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Technology is already here, social conscience is not yet

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He arrested in Barcelona that recorded hundreds of women with their Ray-Ban Meta marks a before and after: we have entered the era of voyeurism invisible. We do not know when it will end, but we have just opened it. Why is it important. Until now, recording without consent required obviousness (taking out the mobile) or sophistication (hidden cameras). The Meta Ray-Ban have democratized the undercover recording: for 329 euros not only have some sunglasses with good design and headphones incorporated, you also have an almost imperceptible camera in your face. When we tried them We commented that his camera was not too remarkable, but perceptible. By the news we understand that it is not as noticeable as we believed. The context. As Antonio Ortiz analyzes in Error 500the Google Glass could not get here because they were too obvious. The finish lines are their antithesis: they look like normal glasses, the recording LED is tiny, and above all, people have not yet developed a social alarm before them. Between the lines. We are in the period of maximum vulnerability: technology is already here, but no social consciousness. And the detainee exploded precisely that gap: he knew the abilities of these glasses, but his victims did not. He recorded 329 videos (a Euro per video) without any of the women to be suspected of being recorded. Possibly the majority even knew about the existence of these glasses. The threat. This is only the beginning. Goal prepares the functions of AI that will allow this camera to do much more. How to recognize. In fact already There are users who have managed to create homemade facial recognition systems With these glasses. The next question is inevitable: how many conversations and private scenes are being recorded right now without us knowing? Yes, but. Goal designed a double safeguard: LED light that detects if it has been covered (and blocks the camera) and sound when you start recording. The problem arises when a malicious user eludes them deliberately or when people do not know how to interpret them. In addition, the sound at the beginning of the recording is as easy to avoid how to start recording in advance. New social conventions are clearly missing. We need to develop the same alarms we have when someone looks at us with a mobile whose camera points to us. Until that happens, Anyone with 329 euros And bad idea can become a camouflaged spy. Or in a voyeur With bad drool. Outstanding image | Goal In Xataka | There is a boiling market in which target is eating its entire competition: that of smart glasses

The Social Security contributions

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Asturias is living A authentic Sorpasso In an unexpected front: that of contributions. The statistics Social Security show that for a year the Principality has more women contributing to the coffers of the General Treasury than men, a reality that contrasts with that of the whole of Spain, where male workers remain a majority, or those that managed the Principality itself does not so much. At the end of 2018, for example, they represented 50.9%. In 2022 they became 49.9% and last year they already represented 49.8% of the quotes. Sorpasso In Asturias. The Latest statistics of social security with contribution data arrive with a small surprise: the consolidation of a Sorpasso gender. At the end of 2024 the state agency counted in the Principality more women contributing than men: 153,371 compared to 151,949, which means that they represented 50.2% compared to 49.8% of them. It was not always the case. How has it evolved? Although Asturias already closed 2022 and 2023 with more women than contributing men, not so much the drawing was very different. On December 2021, for example, they were a majority, with 143,821 registered compared to 142,030 women. And if we look further back, to 2018 (the first period documented by Social Security in its statistics section), the difference was even greater: there were 6,163 men more than women contributing to common piggy bank. Year (December) Men quoting in Asturias (base) Women quoting in Asturias (base) 2018 142,050 (€ 2,047.7) 137,074 (€ 1,566.7) 2019 143,612 (€ 2,119.7) 139,664 (€ 1,633.3) 2020 138,016 (€ 2,189) 136,142 (€ 1,745) 2021 143,821 (€ 2,181.8) 142,030 (€ 1,731) 2022 144,496 (€ 2,266.1) 144,845 (€ 1,806.3) 2023 147,952 (€ 2,376.6) 148,796 (€ 1,906.4) 2024 151,949 (€ 2,485.3) 153,371 (€ 1,992.9) Who brings more? He Sorpasso Asturian arrives accompanied by an important nuance. Right now there are more women than men contributing to the general treasury, but the average contribution base of them remains significantly higher than theirs, in line with the trend at the state level. At the end of 2024 the average of the Asturian contribution bases marked 2,485 euros, compared to the 1992 of the Asturian. In fact they remained well below the average of the region, which was around 2,237 euros. Beyond Asturias. Asturias is, Together with Galicia and La Riojathe only community that closed last year with more women than men contributing to Social Security, a photo that extends to the State as a whole, where the year said goodbye to almost 490,000 men more than women (8.6 million compared to 8.1). The thing changes if we go down to the provincial level. In that case we find more quoted women than men in Granada, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Ávila, León, Salamanca, Zamora, Cáceres, A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra. And what is the reason? Social Security statistics connect with other realities of the Principality at a social, demographic and economic level. In A recent analysis About him Sorpasso In the contributions, The voice of Asturias Slide several. One for example is aging, a phenomenon that shares for example with Galicia. According to the Asturian Institute of Womenthey represent 52.2% of the population. Another key is the male unemployment rate that the region dragged for years, especially after the 2008 crisis destroyed employment in construction. Are there more factors? Yes. Women have a considerable footprint in the Asturian public sector, where they are a majority. According to the EPA of early 2024, about 70% of the people who worked for the public administration in the region were officials. His presence is also majority in the faculties, such as remember The voice: Last year almost 62% of Asturians had higher studies, a percentage that in the case of men descends several points until they stay at 44%. Why do the data import? Because they help us better understand the Asturian economy and society and especially the change that has been making forms and moves the region of the traditional model in which quoting men predominate. And although the basis of them is still clearly less than theirs, which reveals minor wages, the truth is that this gap seems to be closing over the years. At the end of 2018 they charged 30.7% less than them. In 2024 that percentage was 24.7%. The cut coincides with salary increases Minimum interprofessional. Image | Cowomen (Unspash) In Xataka | Throughout Europe, birth rate collapses as soon as women begin to earn more money. Except in Sweden

Pocket was the place where you saved articles you never read. The dopamine chute of social networks has killed it

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I was an Pocket user. And like many others, I still did not read the articles that kept me. It was the condemnation of a service that opted for deferred and repossed reading of all kinds of articles – especially long – but found an apparently invincible nemesis: social networks. Mozilla closes Pocket. The Mozilla organization has announced That closes the Pocket service. On July 8 the platform will stop offering articles and will enter “mode only export”: users can export their articles saved until October 8, 2025, at which time “user data will be deleted permanently.” Reasons. According to those responsible, although Pocket has helped millions to save articles and discover stories that were worth reading, “the way people use the web has evolved, so we are channeling our resources to projects that best fit their navigation and online needs habits. “ A great service … Pocket was born in 2007 as Read It Later, a service that allowed to mark as favorite articles that you could read quietly when it came to you. The idea was gaining traction by focusing on extensive pieces of both journalism and creative writing. Mozilla He bought it In 2017 and made it one of the star services associated with its Firefox browser. … that we did not use so much. Many users will coincide with me that Pocket was fantastic but we did not take advantage of it. I kept keeping articles regularly with the hope of reading them in my Kobo e-book reader (which had this function integrated), but rarely ended up doing so. And on top we used a little bad. Pocket was so simple and comfortable to use that many ended up using it not only to keep promising – but not always wonderful – long texts (Longform), but all kinds of links with news or even tweets. And when you opened Pocket, two things used to happen. The first, the feeling of having another obligation before you, another list of tasks in the form of a list (endless) of articles to read. The second, to throw yourself for the short items that you knew you were going to consume in a short time to be able to “erase” from the list. Check “Reading later” had become a “take it off later.” But it was still a fantastic service, and it has not been we who have killed it. The culprit is another. Doomscrolling. Social networks They have stolen us Our capacity to concentrate. The dopamine chute that they offer us with the famous Doomscrolling has proven unstoppable. We love to displace the screen vertically on our mobile phones to see the following content, and that immediacy and instant gratification have ended up shaking our attention capacity. Until always, Pocket 🙁 Slot machine. The algorithms that govern social networks They are inspired by the slots. Its objective is to generate addiction and have us glued to the platform on duty without leaving it. A study Of 2021, the diabolical simplicity of our way of dealing with these contents revealed precisely. The experiment was overwhelming: A group of participants were given a single video and asked if they preferred to see another or perform a certain task. Another group were given five videos and asked them the same question. The second group was much more predisposed to watch more videos. Then the two groups saw the same number of videos, but the first group saw more diverse videos and the other saw more homogeneous videos. The second group showed its predisposition to see more videos instead of moving on to another task. AND ECO CHAMBERS. These results reflect our current reality. Social networks not only raise infinite content, but also do so Locking us increasingly in echo cameras with homogeneous content that reinforce our tastes and opinions. In Pocket we probably also built a large echo camera, true, but at least we did it, not an algorithm. The problem was to reserve 5, 10 or 15 minutes to read a long article is increasingly difficult before the avalanche of images, texts and especially short videos always suggestive, great and fun. Google Reader moment. Pocket’s closure remembers to some extent that we live with Google Reader, feeds RSS reader that the searches giant killed because although we loved him it was probably not profitable. As in that case, Pocket was a fantastic product but also very niche. And even in that niche, underutilized. Digital Diogenes. In fact, Pocket contributed to Our digital diogenes syndrome. It was the place where you saved, saved and saved articles that you never read. In that sense, it was less functional than Google Reader, that when you used you did, you took it to read those headlines of the news that were coming from the feed RSS. But that Save everything syndrome In order not to consume it or enjoy it, it occurs in many other scenarios, Like photos and videos of the mobile or in the video games that we download and to those who will never play. In fact it is not that we no longer play: is that We prefer to see others play. Alternatives. Pocket’s death makes us look for inevitable alternatives to continue keeping articles that we may never read. Among them stands out Instapaperbut they are also Readwise, Wallabag, Rindropeither Mymind. For those who have a kobo there is also somebut not so direct. Curse. Image | Mozilla In Xataka | Internet, let me forget

How protein cult has turned the muscle into the new social networks trend

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In the Basilica of San Pietro In Vincoli, in Rome, there is a sculpture that attracts the attention of many people for a simple detail. The work, Miguel Ángel’s “Moses”, the sculptor carved a small muscle on the forearm that is only activated by lifting the little finger. This almost invisible gesture, but essential for Michelangelo shows the subtle force and control. Today, centuries later, the bodies defined as if they were sculpted are trend. But this time, it is not about marble or art, but of protein, supplements and extreme routines. In the Chic Protein era. A new phenomenon that has gained strength in recent years, but now is the trend that marks on social networks. In 2023, products enriched with proteins had taken the supermarkets. From yogurts to snacks, the industry promoted the idea that greater protein consumption is synonymous with health and well -being. Now, that obsession has moved to the toned bodies: figures like Ashton Hall, Famous for its morning routineit is a clear example of that ideal of healthy life and sculpted body. A new welfare mantra? In the third season of The White Lotus, Saxon Ratliff, a character obsessed with exercise and body image, embodies perfectly This contemporary obsession with proteins. Interpreted by Patrick Schwarzenegger, the son of the iconic Arnold Schwarzenegger, Saxon not only loads with his personal blender so as not to miss his protein shakes, but also consumes popcorn enriched with “Khloud” dust of Khloe Kardashian, an obvious satire of the marketing of hyperproteic products. Saxon is not just a character obsessed with his muscles; It is a fitness symbol turned into pop culture, where protein blender is as essential as mobiles and smoothies are the new fashion coffees. Beyond the screens. This fictional portrait is a reflection of what happens with the boom of hyperproteic products, is it really necessary to consume 200 grams of protein in a shake, as Saxon does in the fourth chapter? Science has offered different perspectives. On the one hand, the main dietitian of MAY CLINICTara Schmidt, has affirmed that protein needs depend largely on the lifestyle, weight and health history, so he cannot affirm with certainty what is the ideal amount. Although it is recommended has pointed out To vogue that excess protein can cause inflammation and affect intestinal health, counteracting the initial benefits of these hyperproteic products. The path to (almost) perfection. Even the fashion world has embraced this new body form. Designers such as Demon and Hilary Taymour have presented collections that emphasize muscular silhouettes, evidencing how fashion adopts and amplifies the body ideals promoted by the culture of well -being, According to Vogue. However, not only fashion has imposed the standard, the viralization of medicines to lose weight as Ozempic and Wegovydeveloped to treat type 2 diabetes, they have become rapid weight loss products. And in the meantimephenomena like Skinnytok They promote restrictive diets and extreme exercise routines, with millions of visualizations that glorify thin and toned bodies. Social networks have amplified the obsession with the sculpted bodies, turning each physical transformation into a viral show. The distorted mirror. In this era where the body is the new canvas, body dysmorphia He has found A perfect breeding ground to spread. This disorder, characterized by an obsessive concern for defects perceived in the body, has reached alarming levels on social networks such as Tiktok and Instagram. In these platforms, filters, edited images and constant comparisons They have exacerbated The distorted perception of the body, especially among the youngest. A Health report has pointed out That the constant exposure to hyperdefinid bodies and perfect skins can lead to eating disorders and compulsive behaviors related to exercise. The psychologist specialized in TCA, Sara Bolo has explained to this medium that the worrying thing is that many of these apparently “healthy” behaviors hide eating disorders disguised as fitness culture. We see more and more full gyms and more people obsessed with not skipping a meal or training, and that is where the problem begins. It is not the exercise or healthy eating that is wrong, but the rigidity with which these practices are followed. In addition, he has warned: “In the end, it is not so much to take care of the body as forcing it to fit into an unreal mold that we see on social networks.” The end point. In a world where the image weighs more than the essence, where bodies are molded as sculptures and extreme diets disguise themselves as self -care, the inevitable question arises: to what extent are we really taking care of our bodies or simply molding them to fit into an unattainable mold? Image | Pexels and Livioandronico2013 Xataka | What if we are doing the bad intermittent fasting? Some experts propose to focus only on carbohydrates

Current people with AR-15 rifles preparing for a social collapse

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People preparing For “the worst” It has long existed. The followers of this movement are call preppersand as the name implies, they are ready for the end of the world not to catch them off guard. The movement has been mutating slightly over time, there are even levels according to the wallet, since millionaires also want keep on your luxuries even in a bunker. The latest: geopolitical drift and natural catastrophes have their own survival team: the “prepared or professional citizens”. The citizen ready. As we said, in an era defined by global uncertainty (wars, pandemics and extreme climatic phenomena) a new figure has emerged in the United States: the so -called “Citizen prepared”a more structured and socially accepted kind of evolution of the traditional prepper. This current, in the marginal past, has become an increasingly visible movement, made up of civilians without paramilitary affiliations that train with the same seriousness as elite units. I told it in a report The New York Times through a scene that served as an example of the movement. In a Florida forest, ten men, including pilots, a nurse and an executive, participated in a class called Full Consender Minutemanwhere they were instructed in military techniques under the guardianship of the veteran of the Christopher Eric Roscher Air Force, who between Christian prayers and shooting practices with an AR-15, prepared them to face What he calls “The worst day of their lives.” This constant alert attitude against a possible social, economic or military crisis is no longer exclusive to conspiracy or bunker survival; Now it includes professionals, parents and common citizens seeking self -defense, tactical efficiency and community. Civil training industry. The rise of “prepared citizen” has generated a growing business and cultural ecosystem. Companies Like Barrel & Hatchet Trade Groupfounded by Roscher and his partner Tyler Burke, offer from combat training to programs on mental resilience against disasters. Your digital presence (through of YouTube, Instagram, podcast And even Online store) amplifies its scope. In parallel, creators such as Ben Spangler, former army and founder of @TacticalforgeThey popularize patrol techniques and ambush in social networks, attracting an audience that does not seek to militarize, but to understand defensive tactics. Its clientele, mostly civil and without experience in combat, consumes manuals of military instruction, buy compromise and topographic maps, and train as a team as part of a self -managed community. Here it is not about undercover militias, but about tactical knowledge networks, organized by affinity and purpose, which reflect a demilitarization of military knowledge and its transfer to the domestic sphere. Diverse expanding movement. Although many of these initiatives are born from fear of an institutional collapse or urban violence, not all are oriented towards armed self -defense in a strict sense. In this regard, there are organizations Like Protect Peacefounded by Danielle L. Campbell after the death of his assistant in a shooting in 2017, which represents a more community version of the prepared citizen. Your approach Combine training With weapons, first aid training and distribution of Naloxone in vulnerable areas, in addition to promoting radio amateur licenses to maintain communications in case of emergencies. Your mission is not to prepare to repel an invasion or resist an oppressive government, but Weave local support networks Given everyday violence. Yes, you want also, far from the apocalyptic narrativeits proposal is pragmatic and social: building community from preparation, not from isolation. Organized cooperation. The Times told In his report that what distinguishes the citizen prepared from the average owner of weapons is not arsenal, but the mentality and the sense of belonging. It is no longer just about having a rifle, but about knowing Use it with disciplinecoordinate in groups, identify risks and plan answers. The medium consisted of examples such as that of Josh EppertVice President of a construction company in Tampa, who joined the training of Barrel & Hatchet during the pandemic, not by paranoia, but by practical conviction: if he has weapons, he wants to dominate them with responsibility. Seen this way, this new profile does not aspire to become a kind of Rambo nor to fight ideological wars, but to face natural disasters or social disturbances with a minimum of competition and, perhaps, temperance. In a country where possession of weapons It has historically been a symbol of individualism, this new wave prioritizes collective learning and shared strategy. A cultural response. For the environment, the boom of the citizen prepared must be understood as a cultural response to the GUARANTEES GROUP institutional in the United States. Faced with the perception of a state unable to protect its citizens (either in front of hurricanes, pandemics, urban violence or geopolitical instability), a kind of organized self -sufficiency logic emerges that converts uncertainty into motivation. Tactical training, medical knowledge, communication practices and the cultivation of community ties are seen as insurance before a volatile future, and what was previously marginal has become more visible. Under that prism, the prepared citizen It no longer seems like a lonely with provisions in the basement, but an active member of a growing network that trains, reflects and acts, although not to unleash chaos, but to survive him. Image | 7th Army Juint Multinational Training Command In Xataka | That the apocalypse caught you in the jacuzzi. 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There is a fever to see the weddings of others in social networks. And that is causing them to throw rice shovels to the bride and groom

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As always, fashion is not new but social networks bring it in the fore. In recent weeks, very particular wedding videos flood Tiktok and Instagram. In them, the old habit of throwing some stab of rice to the bride and groom is being replaced by throwing dozens of kilos of rice with the help of shovels. A maximization of The old customs that has a simple explanation beyond that everything is worth in order to create viral content: the spectacularization of weddings. More rice. Already in 2023 we read that In Galicia The guests had launched 200 kilos of rice to the bride and groom with blades and wheelbarrow. And last year, also in Galicia, a wedding was viralized in which The bride and groom were buried in confetti. Broak rice and confetti mixture had A recent wedding with the virtually indistinguishable boyfriends under a hell of paper and cereal. AND The most viral and next time It has been that of a couple who has also been buried under kilos of rice thrown with blades towards them. The impact on networks of the latter has been impressive: 35,000 I like and almost 5,000 comments record the importance of networks in the spread of these phenomena. Weddings: more and better. The progressive spectacularization of weddings is something that is in the same nature: since the nineteenth century, real weddings consolidated alliances and exhibited institutional power, and it is something that has not stopped seeing since then. The advent of social networks and the possibility of making everyone have our moment of glory, with thousands of people attending from the other side of the screen to the links if the hook is striking enough, has turned the weddings into events where everything is calculated to imitate those of the celebrities and nobles, who remain the mirror in which to look (at least, the mirror of a high percentage of people They decide to organize a wedding). More show, more price. In 2023 we talked How the price of a wedding had shot in recent years, already around 20,000 euros. To that amount we must add the honeymoon, and all this in a country, Spain, where the average salary is lower than that of other countries that entered this comparison. An amount where dress and accessories of the bride, photos and video, music, groom suit, organization, flowers … This does not make more weddings: after the pandemic: after the pandemic: after the pandemic There was a very remarkable rebound of the quantity, with a zipper of 20’5%, but in 2023 it descended again until it was similar to previous years. But although there is no more, they are more visible. Tatus and crazy cotillion. The thing goes furtherbecause this spectacularization in search of the most shocking or more glamorous wedding includes “syringes” with sucksneons, makeup kiosks, Thematic tattoos… what is known as a Glitter barwhere the least daring can opt, if it is not a tattoo, for a less permanent makeup. And everything often often oriented to provide good performance in social networks. Weddings keep liking. Weddings are still a notorious care center for a high number of people who come to social networks (primarily, women) to see foreign weddings. Influencers Like Ale Navas, Carla Vico or Claudia Jiménez They have recently married And the process in their networks, with millions of followers and covering from the hand request to the boyfriend’s trip, have broadcast with great detail. They are the mirror in which couples looking for dream weddings comparable to those of these are looked Influencers. The success of dating programs such as ‘Love Is Blind’ in Netflix, whose center are blind weddings, are the proof that weddings continue to generate interest. The cm of the wedding. But not just Influencers They monopolize the interest of weddings in social networks. Everyone wants to turn their wedding into something memorable or viralizable, and thus arise professions like him Wedding Social Manager (a cm focused exclusively on the wedding) or, as usual in the weddings of Influencerscontent creation (videos, photos, ReelsStories, moments when boyfriends and guests replicate memes in vogue) expressly thought for networks. Behind it there is a Spectacularization of the ceremony and the party whose ultimate goal is to look like Influencers successful … and something else. The wedding as show. Becoming a wedding into a spectacular party is also an incentive for boyfriends and guests, which perhaps consider the wedding of their friends or cousins ​​if they cannot talk about it in networks for months. Hence the content is favored Instagrameable of the wedding (the tatus, the avalanches of rice) in the face of more traditional issues (more classic photos and videosbut that cannot be shared). Our Devotion for gossip Do the rest: we love to frequent social networks to comment on the bride’s dress, something we have been doing since the heart press exists. But now we can carry it out putting people as conventional as oneself. Header | Tiktok In Xataka | Asturias has just celebrated three weddings from Sologamia: when the “yes I want” is actually a “yes (me)”

Strava has bought Runna. The Sports Social Network now has a fantastic application with training plans

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Strava, the social network of athletes par excellence with more than 150 million users, has announced the acquisition of Runnaa popular British application of training plans for runners launched in 2021. Why is it important. This purchase resolves one of Strava’s great ‘ This was a weak point for both beginners and veterans, who had to resort to other platforms. This movement is not only a strategic purchase, but a direct response to the world boom of the Running. In 2024 almost one billion races were registered in Strava, and according to Your datathe race on foot is the sport that grows the fastest global, with the Z generation leading this trend. What does Runna do. The Runna app, which I tried for months, asks for concrete objectives (finish a 10K, finish a marathon, run average marathon in less than 1:40 h, etc.) I already change both specific and adapted training plans, as a live guide of each plan. That is, if we start a training with Runna (present at Apple Watch or Garmin), we will guide us on our clock and also in our headphones on each part of the training, it will notify us if we are going too slow or too fast, of each change of rhythm that we have to do, etc. And now what. In the short term, both applications will continue to function independently, according to They have confirmed the CEO and co -founder of Strava and Runna respectively. Presumably, the first changes and integrations will arrive in the coming months. As a backdrop, two clear elements: The growing importance of Strava’s premium subscription (8 euros per month) with which to access a series of somewhat secondary functions. Limiting training plans to this subscription will make it much more attractive. Runna’s are 20 euros per month. Other recent purchases from Strava: Recover Athleticsan injury prevention application; and Fatmapa 3D maps platform. The expansion strategy in different areas of the digital fitness is evident. The big question. How are subscriptions going to now manage? If we look at the annual plans, Strava Premium costs $ 80 a year for the 120 that Runna costs. At the moment, users will need to maintain both subscriptions if they want to have access to “everything.” Runna uses Strava’s third parties to synchronize activities. It is expected that a better integration arrives. Michael Martin, CEO of Strava, has compared this purchase with that of Recover Athletics, which works separately but is free for Strava subscribers. Deepen. These types of purchases usually generate reactions found. In 2023, Strava had a confusing and controversial change in its subscription price And a few weeks ago that Garmin announced his subscription plan With a rather warm answer. Clearly Strava wants to be more than “the social network of sport” to offer more value directly to the athlete, and not just a social meeting point around training. In Xataka | After almost a decade with the Apple Watch I have spent a Garmin. And I have understood what I was losing me Outstanding image | Strava

Openai’s hypothetical social network does not want to connect people. Want your data to train your AI

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In Openai they do not conform to being absolute referents in the segment of artificial intelligence. The last rumors point to that They intend to create a social network that would go beyond Chatgpt. The reason, eye, is not to compete with Facebook, Instagram or X. At least, not directly. Social network = data to feed the AIThe movement responds without a doubt to that voracious hunger of new data that the AI ​​models have and that allows them to improve and polish their behavior in different scenarios. A social network would allow Openai to use all those data entered by users to train their models. X already discovered that trend. The Fusion between X and XAI It was already a clear demonstration of that strategy: suddenly I had a perfect system to train its AI, Grok model, with all the posts of X users. And goal, of course, too. Goal takes time doing the same With Facebook and Instagram – although The EU forced her to slightly change your plans – and also collect data when we use ai target at whatsapp, Although you can avoid it. All with the same goal: to have “fresh food” for its artificial intelligence models. A social network to share images. Apparently the prototype that is already developed focuses on Chatgpt’s ability to generate images. It would therefore be a social network more similar to an instagram full of images generated by AI, from which we imagine that users would be generated. Altman already warned. The funny thing is that the rumor occurs weeks after Sam Altman himself, CEO of OpenAi, jokes with that possibility. When the news appeared that Meta was preparing an independent app for goal AI, Altman replied saying “ok, perfect, perhaps we make a social app.” This does not connect people. Perhaps they already had the project and it was not a joke, but although Altman pointed out that that could allow “revenge” of Facebook, the intentions would not be those of competing with Facebook when connecting people – the original purpose of that social network, at least – but that of collecting more and more data for their AI, which is what they have also ended up doing social networks. And the AGI for when. The problem of this theoretical project is that it would be partly a distraction for Openai. It would certainly allow for more data for the training of its AI models, but it is not clear that the scaling is the right path for the ultimate end of OpenAi: get a general artificial intelligence or agi. Too many parallel projects. Altman is famous for generate excessive expectations about the AGI. However, this challenge is tarnished by their last releases, especially in the case of GPT-4.5. The company seems to be somewhat scattered with gigantic projects like Stargatethe development of Your own chips o The mysterious hardware project In collaboration with Jony Ive. Too many apples in the basket? We will see. Image | Xataka with chatgpt In Xataka | Chatgpt is already the most downloaded app in the world. His only problem is that he does not know how to make money with it

The Chinese bazaars of Mallorca are starting to close. And that is promoting all kinds of theories in social networks

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Tiktok is one of the 21st century forumsone with great viral potential. Give people like the Spanish adventurer who is Traveling to Japan with a 1998 Fiat OA the Carbon mines influencers In Australia. It also amplifies news such as that the Chinese bazaars of Mallorca are closing their doors in mass. And it is true: there are Chinese shops closing, and it is something that has generated so much noise that has resulted in the most varied conspiracy theories. Reality is much simpler. Bazaars closing. How our partners point out TRENDENCESsome profiles on Tiktok have shared videos in which some of these Chinese businesses are seen as if a hurricane had passed. In the profile ‘INSELNEWS‘The’ Bazar Gran Wok ‘is shown with a message that points out that, “by definitive closure, the owners decided to give everything in the premises.” In the one JULIOBASTIVV There is also talk of this. And entering the comments of those videos is a curious exercise. Theories of the great leak. There are several lines in this matter. On the one hand, those that point out that Chinese citizens are running out of tax advantages and will have to start paying taxes (although They already pay taxes if they have a business in Spain). Other theories point to the arrival of Digital eurosomething that is still in development. There is no lack of comments that suggest that the Chinese know something that the rest of the people not, to the duty Oa one imminent war. In Chinese Tiktokers profiles like ‘Jinjunyin‘, creator of the Pódcast’ Sounds Chinese ‘, we can also see comments in videos that do not deal with the issue in which they ask for explanations for the exodus and even pray that they do not leave the country. Other Chinese users of the social network laugh directly from the matter. @choumia04 Are the Chinese closing their stores in Spain? Why are their stores closing? 🤔 #Chinese #store #Spain #business #for you #fyp ♬ Original sound – Choumia Feet on the ground. To answer that question of “why all of Spain leave” that some users ask, we have contacted a Chinese association of the most affected area: Balearic Islands. Specifically, with the Chinese Association in the Balearic Islands. Its president, Fang Ji, tells us the same as they already communicated a few days ago for Instagram: That, in effect, in recent months they have observed that some businesses run by Chinese entrepreneurs have closed or are liquidating the stock. There is no single cause and points out that “the reasons behind these decisions may vary according to the business”, but that three cases stand out: Inflation and consumption changes. It is evident on an island where the price of housing is absolutely triggered, even with Garages Costo 185,000 euros (with whom you would buy a house in other locations). “The increase in rent and supplies costs, as well as changes in consumption habits have affected many small businesses, not only those of the Chinese community,” he says. Administrative changes. Another case is the hardening of certain tax regulations that have meant an additional difficulty for the business. Entrepreneurs comment that adapting to these changes requires an investment that is not always viable for all. Personal. Finally, Fang Ji points out that there are other businesses that have simply closed to reorient the business or for commercial reasons. “Pandemia and economic changes have led many entrepreneurs to rethink their future and want to explore other opportunities,” he says. Cocktail. Therefore, it is not that another pandemic is coming or a war with China is coming, but that it is the result of a set of situations that is causing this situation, highlighting the Very high price of the ground in the Balearic Islands and online trade. The region is at the head of the regions in which More expensive It becomes the owner. Calculations such as Idealistic They point to buy a square meter in Palma costs about 4,600, 18.5% more than a year ago. On the other hand, there are fast fashion businesses such as Sheinbut also the Temu And similar, which in some cases are a missile to the flotation line of some of these shops of Chinese entrepreneurs focused on day -to -day objects or clothing. And, as Fang Ji said, this is something that affects small trade in general, but when he adds to the climbing of the land price in some places, the cocktail can be difficult to digest. Image | JInocrates In Xataka | The Government wants to cut the bulos drastically: forcing influencers to rectify by law

Social Security has published the work of work casualties in 2024 and we have bad news: we have broken a record

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Spain is living A worrying phenomenon: Labor casualties have reached a new historical maximum in 2024, marking a trend that marks its fourth year up and does not seem to be. Demographic aging, saturation of health or improving employment figures are the main suspects. Record in work casualties due to illness. The increase in Low for temporary disability It is not only a perception of entrepreneurs, but a reality backed by Official security data Social of 2024 that has just been published. According to The published by The countrySocial Security records reveal that the average prevalence of temporary disabilities for common contingencies (those not directly related to the work) reached its highest historical percentage: 53.3 per 1,000 employees in 2024. That of autonomous professionals is 39.8 per 1,000 employees. A high cost for the economy. According to the report ‘Labor absenteeism for common contingencies’ Prepared by the employer Asedas and the association of mutual accidents at work (AMAT), in Spain in 2024 8,716,663 casualties for diseases and non -work accidents occurred, which meant a cost of more than 28,987 million euros in social security benefits of social security and direct cost for companies. This expense has increased by 99% in the last six years. The average time that a worker remains medical leave due to temporary disability is 39.2 days by professional contingencies (those directly related to work activity), while for self -employed professionals it increases to 106.5 days. The aging of the workforce. One of the main reasons behind this increase in medical casualties due to common contingencies is the general aging of the population and, with it, a greater tendency to get sick. According to data from the Employers of Mutual Amat, more than half of the work casualties occur in the 31 to 51 -year section. The INE data They point out that more than 35% of workers in Spain are 50 years or older and ‘Study on the aging of the templates in the General State Administration and future projection at 2030’ It points to that in 2023, the peak of the demographic pyramid will reach the strip between 50 and 60 years. According to data of The independentif we compare the current 50 and 60 -year -old strip with that of 2002, it has increased by 169%, while the segment of between 16 and 24 years has fallen 36%, and the one aged 25 to 34 has done 20%. The collapse of public health. The worsening of public health also directly affects the resolution of the casualties due to temporary disability, since, in many occasions, these casualties are lengthened more than necessary by waiting lists in diagnostic tests and surgical interventions. The official data of the Ministry of Health of December 2023 (the last available) indicate that Spain registered a record of 849,535 people in surgical waiting lists. This figure represents almost twice as many people in this comparative situation With the data of 20 years ago. The average waiting time for surgery (in 2023) was 128 days, which practically double the 77 days of 2003. Mutuals can help. The increase in labor casualties not only affects workers, but also a significant blow to the Companies productivity. Unions, employers and social security They have reached agreements so that mutuals have a greater prominence with the aim of decongesting the waiting lists of public health. This public-private collaboration frame is intensified mainly in casualties due to temporary disability with traumatic pathologies, in which mutuals achieve expedite tests and treatments necessary reducing the medical leave time and saving several billions of euros to companies and social security. In Xataka | The last idea of ​​the government in labor matters: a “flexible” decrease that allows at the same time to work In Xataka | Cádiz’s ghost official: six years without going to work and charging his payroll. They caught him when they were going to give him a prize Image | Social Security, Unspash (Owen Beard)

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