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In León there are small villages that are finding a peculiar phenomenon: thousands of “ghost tourists”

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In the world there is good and bad touristsrespectful tourists and disrespectfulclean and others capable of converting places such as Everest either The Fuji In authentic stercolera, but much less common is what some peoples of the province of León are living. His municipalities are finding a kind of “Ghost Tourism”a drip of thousands and thousands of travelers that nobody has seen or heard or housed, but that in theory they have visited the town. Or at least he assures it A study of the INE. Multiplying the census by 24. Carbajal sources It is a town of León located about 50 minutes by car from the provincial capital and surrounded by hectares and hectares of cultivation. It doesn’t usually sneak into the news, but Monday León News He dedicated him A broad article which explains a peculiarity of the people: in summer there are few municipalities in which the population shoots more for tourism. According to A study INE experimental that measures the flow of tourists from the position of mobile phones, between July and August 2024 the town received 1,826 tourists. Many do not seem like many, but it is that INE himself acknowledges that in the Leonese town there are barely registered 76 people. That is, when the heat arrives, the summers multiply by 24 the municipal census. Next to nothing. “It’s a mockery”. Such data would be compressible if Carbajal sources had a natural park, an old fortress, parties known throughout the community or some other claim that explains that avalanche of visitors, but the City Council itself itself Recognize that this figure of 1,826 tourists (464 in July and 1,180 in August) is difficult to explain … and even more difficult to assume. “It is a burial,” nods The mayor of the town, Carlos de León Saluds, in León News. Similar opinion, Ana María Ortega, former mayor and councilor, Explain That one thing is that the influx of visitors increases in July and August for the people who returns to the village or visit to their relatives and a very different one that the data is triggered in an exorbitant way. “In summer you can triple the population, but multiply by 24 the number of inhabitants with veraners and tourists cannot be.” So … what happens? To understand that mysterious “Ghost Tourism” the first thing is to go to the prine sources. The data of the 1,826 tourists leaves a new “Experimental Statistics” of the INE that resorts to the signals of the mobiles to calculate different metrics related to tourism: the place of origin of foreigners arriving in Spain, the destinations that visit the Spaniards when they leave the country and the movement between communities, provinces and municipalities. The study has been prepared for a few years and always talks about the same: “Tourists.” If we consult the “internal tourism” data and more specifically the flows of “Interprovincial tourists” Residents in Spain, classifying the results by municipalities, the surprise arrives: in July of last year Fuentes de Carbajal received 646 and in August 1,180. In total 1,826. The question is therefore … how are those figures calculated that collide the mayor and the former mayor of the people? Mobile and antennas matter? The response is given by INE in The technical file From the survey: the data is related to the position of mobile phones and are obtained thanks to the collaboration of the country’s large operators. The approach is interesting and promising, but implies certain challenges. “The location of mobile phones is estimated from mobile phone antennas”, collects the institute itself: “This implies that the location of a mobile is not established with total precision, and the error depends on the concentration of antennas.” In summary, the more mobile antennas, the greater precision. Unraveling the mystery. The INE’s ability to analyze the data is also limited. The records on mobile location are anonymous and processed each operator, so the institute receives only aggregate data and in tables, without option to examine loose values. In rural areas it is also found that the low density of the network conditions the type of ‘cells’ with which it operates. By statistical secret, the institute also hides certain data. With that information about the Ortega table Slide that the balance of carbajal sources (which is so adjusted to what is perceived in the people itself) may be due to technical issues, such as coverage or that for some reason the data of other municipalities are added to those of the Leonesa Villa, thus blurring the real photo. Near Fuentes de Carbajal there are other villas with a balance of zero visitors. In Xataka we have already addressed the INE to ask him about that apparent mismatch. Is it the only case? No. León News Informs other equally striking, although none reaches the level of carbajal sources. In San Millán de los Caballeros, for example, the INE registered 1,648 tourists in July and in August 1,602, which adds 3,250. Again they may not seem like many, but it is that the town has 191 inhabitants registered. The same occurs in Izagre, of 137 residents and who according to the statistical institute receives almost 2,000 Veranians. “We don’t have great parties, just four performances during the summer,” remember the mayor of San Millán. “There are two campsites close to the people, but they are in the municipal terms of Valencia de D Juan and Villamañán.” Nor does the Izagre councilor achieve to understand everything that happens: “On central summer days, with the holidays, between 150 and 200 people can be reached in each of the villages, but reaching the 1,987 veraneantes in those two months cannot be.” Images | Zed Mendez (UNSPLASH)Google Maps and Wikipedia Via | León News In Xataka | It is increasingly easy to see from the road a crop that had never been dominant in Spain: the pistachio

The first prohibitions to diesel cars over 10 years are already underway. There is only a small detail: there are no

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Gasoline cars that comply with Euro 3 and diesel cars that comply with Euro 4 or Euro 5. That is the definition made by the DGT of the vehicles that They carry the bchatin B in cars. Although, really, what traffic has done has been discriminating for years of enrollment. Thus, cars with stickers B are enrolled between 2000 and 2006 for gasoline cars and Between 2006 and 2014 for diesel. This decision has generated some inconveniences since there are vehicles enrolled before 2000 (gasoline) or 2006 (diesel) that comply with the aforementioned emission regulations. But, except those exceptions that can be reviewedcars with stickers B are at least ten years behind them if we talk about diesel vehicles. Discrimination has raised some controversies since the owners of these cars face more hard restrictions than gasoline cars. To sticker equality, his car is many less years old. And that opens the door to be prohibited to diesel cars more modern than gasoline in our cities. Restrictions that, as you have been able to read, are already applied or will arrive very soon. But they do not exist. An exception (very exceptional) In recent days, social networks have been filled with messages that point to alleged prohibitions to cars with sticatin B. that is, gasoline with more than 19 years behind them but diesel with just over 10 years. But the truth is that when one goes to detail, those prohibitions They do not exist or, at most, they will be very soft restrictions that do not limit the use of the car. First, you have to understand that Since 2023 All cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants had to launch low emissions (ZBE) areas to improve air quality. But in the regulations It was not established how they should be These, who had to affect nor a punishment was established for not doing so. This has caused many municipalities to choose not to apply the measure, claiming that they needed clear orders from the government (aware that it is a measure that can negatively affect the electoral level). But it has also caused Paradoxes like Ciudad Realwhere you aspire to establish a ZBE … where all cars can access (even those who have no environmental labeling of the DGT). If we use the map that the government itself has active and select Restrictions by B labelwe will see that only the city of Segovia, Madrid and Barcelona remain active. In Madridcars with b label can circulate without problem but in the area of low emissions of special protection center center (ZBEDEP CENTER DISTRICT)they are obliged to park in a parking lot, whether public or private. It is the same restriction as when the area was called Madrid and there are no firm plans to change it. The case of Barcelona is a bit more special. Right now, all cars with stickers can circulate within the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (AMB) without restrictions. Of course, cars with stickers B are included. The point is that The Generalitat of Catalonia has given green light to a plan to put obstacles to its use. That plan puts on the table restrictions on cars with B label from January 1, 2026 in all cities of More than 50,000 inhabitants within Catalonia as long as the anti -antamination scenarios are activated. That is, when the pollution is so high that it forces to prohibit circulation to some vehicles. It is something that It is also contemplated in Madrid In some scenarios. The protocol does contemplate the restriction of cars with B label B but as of January 1, 2028. By then, those cars will be over 14 years in the case of diesel and more than 22 years if we talk about gasoline. In Catalonia, cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants are Barcelona (and all the municipalities that already enter the AMB), Lleida, Tarragona or Girona, among others. You can consult here on this link. However, in the plan it is only specified that they will have to have a ZBE and that it must restrict the circulation to the cars with environmental label B but the size of it is not specified. That, just as it happens in the rest of the territory, has proliferated cities where Zbe barely affects a handful of streets, without substantial impact for the vast majority of drivers. That is what happens in Salamanca, the only city that Restrictions to cars with sticatin B already applies throughout Spain. However, the size is just 0.37 km2, the historical bud. Inside can access the aforementioned vehicles if they are registered in that area or if they do it outside the schedule established for the application of the ZBE: Monday to Thursday: from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Vespers of festive: from 7 to 23 hours. Sundays and holidays: 10 to 20 hours. Much Runrún and few prohibitions In spite of everything, in some media we continue to read that there are already prohibitions raised to cars with almost immediate application B label, as inferred in the holders. Then we leave a list of the most commented cities and what will be applied or not. Bilbao: This zbe It has a size of 2 km2 and is active from Monday to Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. In that time section, from June 15, 2025 cars with B label B of the DGT are forced to enter a parking lot (as in Madrid) but can enter with that condition until January 1, 2030. By then, these diesel cars will have at least 16 years. Estepona: This zbe It has a size of 0.49 km2 and is also located in the historic center. Here, cars with stickers B are obliged to park in a parking lot or in a hotel, as in the previous case of Bilbao. There are no more restrictions. Getafe: This zbe It has a size of 1.18 km2. Since 2025 it has the same … Read more

There are people eating carrots like rabbits because they think that they will get morenos. There is only a small problem

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Summer arrives and with it, the trick of tricks to get that golden tone that leaves the mark of a good vacation. Between sunscreens, self -lane and calculated sun exposure, there is a advice that resurfaces every year as if it were a novelty, although it has been circling in beach conversations decades, Fashion magazines and now, Viral Videos of Tiktok: “Eat carrots and you will get brunette.” But is there anything true in all this? A harmless snack? Eating carrots on the beach is not something so crazy, since they are fresh and nutritious. However, the old belief that, if you feed like a rabbit, you will end with golden skin as if you had been in Menorca, every summer returns. The point is that the color differs much from what one can imagine. A rather orange tan. What is really happening is a phenomenon known as Carotenodermia. “Yes, carrots can change the color of the skin,” has affirmed for glamor Dermatologist Dr. Christian Merkel. But, he has warned: “The tone tends more to orange than to the classic brown of the solar tan.” This effect is due to beta-carotene, a pigment present in carrots, pumpkins, mangoes and other warm fruits and vegetables. When consumed in large quantities, this accumulates in the skin, especially in areas such as palms of the hands, soles of the feet, elbows or nose, causing a change of color in the skin. A false brown. And not even. Dermatologist Silvija Gottesman, Interviewed by MedPage Todayhe clarified: “It is not a true tan, since unlike the tone generated by melanin after sun exposure, what is achieved with carrot is a superficial coloration, without activation of melanocytes.” So, more than a golden tan, it is a temporary orange dye. There is a stop. Like almost everything in nutrition, the dose matters. Sarah Carolides, nutritionist of the Lanserhof Clinic, He explained for Women’s Health Mag That excessive consumption of beta -carotene can dye the tpiel, even without realizing it. He estimates that it is enough with about 12 raw medium carrots per day, or less than 300ml of daily juice for approximately one month, to begin to notice visible changes in skin color. In a documented clinical case by the University Clinical Hospital of Zaragoza, a One year girl who developed a notable yellowish coloration after consuming carrot puree daily. The pigmentation disappeared after removing the food from the diet for two months. Can you entail a danger? In general, no. Carotenodermia due to food is not harmful and is usually reversed when modifying the diet. However, attention must be paid because it can be confused with diseases such as jaundice. In addition, in people with metabolic disorders or diseases such as hypothyroidism, diabetes or anorexia nervosa, this type of pigmentation could indicate more serious imbalances. As has pointed out The doctor of Lucas Laguna for Consalud, the accumulation of carotenes is not only because of the diet, but for alterations in his metabolism and elimination. The end point. Eating carrots have benefits. They are healthy, antioxidants, rich in vitamin A and can give a slight warm tone to the skin. But no, you’re not going to tan eating as Bunny Bugs. The effect is more orange than gold, more visible in the hands than in the face, and more anecdotal than aesthetic. Image | Freepik and Pxhere Xataka | There is only something more abundant than tourists on Spanish beaches: Asian algae are becoming a huge problem

that Barbies are small chatgpt terminals

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Thanks to The film starring Margot Robbie (Let’s not forget it, The highest grossing of 2023), Barbie lives a second youth. It never went completely fashionable, but it is undeniable that the film revitalized its message and bathed it in a welcome layer of modernity that now adopts a new face: Mattel embraces the AI ​​to boost this and others of its plastic icons to the same epicenter of the 21st century. Barbia Mattel Inc., creator of Barbie, Hot Wheels, Polly Pocket and other toy franchises of great popularity worldwide, has reached an agreement with OpenAIaccording to Bloomberg accountto help in design and, in some cases, incorporate artificial intelligence into their toys. The collaboration is still in its initial phases. Some examples. Brad Lightcap, Chief of Operations of OpenAI and Josh Silverman, head of Mattel franchises have commented on some possibilities that open before them, and have put some examples: the creation of digital companions based on Mattel characters or the possibility of making “more interactive” games like the one. At the end of this year it is the date they have planned to give more details and that the conversations that the companies have maintained. They have, since the end of last year. AI within reach of children. This collaboration announcement does not arrive exempt from controversy. While AI is beginning to be valued as a Great educational value toolthere has also been the impact of indiscriminate and unrestranted use of artificial intelligences in aspects of our lives such as Social relations wave Mental health. All this in products that are available to children without surveillance: Futurism spoke very recently of a study by Stanford University about the risks of leaving minors in the company of artificial intelligences. Openai wants to entertain. This deal with Mattel is not an isolated case: OpenAi wants break into the entertainment industry as I can. Knows that in the franchises there is money, and they have started A series of meetings with the main producers and studies of Hollywood. The objective is, among other things, sell Sora, its IA -based video generator, which allows you to create hyperrealistic clips from textual descriptions. Sora offers filmmakers the ability to control parameters such as lighting or weather with the consequent cost and time savings. OpenAi needs money. All these deals and movements of OpenAI obey an indisputable fact: the company is needed liquidity. Although he has recently raised a record figure of 40,000 million dollars in The biggest private financing round in historyand despite this capital flow and that its annual income They have doubled in 2025 Up to 10,000 million dollars, the company continues to operate with great significant losses: it has a deficit of 5,000 million dollars in 2024 and very high operating costs. Chatgpt implies infrastructure costs and training of extremely high models: it has been said that it costs up to a thousand dollars per complex consultationand profitability is not planned until 2029. Global competition, especially that of Chinese companies such as Deepseek, Nor is it leaving too much financial oxygen. AI wants to entertain. And Openai is just one of the many companies that are trying to reach agreements in different branches of entertainment. The irruption of this technology in the sector is indisputable, as can be perceived in how streaming platforms such as Netflix, YouTube and Spotify use AI algorithms to analyze user preferences and habits. Or how Ameper Music and Dall-e are already generating content that is consumed at the same levels as the original. Header | Roman vsugon in Unspash In Xataka | Chatgpt is creating something: the first generation of the digital age that does not know how to search on Google

This camera as small as ambitious is not perfect, but almost

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There are cameras that arrive with so much noise that it is impossible to ignore them. The DJI OSMO POCKET 3 It has been one of the most commented in recent months by its size, its versatility and its surprising performance for video. But … is it as good as they say? In this New 24/7 episode published in the YouTube channel Se xatakaour partner intends to find out: record with her for a whole month as the only main camera, getting to record resources for videos such as the Versus of the Samsung Galaxy A56 against the iPhone 16E. “I have asked to use it only as my main video camera,” he says at the beginning. Neither loose tests nor support clips: a real and continuous use. What comes from there? The first thing that attracts attention is how much such a small format can give. “The first time I saw the Osmo Pocket I judged her quite bad Because I thought something so small could not record anything well. ” And yet, the thing changes after several days recording real plans for other Xataka videos. There are strengths that do not take long to appear. The stabilization of three axes, the automatic approach, the Face Track mode. “It works quite well, it is fast and does not have many failures.” And the design with folding OLED screen 90 degrees makes you record yourself as simple than it seems. But there are also decisions that surprise. And not for good. What about the digital zoom? And why can’t you record vertically without trimming resolution? The camera allows you to record vertically, but it does so digitally the image. And although that can be enough for social networks, It is not ideal To get the most out of the sensor. How is it possible that you have to install an APK today if you use Android? Throughout the video, advanced functions such as recording in logarithmic, settings in 10 bits and wireless microphone performance are tested. There is also talk of autonomy, fast charging and accessory pack. At this point, it should be specified: autonomy is approximately an hour and 50 minutes recording at 4k at 60fps, which can be extended up to about 3 hours and 20 minutes with the battery grip. Now, not everything is as round as it seems. And some things could directly improve. As for the zoom, during the first tests it offered quite poor results, but after a Firmware updateDJI has managed to improve. It is not perfect, but at least now it is usable in specific situations. “It is one of the most useful and comfortable cameras that I have ever tried to create content,” concludes our partner. But that means that it deserves what it costs? And that has no rival in its format? Give it to the play. Because this time, the 24/7 is for this interesting camera. And if you want to know more about other outstanding devices in the world of photography, we invite you to read our articles about the Canon Eos R1 and OM System OM-3. Images | Xataka In Xataka | Photographing the sun with a mobile was until recently a chimera. We have done it with the living X200 Pro

For the first time in history, we have a small way to try

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In the 2000s, some researchers from the University of California in San Francisco realized that it was true that there were people who needed to sleep less than normal. That is, people who, naturally, sleep between three and six hours (and do not present symptoms of fatigue or cognitive impairment). AND It could not beclear. The consensus among the specialists is that all those people who said to sleep little or did not have a good perception of the time they slept or they were making cognitive damage of which they were not aware. They began to investigate it. Sik3-N783Y. 20 years have taken, but that summarizes the conclusions of their research around the ‘Short Natural Dream’. After analyzing the genomes of mothers and daughtersthey concluded that the Sik3-N783Y (a variant of the Sik3 gene) would be behind this phenomenon. It is not the only one (the team has located five mutations in four different genes), but it seems the most relevant. The problem is that it was difficult to prove. So researchers They introduced The variant in laboratory mice and discovered that, indeed, it slept 31 minutes less than the rest without presenting any fatigue. In fact, with a little stimulation, they could be almost an hour without sleep. And how is it possible? Ying-Hui fu, the neuroscientific behind the investigation, explained in Nature magazine that “our bodies continue to function when we sleep. They detoxify and repair damage. These people (those who had the mutation) can perform those functions at a higher rate than others.” And this is interesting. A new family of medicines. Above all, because Sik3 could become a therapeutic objective. Today, we have several techniques and medications to regulate the expression of genes and, at least on paper, these variants that the Ying-Hui Fu team has located could constitute a ‘roadmap’ to enter the world of sleep products less. And, let’s be honest, the market is huge. The ambition for stealing hours to sleep is as old as man. Is what is behind energy drinkshe Recreational methylphenidate or the techniques for Learn to sleep just four hours: an unbridled career for flee from fatigue and exhaustion. The problem is that it has terrible consequences: they quickly arise immunological problems, Metaboliccardiac, Psychological and cognitive. Lack of sleep (or the dream of little caldiad) is closely related to an increase in coronary heart diseaseof the diabetes and of the obesity. You can also exercise pressure on personal relationships and lead to social isolation. A pill to limit The damage caused by the dream of poor quality It would be a bomb for large pharmaceuticals. Are we close to getting it? It is still early to put it in those terms, but for the first time in a long time it seems that we have a solid way to walk towards it. With all that that meansclear. Image | Nubelson Fernandes In Xataka | The exhausted society: how “existential tiredness” has become the great industry of the West

of nuclear veto to small renewable support reactors

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The blackout that affected Spain and Portugal on April 28 He has revived the debate of renewables and nuclear. An discussion that has overreach the borders of the Iberian Peninsula and the country’s reference country is discussing it: Denmark. Short. Lars Aagaard, Minister of Climate, Energy and Public Services of Denmark, has confirmed in the Politiken environment that the government is evaluating the possibility of raising the veto to nuclear energy. In addition, he has indicated that the evaluation process will take a year and focus on the pros and cons of reviving nuclear energy. The nuclear past. Denmark made the decision to close the door to the nuclear in 1985. That period was marked by the accidents of Three Mile Island and, a few years later, Chernobil, so he ended up sealing the Danish rejection of a technology seen as dangerous and unpredictable. And what do you want? The Danish minister has mentioned that the analysis will focus on small modular reactors (SMR), a technology that promises shorter construction times and lower financial risks than large traditional plants. However, many SMR are still in the design phase or waiting for regulatory approval, What a question raises about its short -term availability. A little note. SMRs are advanced nuclear reactors with a power capacity of up to 300 electric megawatts per unit, which represents about a third of the generation capacity of conventional nuclear reactors. These reactors can be assembled at the factory and transported to the installation site, which facilitates its deployment in areas with limited infrastructure or in combination with renewable sources to provide a generation of flexible electricity and low carbon emissions. The Danish energy matrix. More than 80% of electricity From the country comes from its wind farms on the high seas, consolidating as a totally renewable country. In addition, it is interconnected with its neighbors, Sweden and Norway, which supply hydroelectric and nuclear energy almost immediately. Voices found. The debate on nuclear energy has polarized the Danish Parliament. As has detailed The Financial Times, four right -wing games have requested to meet with the minister to support nuclear as reinforcement of the electrical system. While the most environmentalist sectors have warned about the risks inherent to nuclear energy and the possibility of diverting funds and care of renewable energy investments. On the border. Neighboring countries the discussion is lived differently. On the one hand, Sweden has Three reactors in operationbut the current government He is trying to reopen More nuclear plants. On the other hand, Finland Inaugurated a central which has evidenced budgetary problems around nuclear projects. For its part, Norway, although a little further from Denmark, has chosen to focus on hydroelectric energy, staying outside the nuclear debate. Forecasts Denmark is at an energy crossroads. With a matrix based on renewable energy, the country must decide whether to continue betting solely on them or consider nuclear energy as a strategic complement. The experience of its neighbors, advances in SMR technology and the global context of energy crisis will be determining factors in a debate that promises to be long and controversial. Image | Andy Dingley Xataka | China’s energy paradox: an ‘electrostate’ that continues to feed on coal

Renault asks Japan to copy and make “small cars that people can buy.” The truth is that we don’t want them

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The automobile market has forgotten small and simple cars. It is a reality for which it should be a perfect mobility solution for the middle European citizen. Now, Luca De Meo is committed to prioritizing the “small cars that people can buy.” But do these words make sense? “We don’t do it”. Because they are “unproductive,” according to Luca de Meo. Of those who speak are of small cars, of those of smaller size that, for the CEO of Renault, have completely killed European regulations. “We have to make small cars that people can buy again,” he said in an interview with Auto.it. “It is difficult for a regulator to know more than an engineer which is the best solution. Let’s leave engineers the best solution to reduce the impact of CO2,” said Meo to the questions of the Italian medium. The problem? For the CEO of Renault it is clear: “European regulation in the last 20 years has failed.” And this has been because “it was driven by the Germans, who wanted to make the most complex cars, because it suited them. That has had a devastating effect in other producing countries such as France, Italy and a little in Spain where people buy small cars because they do not have money or do not enter the cities.” The solution? Have your own regulation that It resembles that of Kei Car Japanese. These cars are extremely small, they cannot exceed 3.4 meters long or 1.48 meters wide. Nor equip yourself with an engine greater than 660 cc or 64 hp. In return, cars are not considered as such and, therefore, They do not have restriction problems that traditional vehicles in large cities have. In return, MEO slides not only the idea of ​​promoting small vehicles with new legislation, it also chooses to reduce the mandatory safety elements in cars of this size. “We were forced to add a security equipment valued at 400 euros. That on a Renault Twingo is a lot of money, in a sedan it is much less.” Too expensive. It is a usual criticism of the price of cars. They are too expensive for the client to allow them. Actually, although in recent years the price increase has been very pronounced, a car is cheaper now than 50 or 60 years ago. However, the ability to access the low range has been reduced. Pressing for other expenses of enormous cost, such as housing, the Spanish average citizen is opting for low -end vehicles when acquiring a new car. In what we have been, The best -selling car is Dacia Sanderofollowed by the MG ZS, the two cheapest cars in its segment. He is accompanied by Nissan Qashqai who has recently dropped price and the Renault Captur and Seat Arona, cars that barely exceed 20,000 euros starting. It does not come profitable. In his words, Luca de Meo is part of reason. Match the cheapest cars in safety equipment with the highest cost Price irremediably increases of this type of vehicles. By European regulationsthe cheapest car that is sold in our continent must have, among other systems, emergency braking, lane output alert or rear camera. However, it is also unquestionable that this equipment is an extra security for drivers who put themselves at the controls of a car. Although from Dacia (from the Renault Group) They have removed value for these measuresthese types of obligations guarantee a minimum of possible accidents to all drivers. Do we buy them? Luca de Meo’s words sound very good but … are we interested? If we attend to the number of Enrollments in our countryurban vehicles (such as the aforementioned Twingo) barely register 1.4% of registrations. They are the compact and the C-SUV (comparable by size) the most purchased vehicles in Spain, accumulating 48.5% of registrations. A segment followed by the utilities and B-SUV, which total 39.6% of the enrollment. Expanding the views to the rest of Europe, Discriminate Acea to vehicles in traditional sizes. A+B for utilities and urban (those of smaller size), followed by compact (c), medium size (d) and luxury (e and f). However, take the SUVs out of these categories. According to these data, in 2023 segment A and B that De MEO considers among the best selling remained at 21%, while the SUVs accumulated 51% of the registrations (between three and four times more than a decade ago). The little ones (taking into account that they add two segments) are not so far from 15% that compact accumulate. Do we want them? It is the other big question. According to the registration, we prefer larger vehicles. But, in addition, there is another constant: commercial failures among smaller vehicles. Although most European citizens make their daily journeys in urban environments, cars dedicated exclusively to the city remain little dear. WE HAVE SMART EXAMPLEconsidered a car too expensive despite being extremely useful in the European cities of intricate streets in historical and difficult parking helmets. Photo | In Xataka | If you have 155,000 euros in your pocket, now you have another doubt: buy the new Renault 5 Electric Turbo or a Porsche 911

A “small ice age”

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“No realistic adaptation measure can face such fast temperature changes under a collapse” of the Gulf current. In recent years we have discussed a lot about The weakening of the AMOC and about the consequences that, especially for EuropeI could have all this. And yet That study phrase that returned the old fear of the researchers to the fore: the one that says that we do what we do, THE END OF THE AMOC It would be a catastrophe of unsuspected proportions. Everything will happen too fast. The amoc is The oceanic flow that runs from north to south in the North Atlantic basin. The process begins with sinking to the cold water background in front of Greenland and the movement of this south. The replacement of that water with a warmer (which flows on the surface to the north) allows to transfer heat from the Gulf from Mexico to Europe. The cold comes. The problem is that the importance of this current in Europe is capital. Without it, both Western Europe and East of North America would cool very significantly. We would see how a “generalized cooling throughout the North Atlantic and Northern Hemisphere in general“That the temperature would collapse in Europe, how they would strengthen” from the winter storms, with more and more powerful explosive cyclogenesis “and a much more snow (taking a lot of productive lands from the market in a matter of years). The change would be (will be) brutal and we know it in good ink. The story is full of examples. The small ice age was, according to NASA a period that began around 1550 and consisted of three cold peaks (around 1650, 1770 and 1850) interspersed with relatively warm intervals. Those peaks were extremely hard and are key triggers of three of the great geopolitical conflicts of the continent: the wars of religion, the French Revolution (and Bonapartism) and the revolutions around 1848. But also the fall of the Ming dynasty in China. These years are full of anecdotes, from the Swedish troops crossing the frozen sea in the Swedish war Until the suspicion that the cold was the Calve factor that caused the wood of the Stradivarius to be denser than usual. Hunger, pain and suffering. In National Geographic published in his day A small summary of historical testimonies where it can be verified that “aldeano aldeans (survived) based on bread made with ground nuts stall The floor was too hard to dig. We are not in 1600, of course. And that shows, especially, in our ability to ‘adapt’ and to use internationalist networks to ‘cushion’ local or regional changes. No one can argue that, in recent decades, our systems have improved: beyond our assessment, Andalusia now has double irrigation that in the 90s in similar climatic circumstances. However, as the authors say, it is very difficult to imagine some scenario in which a climate change of that draft does not lead to a deep economic, political and social crisis throughout the entire continent. And that, of course, is the worst problem of all. Right now, all of Europe is in a hurry for a warmer climate, so that The Sahara extends to the northso that The rains and snow become more rare. At the time the Gulf Current is stopped (And it is increasingly clear that it will stop) We will be headed to the opposite situation. But without time to react. As the old woman said (and probably apocryphal) Chinese curse, we seem destined to live interesting times. Image | Juanedc In Xataka | In 536 the sun began to shine less than the moon. The small ice age began then began

There is greatness in small ambitions

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I am not a Pebble user. I was not at the time or I will be with Your relaunch: Before the Apple Watch and now I have passed to Garmin. But Few technological ads have been as stimulating as that of this historic watch under a new philosophy. “I am building a small company and focused on manufacturing these watches. I have not planned to raise money from investors or hire a great team. The emphasis is on sustainability,” he wrote Eric Migicovsky In his blog. This statement represents exactly What the technology industry desperately needs: projects that do not aspire to master the world, but simply exist with dignity. The current technological ecosystem operates The dictatorship of hypercrection. If you do not aspire to be a company valued in billions, Silicon Valley’s dominant culture considers you a failure. Walk or burst. This mentality has distorted technological development, transforming potential handicraft works into generic products designed to maximize investment returns. It is no accident that mobile telephony has been filled with indistinguishable terminals from each other. The result goes there: a homogenization of innovation and the gradual disappearance of proposals that do not fit the unicorn squad. Among the few alternatives we have seen, many were born miscariated (Rabbit R1) or directly malicious (Humane Ai Pin). But there are also happy stories. Projects such as Panic with its playdatethat of Analoguethe Keychron keyboards either The remarkable They demonstrate it: excellence does not require market domain, only a clear vision and impeccable execution. What Migicovsky is doing is A declaration of independence. By rejecting external capital and prioritizing sustainability over the scale, it is releasing its vision of the pressures that sank the original Pebble. Himself He told us a few years ago. The irony is very evident: what caused Pebble’s failure was not insufficient demand, but an unsustainable cost structure born of excessive expectations. Need A new business taxonomy in technology. Among the giants who aspire to dominate the world and the projects of amateurs There should be a large ecosystem of deliberately small but professional, sustainable and profitable companies. Every time I see a technological project that embraces their limitations instead of apologizing for them, which finds freedom in voluntary restrictionI remember why I fell in love with technology. Not because of his aspirations of omnipotence, but for his ability to express the unique vision of his creators. The new Pebble does not intend to compete with Apple Watch and even His CEO says explicitly “Keeping he condemned to undervalue him at the time,” but to exist as a conscious alternative for a niche, not for anyone. And that is what makes it potentially extraordinary. Or at least much more valuable than its conservative strategy seems to seem. Outstanding image | Core Devices In Xataka | Thus Pebble failed: “The biggest mistake was not to react when we knew that the Apple Watch was going to arrive”

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