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Many are still convinced that Instagram listens to the microphone. The app of the app has wanted to set the subject

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In a meeting between friends you talk about making a weekend getaway, rural houses and whether it is worth renting a car. Hours later, when Instagram opens, ads appear for travel agencies, car rental portals and route recommendations. The feeling that The mobile “hears us” It is installed easily. In this context, Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, published a video to disassemble that myth and explain why we see ads that seem to guess our conversations. Meta has almost a decade denying sharply that their applications access the microphone without permission, but doubts never disappear at all. Now the discussion returns to the front line because The company has announced thatas of December, conversations with their artificial intelligence assistant will also be part of the customization of ads and recommendations (this change will not apply, at least for now, in the European Union). The denial and this novelty have communicated almost at the same time, which adds a striking nuance to the message. Mosseri says they don’t listen to us, while finishing another key novelty The closeness between both communications did not go unnoticed. Instagram head chosen a personal tone, even light, but at the same time he wanted cut the suspicion that the application listens to its users. He presented that statement as a starting point on which to build his explanation. His words were clear and it is worth reproducing them in full: “We do not listen to you. We do not use the microphone of the phone to spy on. If we did, it would be a serious violation of privacy. In addition, we would exhaust the battery of the device and noticed it, and you would even see a small light in the upper part of the screen that would tell you that the microphone is on.” For Mosseri, what seems to really be the effect of four quite common situations. One possibility is that before talking about a topic and lor we have sought without remembering it. Another is that someone in our environment has done it and the platform takes it as a indication. It can also happen that the announcement has appeared before and we did not pay attention, but that it later sneaks into the conversation. And the simplest explanation of all remains: it is a mere coincidence. “I want to reiterate that we do not listen to your microphone. I know that some of you are not going to believe me no matter how much I try to explain, but I wanted to make things clear. I am sure that the comments in this publication will be a bit intense. We see you soon. Paz.” It was not the first time that the company was trying to settle the suspicion. In 2016, Facebook said that did not use the phone’s microphone to guide ads or to change what appears in the Feed. Two years later, in an appearance before the United States Senate, Mark Zuckerberg was asked directly on the subject and rSponge With a “no” just as sharp. Years later, Meta support website itself included A document on the same line. Click to watch the video on Instagram Doubts about possible listening also led the academic community to test it. In 2017, a group of researchers from Northeastern University analyzed more than 17,000 Android applications, including those of Facebook, to check if they activated the microphone without the user knowing. After months of evidence, They found no evidence What happened. They did observe other data collection behaviors, but do not listen undercover. The authors themselves clarified, yes, that there were scenarios that were left out of their study. Beyond the studies, there is a technical aspect that should be remembered. In current mobiles, both in iOS and Android, any application that wants to use the microphone You need explicit user permission. In addition, when an actor appears active on the screen (a color point or a warning in the upper bar) that immediately points it. These notices, together with the extra battery consumption that would involve permanent listening, make it difficult to hide an undercover use of the microphone without the user noticed. The persistence of this myth is better understood if the context is observed. The directed advertising is so precise and so difficult to decipher for the average user that it is easier to attribute it to a microphone on than to an invisible data network. Our memory also influences. To this is added the history of mattress controversies in privacy. Images | Brett Jordan | Xataka with Gemini 2.5 | Screen capture In Xataka | I’ve been hooked to Sora 2 for two days: I’m generating absurd memes where I am the protagonist and I can’t stop

The CAF equilibrium set and its light harmony in Jerusalem

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The “great Spanish rail giant.” That is the denomination that is usually used to talk about construction and railway assistant. CAF, as this internationally recognized trains and rail supplier is popularly known. A Spanish company, from Guipozcoa, who is reaping huge contracts outside our borders. And that is also in the international view. CAF. It is one of those companies that sounds to us its logo and its acronym. You know you’ve seen it but you may not be very clear where or in which sector you can place it. It is not so weird, do not worry, although CAF is among the 200 largest Spanish companies. To get an idea of ​​its size, In 2024 he billed 4,200 million euros and generated more than 100 million euros of benefit. In Euskadi it has some 3,000 employees But it has more than 16,000 people hired throughout the world, since the bulk of its business is in Europe (58%) but also has projects in America and Asia-Pacific. Israel. It is precisely one of his projects abroad that is generating great headaches to the company. The company has been working with the Israeli Shapir to build and expand the red and green lines of the Light Jerusalem Rail. The project is not any nonsense. It is valued at 1.8 billion euros of which CAF should pocket 500 million if you deliver its part in a timely manner. In addition, it would manage 50% of exploitation of extension over a period between 15 and 25 years. Settlements. For CAF, being immersed in a project delivered by Israel already should be a problem, taking into account the genocide that is being carried out in the Gaza Strip. But, as if that were not enough, we talk about building 50 stations along 27 kilometers of new roads … in illegal settlements. On this map It is observed how Israel is expanding both lines to unite the illegal settlements of Jerusalem is already built with those of west Jerusalem. The Palestine Liberation Organization (OP) assures That the final intention of this type of infrastructure is to create permanent links between these spaces to hinder the reversal of its entity and its return to Palestine. International pressure. This position is not only defended by the OLP. The Special Rapporteur before the United Nations Human Rights Council published the report From the economy of occupation to the economy of genocide. In it he pointed to CAF as one of the companies that does business with illegal Israeli occupations. Amnesty International also asked To governments that take into account which companies under their umbrella are taking advantage of this situation. And pointed to CAF directly: “The company has only ignored the different resolutions of the United Nations Security Council, the European Union and the International Court of Justice that Israeli settlements consider illegal in occupied Palestinian territory, as well as the fact that the United Nations Human Rights Council itself declared illegal the project of this tram in 2016 and 2017 stating that ‘clearly violates international law and relevant resolutions of UN “ What does Caf say. The last point they point out from Amnesty International has a lot of relevance. The company indicated in its sustainability reports that “the Light Rail project is in territories that are subject to political controversy (…) No violation of human rights derived from the participation of the CAF group has been detected in any project.” In addition, CAF has also published Recently a document in which your role in the project, ensuring the following: “Beyond compliance with the applicable regulatory framework, CAF is firmly committed to business ethics and respect for human rights in all its operations, including the value chain, based on the highest standards of responsibility and transparency. For this, CAF has a series of norms, procedures and systems, adopted to the highest level, which make up a complete compliance system, application to the entire group, as well as the third The purpose of preventing and acting against any behavior that could be contrary to ethics, the law or the internal normative system of CAF. And emphasize that the project was awarded in 2019. 2019. The Spanish company defends itself by ensuring that this project was awarded in 2019 by omitting any reference to a previous date. They point out that the approval was given before Hamas to Israel’s attack and the subsequent invasion of the Gaza Strip. But what is overlooked, as they explain in Amnesty International, is that the project had already declared illegal by the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2016 and 2017. In fact, in fact, in fact, French company Alstom ended up coming out of the same Shortly before the entry of CAF after the pressures received although, yes, at no time were political reasons alleged since the company maintained a project in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. Too much money? Indicated by entities such as the United Nations Human Rights Council or Amnesty International, CAF is in the spotlight both inside and Out of our borders. In fact, his participation in the Israeli project was one of the alleged reasons to try to prevent the Spanish company from being done with The so -called “Century Contract”which could report up to 3,400 million euros for supplying SNCB trains (the Belgian Renfe). Within our borders, the debate has also reached institutions. From the PNV they ensure that CAF is being pointed out by “responsibilities that do not correspond to it” and that terminating the contract (as they ask from the Elkarrekin we can) “could mean the closure of the company or take it out”, in words collected by The mail. Other companies. As we said, the Israeli project of this lightwail to connect illegal settlements has already caused the exit of Alstom before 2019 but, derived from the genocide that Israel is carrying out in the Gaza Strip, some other Spanish companies have also stopped working for that state. Without leaving Euskadi, The … Read more

The most expensive set of Lego to date does not be happy for all fans

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October will be the month in which Lego fans will have before them The most expensive set in the company’s history: The Death Star Wars star. A thousand dollars have allowed the company to beat its own record of crazy prices with a piece that has more than a meter high. An authentic Mostreco whose extra contents included in the set will salivate more than one fan of the construction games and devotees of the galactic franchise. Some figures. That said: more than 9,000 pieces make up the set, where no less than 38 minifigures based on the characters in the movies can be placed. We will have all the expected guests: Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca, the Droids, all kinds of imperial forces including Darth Vader and the Emperor, and several versions of Luke Skywalker (with the black suit of ‘The Return of the Jedi’, dress of Stormtrooper next to Han Solo …). Curiosity: some unexpected detail such as the inclusion of a Beach Tropperthe Stormtropers in a swimsuit that made their debut in the 2006 ‘Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy’ video game. Everything expected in the death star. How could it be otherwise, this death star includes stays taken from the original trilogy, from the garbage crusher to the throne room of ‘The return of the Jedi’, to recreate a final duel with all details. Some fan will put the nerves when you see places from two different films in the same star, but the set must be interpreted as a tribute outside the Continuum space-time. Or something like that. If you want it. If you have a thousand dollars, which is not little conditional, and you are willing to spend them on a Lego set, possibly be a member of the Lego Insider Club, and you will have anticipated access to the set, from October 1, three days before the rest of the mortals. Both one and the other, who buy the set before October 8 will receive as a gift a tie Fighter, the appropriate size to place it in their place in this death star (although there are protests from the community because the ship appears in the promotional images, and from October 8 that piece will not be included in the purchase). Some protests. There are already some lucky disappointment to whom they are more satisfied. Among the complaints that have been in the community in recent weeks, especially, the quality of the figures, lower than expected: most are recycled from previous sets, something unusual in the most expensive sets. In addition, they are not even the best quality figures, as with C3PO, which has been represented before in more detailed figures and better valued by the community. There have also been protests because, unlike previous death stars, the set It is not a sphere, but a section of the structure. Question of taste, but It is one of the complaints They circulate online. Varied opinions. This type of sets, getting bigger and linked to franchises such as Marvel, Star Wars or Harry Potter, among many others, receive All kinds of opinions. There are those who think that franchises have creatively ruined Lego, but the truth is that Your economic recovery After a huge stage of crisis, everything owes these large, expensive and very clearly oriented to the adult public. And if it depends on a certain generation between X and Millennialit is clear that nostalgia is the trigger to be thrown. If this set works commercially, it will be difficult for it to be the last. Header | Lego In Xataka | LEGO is an empire of the toy and has already made its incursions into the cinema. Now the next level is raised: video games

The same process that set your manicure is now under suspicion

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September starts, and with him the return of many routines. In beauty salons, UV lamps come back on to shine and hardness to the nails after summer. But something has changed: some of the most popular enamels can no longer be used. A European prohibition has just entered into force and promises to transform the manicure industry. New course, new rules. The new course arrives with a background change in European beauty salons: since September 1, 2025, enamels with TPO or DMPT/DMTA, two essential chemicals in the low lamp -fixing process, can no longer be sold or applied. Regulation (EU) 2025/877, approved last MayIt is blunt. For the European Commission, There is no margin of doubts: Both compounds are in the category of CMR substances (carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction). AND There is also no time margin: The prohibition is immediate, without the possibility of selling warehouse remains or continuing to use them in rooms. The sanitary motifs that push the veto. The decision is based on scientific studies that point to serious health risks. According to eldiario.esthe DMPT showed carcinogenic effects on livers, lungs and stomachs of rats and mice. For its part, the TPO, a photoiniciator that accelerates drying with UV light, has been linked to fertility damage and reproduction problems, As The Independent explained. Experts Consulted by the country They warn that hall professionals are the most exposed, manipulating these substances and inhaling them daily. “The greatest risk is when it is applied, because at that time you can inhale and get in contact with the skin,” Miguel Motas, toxicologist at the University of Murcia, told the medium. The European Commission confirmed that the TPO has been classified as toxic to the 1B category reproduction and, since no exception request was submitted, its inclusion in the list of prohibited substances was automatic. A market that is recomposed. For brands, the consequence is clear: reformulate products. According to a woman todaythere are already alternative formulas without Tpo or DMPT that resort to less aggressive photoiniciators. The prohibition, in fact, could accelerate innovation and open the door to safer and sustainable products. While Europe hardens the rules, in the United States the TPO continues for sale. The Independent He has pointed out that the regulatory difference could force multinationals to unify formulas on a global scale so as not to maintain two different versions. A blow to the halls. Critical voices arise from the sector itself. The TPO-EU platform, that groups distributors and professionalsdenounces that the measure has been applied “suddenly” and without transition margin. According to its spokesmen, this lack of adaptation period will force to withdraw entire stocks and will cause significant losses for thousands of small manicure rooms. While Brussels argues that health protection must be above any other interest, TPO-EU claims a more balanced approach, with implementation deadlines that allow the sector to adapt without sinking economically. In contrast, they remember that in countries like the United States, products with TPO are still marketed, which shows that the European prohibition has been too drastic. Although there is more. Beyond the European veto, gel manicures have long dragged medical criticism. According to the Catalan Society of Family and Community Medicineallergic dermatitis consultations, bleeding, pain or UV rays are increasingly frequent. Prolonged use also damages natural nails: fragility, dryness, spots and onicolysis (nail detachment) are consequences described in a report by The Conversation. Even asthma cases and allergic reactions have been documented, probably due to the dispersion of allergens throughout the day. The problem is not limited to chemicals. Nail dryers that emit ultraviolet light are also under suspicion. As The New York Times has detaileddifferent studies show that this radiation can deteriorate the DNA of the skin and generate mutations similar to those of a melanoma. The principle of a broader change? The case of semi -permanent enamels is not isolated. As noted by professor Nicolás Olea in the countrythe European Agency for Substances and Chemical Mixtures will not stop at the TPO: the debate on other compounds (eg, triclosan or certain nanomaterials) is still underway. The current prohibition marks a turning point: it requires the industry to raise the security bar and consumers decide informed. Between the promise of impeccable nail and health prudence, Europe has moved file and changed its balance. Image | Unspash Xataka | There are people traveling to Türkiye and undergoing one of the most painful medieval torture with one goal: to be higher

Aemet has set out to one of the hottest summers in recent years

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The 2025 meteorological summer will be dismissed abruptly at this end of August. After one of the most intense heat waves rememberedSpain prepares for a radical time change this week. The State Meteorology Agency (Aemet) He has warned of the arrival of a mass of cold air that will cause a collapse of temperatures in a generalized way in the peninsula and rains that will concentrate on the northeast peninsular. Alerts for rains in the northeast. From this same Tuesday, The situation will be complex In the area, the Pyrenees, and northern Catalonia, with yellow alerts already active throughout the day, with accumulated rainfall of 15 liters per square meter. But on Wednesday, August 27, these alerts will be intensified, becoming oranges in the Pyrenees of Lleida, the Arán Valley, the center of Huesca or the Bajo Aragon de Teruel. In these areas, rainfall is expected above 30 liters per square meter and a high probability that they are accompanied by hail. But these alerts will be deactivated on Thursday, where a return to normal is already expected. A two -speed Spain: polar cold and Mediterranean heat. Temperatures will vary considerably on the peninsula. For the AEMET “the temperatures will be normal at this time of August, except between Wednesday and Friday that a remarkable decrease is expected.” Is low temperatures It will be reported in most of the Peninsula, except in the Cantabrian, Mediterranean areas and in both archipelagos. This will result in a reduction in temperatures by one to three degrees in Extremadura, Castilla y León, Galicia, the interior of Asturias, Cantabria, the Basque Country and the Ebro Valley. Greater temperature variation on Thursday. As the prediction made by Aemetduring Thursday is where a variation of maximum temperatures will be registered, concentrating through the peninsular center. Meteorologists point to an end of August without extreme heat. Samuel Biener, from Tiempo.com, points to “between the Azores anticyclone and exerin will channel a mass of freshest air of polar origin that will cause an important almost generalized thermal decrease.” In this way, it confirms that there will be a reduction in temperatures that will favor Galicia and extend to Cantabrian, Pyrenees and Northwest. But what seems clear is that heat waves have been marked so as not to return to our country during the remainder of summer. A beginning of September according to normal. The forecast that Aemet has made As of August 22, it is quite optimistic with the start of September. According to the information they have, “September would begin with temperatures in general within normal values.” The exception would be found in the peninsular northwest, where the environment will register a decrease in temperatures. For the second week of September, temperatures will be superior to normal in the east peninsular, although at the moment in terms of rainfall the AEMET cannot launch an accurate prediction on what will happen. Images | Aemet In Xataka | We have centuries studying the different types of clouds. What tells us the shape and color of these atmospheric phenomena

A student from Girona set up his Cybercrime Office at home. His mistake was to show off his robberies on the Internet

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A joint operation of Mossos d’Esquadra and National Police He has arrested a hacker in Roses (Girona) Responsible for several cyber attacks operating from a sophisticated technological network … in their own home. Why is it important. The detainee had managed to configure a technological network complex using anonymous applications that allowed him to hide his trail while attacked financial institutions, private companies and public bodies. The researchers discovered that the hacker, a young computer student with very advanced knowledge, stole personal databases of employees and clients, as well as confidential internal documents. Then he sold this information in forums of the Dark Web or published it without asking for anything in return. What has happened. The investigation started in May 2024, when the agents detected in a forum that someone presumed to have data from Spanish banks, a self -school and a public university. The same subject later claimed to have filtered the database of a Barcelona plumbing company. After an arduous discouragement of desanimization, the researchers located Roses’s address from where the attacks were launched. The subsequent investigations identified the inhabitants of the house, including the young computer student. In detail. During the record they seized: A laptop. A dozen mobile phones. Several hard drives. More than thirty SIM cards. Several bank cards in the name of different people. The detainee made available to the Court of Guard of Figueres for a crime of discovery and revelation of secrets. And now what. The investigation remains active to locate new victims and clarify all the scams that this person may have committed using stolen data to the affected entities. Outstanding image | Mossos d’Esquadra In Xataka | We visited the National CNI cryptological center: here is the epicenter of Spanish cybersecurity

Madrid has already set the card brake on the classrooms. The scissors will not cut all centers by educational equally

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The Community of Madrid just put date to an idea that had been around for some time: Limit the use of screens among the little ones. From the 2025/26 course, children in children and primary schools of public and concerted centers will not be able to work with digital devices individually. The official objective is to protect them from excessive or inappropriate use, something that, they say, will benefit more than half a million children. What changes in Infant and Primary? In practice, this means that in childhood and primary school it ends to have each one its tablet or its laptop. According to the Community of Madrid, teachers will not be able to send duties that require screen outside school and, within the classroom, only shared use and always with a pedagogical purpose will be allowed. This use will be very measured: in the first cycle of children (up to 3 years) there will be no contact with screens, in the second cycle (3 to 6 years) it will be limited to an hour weekly, in 1st and 2nd primary school also at one hour, in 3rd and 4th at an hour and a half and up to two hours per week in the last two courses. The exception of high school. ESO plays with other rules. Instead of a veto, the Community of Madrid leaves the decision in the hands of each institute. They will be the ones who mark whether or not they are used tablets, laptops or mobiles in class, adapting the rules to the reality of their students, their maturity and the way in which the subjects impart. Private schools: the great nuance. Not all schools are in the same bag. As Madrid’s Diario stands outthis regulation is only imposed on centers with public funds. The private ones are left out, although they are encouraged to apply their own criteria to regulate the use of technology in the classrooms. Exceptions and special cases. The regulations leave some open doors. For example, students with special needs can use tablets or computers without limits if recommended by a psychopedagogical report. In addition, the decree allows devices to be used in those options or programs that are not understood without technology, such as some digital or robotics projects. Progressive Supervision and Adaptation. It will not be a change overnight. The educational inspection will be responsible for controlling that the decree is applied correctly, but also to help the centers so that the change is as traumatic as possible. In addition, schools with projects where each student has their own device will have an extra year, until 2026/27, to adapt and reduce the use of screens. Open context and debate. Not everyone sees this change with the same eyes. The more than 400 allegations received that the debate is still open: are we protecting children or limiting their contact with tools that will be key in their future? The Madrid community is committed to the first reading, but the pulse between traditional education and digitalization is far from resolving. Images | Freepik (1, 2) In Xataka | The icing on the cake to the works of Madrid: the city has become a gymkana of reforms, cuts and discomfort

Years ago Lisbon set out to be a tourist capital. Now it has become the greatest tourist hell in Europe

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Lisbon is the mecca of the cream cakesfado, sardines and tiles, but if we talk about real estate market it is undoubtedly the city of change. Little (or nothing) has to do with today’s Lisbon with that of two decades ago, the prior to the financial crisis. The Portuguese capital has managed to sneak into the international investment map and establish itself as Tourist destinationbut it hasn’t left him for free. On the way it has become the city More “uninquerable” from Europe, with a real estate market more focused on Expats or tourists than in their neighbors. The former buy houses to use them as second residences Or in search of high profitability while the latter, the Lisbon, have seen how housing became so careful that many have renounced the perspective of renting whole floors and are content with rooms. Lisbon, “Insequible” city. The Lisbon real estate market fit several adjectives: it is dynamic, attractive For investors and with upward valuesbut there is another peculiarity in which it stands out about the rest of European metropolis: the Insequibility. According to Numbeopresents the ‘worst’ relationship between the average price of housing and available family income. At least from the perspective of the native population interested in buying a house. The platform assigns to the Portuguese capital An index of 21.1, above other large (and faces) European metropolis, such as London(18,6), Paris (16,9), Munich (15), Vienna(14,9) o Barcelona(12.5). Madrid occupies for example the 53rd position of The tablewith a result of 11.6 points. Prices and income. It is not so much that housing is More expensive in Lisbon that in those other cities as of their relationship with income in a country where minimum wage It is maintained low (despite Your progressive ascent) and the half -gross salary was around 2024 1,600 euros/ month. “In a country where 60% of taxpayers earn less than 1,000 euros per month, finding a rent below that price in the capital is only possible if you are willing to live in 20 m2 or less,” warns Agustín Cocola-Gantresearcher at the University of Lisbon, in a tribune of The Guardianin which it analyzes the challenges of the city. A percentage: 176%. Number data is not the only ones that reflect the change that the Lisbon real estate market has experienced during the last decade. Some calculations show that housing was more than 176% in a matter of a decade, between 2014 and 2024, a percentage that would be even more pronounced in the historic center. According to idealistIn 2015 the M2 in the sale market cost 2,206 euros. Today it would exceed 5,700. In the case of rent it passed From € 8.4/m2 to € 22.4/m2 During the same period. And the forecasts managed by the sector show that these values ​​will continue to climb. “It is expected that housing prices both in Lisbon and Porto will continue to grow in 2025, supported by an ongoing recovery after the previous market corrections,” Comment The Savills. “The market remains stable, with a constant growth that signs it a positive perspective for next year.” Although the Lisbon case is especially interesting, the price increase It expands to the whole of Portugal. Looking back. At this point the question is obvious … why is that increasing? How has Lisbon became the most unassumable city in terms of housing price? For cocola-grant The key is in the years after the financial crisis of 2008, when Portugal adopted a shock plan that, among other objectives, set out to make Lisbon a more appetizing destination for tourists and real estate investment. The formula to achieve this had little novelty, remember The expert of the University of Lisbon. The government flexible the rental market, turned to fiscal policy to attract investment funds and applied incentives to capture buyers who do not reside in Portugal, a formula that It has also been tested In Spain. In 2012, the country deployed its Golden Visa program in Portugal, which allowed him to accumulate an investment of thousands of millions of euros. Between tourists, nomads and Expats. The country not only set out to capture real estate investment. Another of its objectives was to claim as a destination to Digital nomadsstudents and travelers and tourists, both those interested in staying in hotels and in apartments through temporary rentals. The result was that thousands of homes The city began to be announced on Airbnb, displacing traditional tenants and Tensioning The market. The digital Mesagem of Lisbon remember that only between 2014 and 2018 the local accommodation (the short -term rentals) grew at a 100% annual rate in Lisbon, especially in certain areas, such as Mercy either Santa Maria Maior. “Dramatic levels”. Cocola-Gant Point out that in the Historic Center of Lisbon the airbnb rents have risen to “dramatic levels” and in the most tourist neighborhoods about 70% of the homes have a short -term rental license, a density that would exceed that of others cities hyperturistifiedsuch as London or Barcelona. Not just that. The hotel offer has shot, tripling since 2010 and with dozen new projects on the horizon. Hi, Gentrification. The researcher at the University of Lisbon Explain That, given the low interest rates and given the fiscal advantages offered by Portugal, investors were interested in Lisboeta real estate park. After all, the country offered them good conditions and houses that were revalued over time and were well received in the rental market. That investment allowed rehabilitating real estate, but had its ‘face B’: a Gentrification Until then almost unknown in much of the city. “Despite the improvements, the city center lost 25% of its population between 2011 and 2021”, Precise. According to their calculations, only 56.5% of the homes that were built or reformed throughout those years ended up becoming main residences. In other words: a good part of that work that allowed to rehabilitate the city resulted in homes that are empty today, are dedicated to temporary rental or are used as second residences. … Read more

NASA set out to send a woman to the moon before China does. It is getting more and more

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While the possibilities for NASA to step on the moon again in 2027 fades, China advances with a firm and methodical step without changing its goal: sending astronauts to the lunar surface in 2030. Any of the two countries could end putting the first woman on the moonthe symbolic objective that the United States had marked with Artemis III. Another blow to Artemis. NASA depends on Spacex to achieve the first moaning manned since 1972. In the Artemis III mission, scheduled for mid -2027, two astronauts descend to the lunar surface in a starship ship adapted to land and take off on the moon. But Spacex has delay. He could not Demonstrate fuel transfer in orbit With a cistern starship, much less a loan without crew. With the catastrophic explosion of the starship 36 During a motor test, the program trial zone will have to be repaired. It is the fourth consecutive failure for the Spacex ship-cohete, which will undoubtedly add new delays to its commitments to NASA. Move the goal. The rumors of which Artemis III It could be reconfigured as a mission without alunsing They return to the fore. I would leave NASA with less maneuvering margin to arrive before China does it for the first time. Maybe that’s why the narrative has changed under the new administration: now the political objective is to plant a flag on Mars before China does. With the excuse of eliminating the diversity programs of federal agencies, the references to send to the first woman and the first man of color to the moon They have been erased of the NASA website. China follows its roll. For its part, the Crewing Space Agency of China (CMSA) has completed this week a crucial test of the ship that will take its astronauts to the moon. The early morning of June 17, in the Gobi desert, the Mengzhou ship’s escape system furiously turned on its solid fuel engines. The ship without crew was propelled at full speed from the platform, as it would do if there was an emergency with the rocket. At 20 seconds, He separated from the escape system and opened his parachute To perch again on land. It was a perfect abortion test. China did not perform a since 1998, with its current Shenzhou ship, which routinely carries astronauts to the Chinese space station. The second country on the moon. China wants to become the second country to step on the moon, before one of NASA’s partners in the Artemis missions, such as Jaxa or ESA. The calendar is clear And it has remained so far: in 2027, China will first launch the new heavy rocket CZ-10. In 2028, he will make a manned mission around the Moon (in this case, as a third country to do so, because Canada has a seat on the Artemis II mission). The first moonwill is scheduled by the end of 2030. The Mengzhou ship It will take three Chinese astronauts to the lunar orbitwhile the Lanyue ship, designed to be coupled with Mengzhou in orbit, will descend to the surface in the role of Alunizer. The firm steps of CMSA towards this objective reinforce the image of a robust program, well financed and with an immovable political objective, which increasingly contrasts with NASA Artemis. Image | CMSA, Xinhua In Xataka | After three failures, Spacex needed the new Starship to work out well. I was waiting for the worst explosion of all

A giant armed has set for the Atlantic … from the US

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The first rumor jumped a few hours ago. Within the framework of the G7 Leaders Summit in Canada, the president of France, Emmanuel Macron, He hinted that the president of the United States had left the meeting in advance to work in a high fire between Israel and Iran. Trump’s response It has been fast: The reason for his exit was “much more important” than a high fire. Now, a Recognition software He has made the alarms jump. An armed and a sea of ​​speculation. In an unexpectedly coordinated operation, more than 28 cistern aircraft KC-135R and KC-46A of the United States Air Force have taken off from different bases of the country to the Atlantic, in a massive migration detected by air tracking enthusiasts through a Follow -up software. Although the movement of cisterns to the east is not unusual in itself, the scale, synchrony and moment of the deployment (in full climax of tensions between Israel and Iran) has aroused Speculations on a possible strategic turn in American involvement in the conflict. The absence of clear indications about the accompaniment of fighters or bombers adds opacity, but one thing seems clear: the deployment is not linked to routine exercises, such as the multinational that is coming in Norway, whose logistics scope is much lower than the level observed. In that context, They outline four hypothesesall potentially interconnected, about the purpose of the maneuver. Offensive support. The most immediate and logical explanation would be for the United States to be preparing air logistics support to allow Israel to expand and accelerate its offensive about Iran. The limited Israeli refueling fleet, composed of just seven old Boeing 707drastically restricts the frequency, duration and scope of its incursions on Iranian territory. The presence of US cisterns would significantly increase the ability to Generate sustained outputseven allowing the use of penetrating pumps that require proximity to underground targets. That said, the most crucial impact would be strategic: allow Israeli fighters to patrol wide areas of Iranian airspace for prolonged periodshunting mobile ballistic missile pitchers before they can shoot. These types of missions, extremely difficult, gain efficacy only if aircraft do not have to withdraw continuously to recharge fuel. If Israeli and American interceptors are exhausting their stocks, As they suggest Various sources, the cisterns would allow to extend operations without compromising critical resources. A KC-135E refueling in flight to an F-16 Fighting Falcon Direct intervention. The second of the hypotheses is, no doubt, more disturbing: That the movement indicate preparations for a direct entry of the United States into the Air War. The cisterns They would be essential both to support Israel and to keep American fighters and bombers in the air in case kinetic operations are authorized. This intervention, although it would radically transform the Official position From Washington, it could be precipitated by an Iranian attack on US interests in the region or by a political decision in response to a critical escalation. The preposition of tank grants flexibility and speed of reaction, which reinforces this hypothesis, although, for the moment, there is no confirmation of such a drastic change in American doctrine. The software that captured the image that the alarms have jumped Close the Strait. A third plausible explanation is the preparation of the possibility that I will try to block he Ormuz narrowa play that would transform the conflict into an event of global impact immediate. Reopening the maritime step would require a large -scale sustained aerial operation: neutralizing radars, coastal defense systems, mobile anti -man -missing pitchers, and even patrols of small boats. They counted the The War Zone analysts that this requires continuous surveillance and attack missions, supported by constant refueling From, again, cisterns. Before a Strait blockThe United States would need to keep hundreds of aircraft operating without interruption in a hostile airspace, something unfeasible without a support chain like the one that seems to be forming now. Strait satellite view An air bridge. Finally, the most functional and less confrontational hypothesis would be the creation of a robust air bridge that facilitates the flow of military assets to the region. This bridge would allow not only the deployment of combat planes, but also global operations such as those of the b-2 bombersonly conventional assets capable of penetrate and destroy Nuclear facilities deeply buried in Iran. These aircraft, with an extremely heavy weaponry, need multiple refueling to cross the Atlantic, attack and return. The air bridge would also serve as evacuation route of the most vulnerable American bases in case of Iranian mass bombings, an increasingly contemplated option in contingency scenarios. Indications of something else. The maneuver does not happen alone. In addition to the movement of cisterns, other signals have signed up for a Military accumulation American in the theater of operations. Yes, apparently, the combat group headed by the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt It moves to the Indian Ocean from the South China Sea, increasing the naval projection against Iran. Although US authorities have not yet made official statements about the purpose of these movements, open sources and analysts agree that a deployment is being configured with multiple purposes: Dysmasion, logistical support, tactical flexibility and preparation for a possible direct escalation. And something much bigger. Plus: It also seems that the United States is sending to the aircraft carriers USS Nimitz and your attack group (including four destroyers Arleight Burke class and a combat submarine) to reinforce its defensive and offensive abilities in full climb of the conflict. Although officially it is a programmed relief of the USS Carl VinsonAmerican sources indicate that the operation has beenFewest several monthsand both naval groups will live in the region for a while. Although at this time there is no official confirmation of a doctrine change, the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, He has recognized That these maneuvers seek to strengthen regional defensive position and protect US personnel, in the midst of growing political pressures for Washington to get more actively involved in … Read more

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