEO)

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A violent pitched battle that is now viral on social networks. That was what happened on Wednesday night in Rome, Italy. Radical fans of the Royal Society and lazio They met and fought in the capital. At least nine fans were injured and two were stabbed and admitted to a hospital. According to information from the news agency EFEnine supporters of the Spanish team were attacked with sharp weapons by about 80 fans of the lazio. In total, the fight involved around 150 fans. The pitched battle took place in one of the streets in the center of Rome prior to this Thursday’s meeting Europa League in it Olympic Stadium. According to EFEthe incident occurred around 11 at night in an area called Leonine. At least 70 fans of the Royal Society They were in a place when 80 supporters of the lazio They approached them and began to attack them with blunt and sharp objects. In the different videos circulating on social networks you can see how a red flare cloud illuminates the entire panorama while fans threw chairs at each other and distributed goals. Even in the recordings made by local residents you can see some Italian fans with knives in hand. The brutal fight left six people injured and taken to a hospital. Two of them remain hospitalized. One with a reserved prognosis and another with recovery periods of up to 30 days. Both were dangerous. The other four fans were discharged, but the wounds resulting from the conflict can heal between five and 12 days, depending on the case. Three other injured people refused to receive medical attention, EFE indicated. At the moment, the Police managed to confiscate numerous rudimentary weapons and knives. Several fans of the radical wing of the lazio They were arrested after the conflict. Now, the Italian authorities are investigating with the aim of arresting more responsible for this incident. This is not the first time that this type of incident occurs in Europe. In fact, in September 2024, radical fans dedicated the Rome they robbed fans of the Athletic Club of Bilbao in the run-up to a match Europa League. Keep reading:· Philadelphia Eagles fan lost manager job for insulting Green Bay Packers fan· Luca De La Torre leaves Europe and joins San Diego FC for 12 months· Driver rams police car outside stadium during Playoffs between Philadelphia Eagles and Los Angeles Rams

the radical plan that Barcelona is considering for foreigners

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New year, old worries. In one of his first polls 2025, the CIS has confirmed (to no one’s surprise) that one of the issues that most worries Spaniards at this start of the year, if not the most, is housing. Their prices and accessibility keep more people awake at night than the progress of the economy or the political debate. With that backdrop, in Barcelona, ​​one of the cities in the country where the more they are getting more expensive rentals, have decided to make a move to protect their market from speculation. and has an idea: prohibiting foreigners from purchasing homes in Barcelona if it is not to reside in them. What has happened? That Barcelona City Council has placed duties on itself in terms of housing. Its Commission on Ecology, Urban Planning, Mobility and Housing has approved an ERC proposal that raises explore the legal form to prohibit the purchase of homes by investment funds and foreign people who are not going to reside in them. The measure has moved forward with the support of the Republicans, PSC and Barcelona en Comú and the rejection of PP, Vox and Junts. Click on the image to go to the tweet. What exactly have they approved? The proposal of ERC advocated that the City Council, together with the rest of the administrations with powers in the matter, “promote the necessary legislative tools to prohibit the purchase of housing by all investment funds and non-resident persons (natural or legal) in the country, if it is not for one’s own residential use or that of a direct family member”. The Newspaper clarify that the PSC proposed a compromise to the ERC proposal (accepted by this group) so that, instead of requiring the Consistory to “promote legislative measures”, it would first commit to studying them. In any case, the commission closed with a clear message from the municipal body: it is open to prohibiting the purchase of homes by foreign companies and people who are not going to reside in them. Objective: not to be Monopoly. Republican councilor Eva Baró insisted on the importance of the measure to prevent Barcelona from “being sold in pieces as if it were the board of a Monopoly game.” “The original sin is mainly one: having understood housing as a market good, at the service of capital, instead of understanding housing as a human right, a necessity, that the public powers had to protect,” claimed. But… Doesn’t the Government want to do that? If anything has become clear at the start of 2025, it is that housing has become a priority issue on the political agenda. In less than a month they have presented their recipe book to facilitate access to both the PP like the Government, which recently announced a plan 12 measuresamong them one that consists of limiting through taxes the purchase of homes by foreigners from outside the EU who do not reside in Spain. As? With a tax burden of up to 100% of the value of the property. ERC advocate for going further in Barcelona. Its proposal is not limited only to buyers from outside the EU, it also wants to extend to EU foreigners. “It is not worth stopping halfway. This initiative would not only affect non-resident non-EU citizens like the one announced by Sánchez, but also investment funds and ultimately everyone, including community members, who do not buy a home to live in” , Baró emphasizes. Looking beyond Spain. Republican Left argues that, if it ends up coming to fruition, his proposal for Barcelona would not be so strange. Not at least if you put it in the European context. The training assures that in Amsterdam or Utrecht, both in the Netherlands, measures have been applied “that go along those lines to limit speculation” in the market. And at least in the specific case of Utrecht the idea seems to have had effects, according to the broken down data by Baró: “78% of the homes sold in the last two years were acquired by residents, while investors only managed to acquire 11% of the homes.” In other countries On the old continent, restrictions also apply to the sale of homes to foreigners. It matters how… and when. The agreement of the Housing Commission of Barcelona City Council is important for its content, but also for its context. And this one is not marked only by CIS data or the package of measures announced last week by Pedro Sánchez. A few days ago it was revealed that the “Golden visa” they have broken records in Catalonia, with the granting of 314 of these visas, especially to Chinese, Iranian, American and British investors, according to the data shelled by The Vanguard. 98% of these permits (308) correspond to Barcelona. What do the “Golden visa” show us? This enormous flow of “Golden visa” is no coincidence. In April the Government will end these residence visasa figure approved in the time of Mariano Rajoy and which is designed for non-EU residents who want to invest in financial assets in Spain or acquire a property for which they allocate at least 500,000 euros. According to the BBC, between 2013 and 2023, more than 5,000 of these golden visas, especially to Chinese (2,712) and Russian (1,159) investors. Images | Enes (Unsplash) In Xataka | After leaving Catalonia due to the rent cap, the investment funds have a new objective: Valencia

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