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We have a problem with AI. Those who were most enthusiastic at the beginning are starting to get tired of it.

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The most promising promise surrounding AI at work today It’s not that it’s going to replace us.but it could free ourselves from part of the burden we carry every day. In recent years, much of the technological discourse has insisted on this idea, also driven by the arrival of assistants such as ChatGPT, Gemini or the different co-pilots integrated into everyday software: fewer routine tasks, more time to think, create or decide calmly. However, as these tools begin to be truly used in real environments, a question arises that can no longer be ignored: what happens when that promise of relief is confronted with the daily practice of work. Depletion system. The narrative of relief begins to crack when academic research looks at what happens inside companies. A study published by Harvard Business Review describes that, in the observed case, the AI ​​did not decrease work, but rather tended to intensify it, even without explicit orders to produce more. These findings can be interpreted as a sign of an emerging problem, where increased capacity can push certain organizations towards dynamics close to structural exhaustion, more linked to constant acceleration than to the promised efficiency. Where does the data come from?. The aforementioned work was developed for eight months within an American technology company with about 200 employees, combining in-person observation two days a week, monitoring of internal communication channels and more than 40 in-depth interviews with engineering, product, design, research and operations profiles. The company did not mandate the use of AI or set new performance goals, although it did offer enterprise subscriptions to business tools, which allowed it to analyze what happened when adoption arose on the initiative of workers. The pattern behind the promise. Far from a sudden change, the intensification described by the researchers takes the form of a recognizable process. The magazine summarizes its findings in three mechanisms that, combined, transform the daily work experience: progressive expansion of responsibilities, increasingly blurred boundaries between activity and rest, and simultaneous management of multiple tasks supported by AI. The increased activity began, in many cases, with something that at first glance seemed positive: the feeling of being able to do more on one’s own. It was no secret that AI makes it possible to tackle tasks that previously required external support or specific knowledge, gradually expanding the perimeter of its role. However, this growth did not replace previous responsibilities, but rather added to them and triggered new demands for supervision and adjustment within the teams. When the pause is no longer a pause. The study also shows that this dynamic not only arises from doing more things, but from doing them at different times. By reducing the initial effort required to begin a task, AI made it easier for work to slide into spaces traditionally reserved for rest, such as meals, short intervals, or the end of the day. Over time, this barely perceptible continuity transformed the work experience into something more constant and less delimited, decreasing resilience even without formally increasing hours. Fragmentation of care. Harvard Business Review points out that the possibility of executing several actions at the same time, relying on systems that work in the background, pushed many professionals to maintain an increasing number of tasks open simultaneously. This multiplication of fronts generated a feeling of momentum and support, but also required frequently reviewing the results produced by the AI ​​and continuously changing context. As this behavior became habitual, expectations of speed tended to rise within the organization. A possible way out. The study suggests that the problem does not lie in the technology itself, but in the absence of frameworks that regulate its daily use. Therefore, it proposes developing an “AI practice” based on intentional pauses that allow decisions to be reconsidered, work sequencing that reduces fragmentation, and moments of human connection that counteract isolation. In this scenario, the challenge for companies stops being to adopt more AI and becomes integrating its capacity without eroding the balance of daily work. Images | Vitaly Gariev In Xataka | Google is going to borrow money to pay back in 100 years. You have to believe that in 100 years Google will still be there

AI is starting to change that dynamic

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For years, Apple was more than just a mobile phone manufacturer: it was the customer that everyone wanted to keep happy. The company that could negotiate with suppliers and reserve capacity in advance. But that stage is beginning to break down for a very specific reason: the industry has started buying hardware for artificial intelligence on an enormous scale, and that new appetite is reordering priorities. AI companies are willing to pay more and secure supplies up front, a shift that is beginning to put pressure on something Apple has protected like a treasure: its margins. Memory, the bottleneck. The easiest example to understand is in something as everyday as the storage and speed of the iPhone. It’s no secret that memory chips are in short supply due to the explosion of AI, and that is pushing prices up. Tim Cook dropped it in the last earnings call acknowledging limitations in chip supply and that memory prices were rising “significantly.” Not so comfortable terrain. The Wall Street Journal points out that AI giants are willing to close agreements with very attractive conditions for suppliers, including the possibility of securing supply with firm commitments and advance payments. This context gives room for companies like Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix to raise prices on certain DRAM chips destined for Apple. Even on the less visible plane there is friction: many engineers who previously worked on improving displays for smartphones now also spend time on specialized glass for packaging advanced AI chips. It’s a silent fight for capacity and attention. Alternative to TSMC. The newspaper says that TSMC is doing more business with NVIDIA and other AI companies. Consequently, according to anonymous sources with knowledge of the plans, Apple would be exploring the option of manufacturing some less advanced processors with another supplier. No name has yet been released, but it would be a fairly important change in the Cupertino company’s supply chain. How it affects us. In the short term, the blow is taken by the income statement: if components rise, margins suffer, even in a company used to working with ease. For the consumer the scenario is more ambiguous. The well-known analyst Ming-chi Kuo estimates that Apple would not expect to raise the price of the next iPhone if they are equipped in a similar way to the iPhone 17. That doesn’t take the pressure off, but it suggests that adjustment could come through other avenues, from configurations to tighter margins. Images | Apple In Xataka | The AI ​​bill for Meta has grown by 400% since 2023: Zuckerberg wants to lead the sector at any cost in 2026

Starting Monday, everything is going to change

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As I write these lines, there is more than 13,500 homes without electricity in the Île-de-France and the culprit is only one: Goretti. A storm that, As Samuel Biener pointed outhas intensified very rapidly in the Atlantic and has hit Great Britain, France and the north of the Peninsula. It is the first named storm of the year and, in Spain, we have been somewhat lucky (because its trajectory has gone north), but it is a very clear reminder of the devastating effects of explosive cyclogenesis. Then, simply, there will come a thermal shift “from the bowels of the Atlantic.” Goretti and Spain. As I say, we will not bear the worst of the impact of the storm. But that doesn’t mean anything: Removing wind and swell in the Cantabrian Sea and the western Pyreneesthe greatest effect that our country will suffer is the mass of polar maritime air that will leave us with cool and humid weather in the coming days. That will bring widespread rain and snow, AEMET has made it clear that has been put on alert to 14 communities and the autonomous city of Melilla. However, we are talking about orange notices and, if we compare with what we have experienced in recent days, it will seem ‘almost’ little to us. Therefore, we have to be careful, yes; but above all, we have to look at next week. Script change. As explained meteorologist Víctor González“all the predicted scenarios indicate that a deep trough will be established to the west of the peninsula starting next Sunday and especially during Monday, January 12.” The specific consequences of this are not yet clear (there is some uncertainty), but the general scheme is: a south and southwest advection that will bring us “air of tropical maritime origin.” What can we expect? In two words: rain on the Atlantic coast, widespread thaw and much higher temperatures than we have been suffering. At least, for a while. Because, finally, southern advection will warm Spainbut (when it retreats and leaves us in an anticyclonic situation) the low insolation will activate what in other years we have called the ‘iberian freezer‘: the air mass stabilized over the peninsula will progressively cool until some low pressure system alters it. In short, let’s fasten our seatbelts because curves are coming. Image | ECMWF In Xataka | While the snow devours half of Europe, there is a place where it is 27ºC and on the beach in the middle of January: Greece

Spain enters the “Scandinavian blockade” and that causes a radical change starting December 23

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Something is happening in Scandinavia and that something is going to affect us directly. It’s already affecting us. Because, as I write, a huge anticyclonic blockade over the Nordic countries is channeling polar (continental) air towards southern Europe. Specifically towards us. What is a lock atmospheric? We speak of blocking when the “normal” flow of west-east winds is interrupted and the jet becomes more wavy (it has variations from north to south). This slows down the typical advance of storms and sends them to areas with little traffic. In Europe, to be specificwe speak of “Scandinavian blocking” when a mass of high pressure in the north of the continent reorganizes the storms and favors cold weather towards mid-latitudes. What translated it turns out: a complicated week. At least in Spain and the Balearic Islands, where low pressures in a context of cold inflows and episodes of stability can end up generating many problems. We talk about yellow warnings for rain in the entire northwest half and snow levels approaching 700 meters in many areas of the country (and 1,200 in the south) Why is this important? I mean, we’re in winter, right? Yes, it’s true: but we are also on Christmas Eve, one of the busiest times of the year. Snow at medium levels and, above all, frost increase exponentially the probability of incidents on roads, ports and mountain passes. That is to say, we do not need a “new Filomena” for the country to turn upside down and accidents to skyrocket. And all this without talking about the associated problems. Indeed. On the one hand, a pattern of low maximums tends to put pressure on electricity and heating demand (with very intense peaks and the possible risks involved). On the other hand, agriculture will suffer damage and the cold will be a terrible factor because it will help the flu epidemic keep wreaking havoc. The debate now is on the impact. That is, the usual debate. For the first time in many years, we are not going to have a warm Christmas and that, we already know, is going to cause problems. The issue is how many problems and to what extent we will be able to get them right. Image | ECMWF In Xataka | Lightning seems like a normal thing: in reality we have been trying to understand it for years and we have achieved it in a laboratory

Renfe is obliged to compensate for delays of more than 15 minutes starting January 1. The Government wants to prevent it

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Renfe will have to compensate users whose trains are delayed more than 15 minutes. It has to do so by order of the Congress of Deputies that approved the amendment that included this detail within the Sustainable Mobility Law. Now the Government wants to torpedo it and is looking for solutions to avoid it. He claims to have reasons for this. The facts. A little over a month ago, The Congress of Deputies approved the Sustainable Mobility Law. in it were collected guidelines to guarantee support for aid for public transport or the first step for a new bus concessional system. But among the amendments that were made to the law, one was also carried out so that Renfe will compensate again to users whose trains were delayed by more than 15 minutes. It was a decision that reversed the decision which the company had taken a year earlier, when it expanded the criteria for returning part or all of the tickets. What had happened? In 2024, Renfe confirmed that it was rectifying its criteria for returning money for tickets. Until that year, the company was committed to returning part or all of the money spent under the following conditions: Delays of more than 15 minutes: payment of 50% of the ticket Delays of more than 30 minutes: 100% payment of the ticket With the changes applied in 2024, Renfe is operating as follows: Delays of more than 60 minutes: payment of 50% of the ticket Delays of more than 90 minutes: 100% payment of the ticket That is, in the first 59 minutes, the user currently does not receive a single euro of the price of their ticket. Previously, if delayed between 30 and 59 minutes, the customer received a full refund of the ticket. Now, by mandate of the Congress of Deputies, Renfe has to return to the previous compensations. That is, it will start returning money after 15 minutes. If nothing changes. And the Ministry of Transportation is looking for legal formulas to prevent this from happening, according to reports from Five Days. When the measure was announced, Óscar Puente, head of the Transportation portfolio, He already announced that they would look for solutions so that the current system does not go backwards. They point out from the media that Transportation lawyers are working against the clock to find judicial support that allows them to maintain the current situation. If not, as of January 1, 2026, passengers and consumer associations will have free rein to claim their money. What about Iryo and Ouigo? To understand why Renfe expanded its punctuality commitments, we must look at the return conditions of its competitors. Ouigo compensates in the following cases: Delay of more than 30 minutes and less than 60 minutes: 50% refund of the ticket in a non-refundable purchase voucher. Delay of more than 60 minutes and less than 90 minutes: 50% refund of the ticket in a refundable purchase voucher. Delay of more than 90 minutes: 100% refund of the ticket in a refundable purchase voucher. Iryo partially or totally refunds the money in the following situations: Delay of more than 30 minutes and less than 60 minutes: refund of 50% of the ticket in purchase voucher or cash. Delay of more than 90 minutes: 100% refund of the ticket in purchase voucher or cash. Inferiority. Since the amendment was approved, what the Ministry maintains is that with this new scheme the company competes under inferior conditions compared to Iryo and Ouigo. Renfe feels that it is being discriminated against in the market because it is the only company that is required to make these compensations while the Italian and French companies have room to play with them. The Government already pointed out this when the measure was approved, pointing out that the amendment (promoted by the Popular Party and approved with its support and that of Vox, Junts, ERC, Podemos and BNG) It was a political maneuver to focus on an alleged chaos in Renfe that, in his opinion, is not such. Furthermore, they point to another argument. The previous punctuality commitments were designed for a structure where only Renfe acted. Now, The trains on Spanish tracks have multiplied and the paradox may arise that a small delay caused by one of its competitors forces Renfe to return the money to its consumers and not to the company originating the problem. a hole. If the change ends up being effective, Renfe needs to make a piggy bank for possible refunds. And if we take into account the antecedents, the returns can amount to tens of millions of euros. In fact, four out of every 10 AVE trains In the summer they were delayed and up to two million travelers who previously obtained some type of refund were left without it. According to the calculations of The WorldIf the situation experienced this summer were to be repeated, the company will have to pay 79 million euros to its travelers. Money that was saved this summer in just three months. The problem has also been increasing because in Five Days They point out that the volume of these compensations remained at 42 million euros in 2023. However, since then Renfe services and traffic on the roads have increased, which increases the risk of delay. Photo | Xataka In Xataka | “There are no places for 10 days”: taking a train to go to work in Barcelona or Girona has become an impossible mission

As Japan runs out of children, it’s starting to adopt some ceremonies for one group on the rise: dogs

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Does a few weeks Miki Toguchi, a 51-year-old Japanese woman, went to a temple in Tokyo so that little Kotora could participate in the Shichi-Go-Sanan ancient Shinto ritual during which we thank children for their birthdays and pray for their protection. The ceremony is usually performed by young people aged seven, five and three, which is why it is often called that: ‘7-5-3’. Kotora is now five years old, hence Toguchi’s determination to have him blessed. The funny thing is that Kotora is not a child. Not a girl. It’s a schanuzer miniature that upon arriving at the Tokyo sanctuary for the ‘7-5-3’ ritual, he met other poodles, pomeranians, chihuahuas, bichons… Together represent better than any statistics demographic drift from Japan. A different ‘7-5-3’ ritual. The story of Kotora (and others like it) has just been told The New York Times in an article in which he reveals how in the sanctuary Ichigaya Kamegaoka (Tokyo) dogs are slowly replacing humans in the Shichi-Go-Sana ceremony designed for children. The origins of the ritual date back to Heian period (794-1185 AD), a period with a high infant mortality rate, which explains why the country’s aristocrats celebrated when their children reached three, five and seven years of age. Parents came to the shrines with their little ones, showed gratitude and prayed that their offspring would enjoy long, prosperous and healthy lives. From children to dogs. The ‘7-5-3’ has maintained its spirit for generations, but as Japan ran out of babies Shrines like Ichigaya Kamegaok have had to make a living. The country may have fewer and fewer children, but their homes they have been filling of dogs and cats, so dozens of temples throughout Japan have chosen to adapt the ritual to animals. The idea is the same: the little ones are blessed, thanks are given for their lives and protection is prayed for… although in this case the little ones are not children, but poodles, Pomeranians, Chihuahuas, bichons or Akitas (among many other species), dogs that often appear before the priests with kimonos and amulets. For reference, TNYT remember that the Tokyo temple receives seven times more pets than infants every fall: about 50 children compared to 350 animals. “Obsolete shrines”. Kenji Kaji is a priest at Ichigaya Kamegaoka Temple and explains that he has had to tweak some sentences to fit the pets. It may not be an orthodox practice, but he himself acknowledges that there is a less attractive scenario: “The worst thing would be if both Shintoism and the shrines became obsolete.” So pray that families and their furry friends enjoy “happy” lives. For the ceremony they ask 5,000 yen ($32). In cases like Kotora, the temples have found two things: a new source of income and a way for young people to get closer to tradition. “People have gone from having children to having pets,” Toguchi confesses.. She doesn’t have children, but she wants her pet to participate in ‘7-5-3’. It is not an isolated case. Looking back. In 2023 Reuters spoke already from an ancient temple located 35 km from Tokyo, the Zama sanctuary, which had a special prayer area designed for pets and their families to participate in the Shichi-Go-San. At the time, Natsumi Aoki, a 33-year-old woman who had blessed her Pomeranians, lamented that there were not enough pet-friendly sanctuaries in Japan. Today The New York Times assures that in the country there are already “dozens” of sanctuaries willing to say prayers for dogs. Much more than a ceremony. That the ‘7-5-3’ is opening up to pets and there are temples in which more rituals are already celebrated for more dogs than children is more than a simple anecdote. It is a symptom of the social changes that Japan is facing, mired in a deep population crisis from which it cannot escape. In 2024 the country registered 686,061 birthsa disastrous fact for two big reasons. The first is that it marks a new historical low. Never since records began in 1899 has Japan received fewer babies. The second is that this rate of births was far below the rate of deaths. Last year they died in Japan about 1.6 million peopleso for every baby born, two deaths were recorded. The result is a vegetative balance in the red that cost the country the greatest population loss since at least the late 1960s, which is when records began. Fewer babies, but no pets. During the pandemic the country saw how they increased cats and dogs in homes, although at the beginning of 2024 the Japan Pet Food Association detected that this increase was slowing down. That does not mean that pets have become a business of millionaire with growth forecast. Images | Rosewoman (Flickr), Japanexperterna (Flickr), Radim Jaksik (Unsplash) In Xataka | Japan has been mired in a demographic catastrophe for years. Now you know the price to get out of it: foreign babies

MediaMarkt has all these Google Pixel phones at a very discounted price starting at 339 euros

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Although MediaMarkt already has its own outlet on the main website, local stores also post many deals on the outlet they have through eBay. These devices come with a MediaMarkt warranty and are mostly refurbished. This time we can find quite a few Google phones on offerso in this article we are going to review the five most interesting bargains. Google Pixel 9a by 339.15 eurosa very interesting mobile if we are looking for a cheap phone that takes good photos. Google Pixel 8 by 399 eurosa mobile that will be updated for a few years. Google Pixel 9 by 509.15 eurosan interesting option considering that it comes with 256 GB. Google Pixel 10 Pro by 976.65 eurosan alternative to the previous mobile with better specifications and more internal storage. Google Pixel 10 Pro XL by 996.75 eurosa phone similar to the previous one but with a larger size. Google Pixel 9a One of the most attractive offers for its price is the Google Pixel 9aan economical mobile phone that, for 339.15 eurosoffers a good photographic result. This is an exhibition device previously used which may present superficial deterioration, but which works perfectly. Among its specifications, we find that it is a compact phone 6.3 inches which offers a refresh rate of 120 Hz, its processor is the Google Tensor G4 and it comes with 128 GB of storage. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Google Pixel 8 The good thing about Google mobile phones is that many of them will be updated for many years, as is the case with the Google Pixel 8 which is currently discounted by 399 euros and that it will be updated until 2030. It is an exhibition, it is used and may show superficial deterioration, but it works perfectly. The most notable thing is its set of camerasbut also its design and its compact 6.2-inch format. Of course, Back Market has it even cheaper, since it can be found for a price of 310 euros. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Google Pixel 9 If what we are looking for is a more recent generation, the Google Pixel 9 256 GB is on sale for 509.15 euros and it is also an exhibition, it is used and may show superficial deterioration, but it works perfectly. In this case we are talking about a telephone with a excellent multimedia section which also stands out for its set of cameras and artificial intelligence functions. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Google Pixel 10 Pro If we refer to the current generation, one of the most attractive proposals is found with the Google Pixel 10 Pro that, for 976.65 euroscomes with 512 GB. It is also a used display device that may show superficial wear but is in perfect working order. In this case, we are looking at a phone with an excellent design whose cameras are perfect for everyday use. Besides, It has a very interesting 100x. Google Pixel 10 pro (512GB) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Google Pixel 10 Pro XL And if we talk about the brand’s top mobile phone, the Google Pixel 10 Pro XL It is also on sale at the MediaMarkt outlet for 996.75 euros in its 512 GB configuration. It is a display device that is used and may show superficial deterioration, but it works perfectly. It is a model similar to the previous one, but with a larger screen, a larger battery capacity and better fast charging. Google Pixel 10 Pro XL (512GB) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | MediaMarkt and Compradicción (header), Google In Xataka | The best mobile phones (2025), we have tested them and here are their analyzes In Xataka | The best quality-price mobile phones (2025). Their analyzes and videos are here

Until now in ChatGPT we chatted only with an AI. Now it’s starting to look more like WhatsApp

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OpenAI has begun testing a function that gives a twist to the use given to ChatGPT: group chats. For the first time, the platform allows create conversations with up to 20 people where the chatbot acts as another participant. The pilot test has started in Japan, New Zealand, South Korea and Taiwan, and is available for users of all plans: Free, Go, Plus and Pro. How these groups work. To create a group chat, tap the new people icon in the top right corner of any new or existing conversation. Users must set up a basic profile with name, username and photo. They can then invite others by sharing a direct link. If you add people to an existing chat, ChatGPT creates a copy as a new group to keep the original conversation separate. The chatbot that knows when to speak. OpenAI assures have adjusted ChatGPT’s behavior to work better in this collaborative environment. The chatbot now follows the flow of the conversation and decides when to respond and when to remain silent, something that did not happen before. Users can force participation by directly mentioning “ChatGPT” in a message. In addition, the assistant can also react with emojis to messages, offering more natural behavior. Why does it make sense?. ChatGPT already had a solid foundation as a one-on-one conversation tool. Making the jump to group chats allows you compete directly with courier servicesa terrain where opportunities for use multiply. Planning trips, organizing work projects, searching for restaurants, or preparing collaborative documents are natural use cases that increase the time users spend on the platform. More exposure means more chances of conversion: the more people using ChatGPT as a group, the greater the chance that at least some will end up subscribing to the chatGPT. most basic payment plan (Go) turning the function into another way to make the service profitable. The technology behind. The responses in these groups are powered by GPT-5.1 Auto, a new model that OpenAI says can automatically select the best model GPT-5.1 depending on the type of question and the models available for each user according to their subscription. All the usual ChatGPT features, be it web searching, image and file uploading, image generation, and dictation, are available within groups. OpenAI also specifies that usage limits only apply when the chatbot responds, not when users chat with each other. What’s next. OpenAI indicates that will refine the experience based on feedback from early users before expanding it to more regions and plans. Currently, participants can customize the group name, add or remove people, mute notifications, and even set custom instructions for how ChatGPT should respond in each specific group. Anyone with the link can invite others, and participants can mute or remove other members at any time, except the group creator. Images | OpenAI In Xataka | Companies are turning their workers who know how to use AI into “stars”: the new labor gap

Spain fears a major collapse during the August 2026 eclipse, so it is already starting to design emergency plans

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Spain has activated the machinery to prepare for one of the most anticipated natural phenomena with the greatest logistical impact: the total eclipse that we will experience next August 12, 2026. A phenomenon that will cross the north of the country and that will make Spain the focus of all lovers of these phenomena that nature gives us, and it is logical, since it is the first total solar eclipse visible from continental Europe since 1999. The challenge of having thousands of people gathered together looking at the sky, and also added to the large number of tourists who will arrive in the country, makes the Government has asked the autonomous communities to prepare security and mobility plans. Something that can be similar, for example, to the organization of a soccer World Cup, but concentrated in a few hours. In order to manage the logistics of this important date, the central government activated an inter-ministerial commission that recently had a second meeting with the regional representatives. The objective is to be able to have a joint response to the massive influx of visitors mainly to the north of Spain. And it is no wonder, since in experience we have in mind the ‘Great American Eclipse‘ of 2024 where thousands of people ended up collapsing parks and roads, even where the eclipse was partial. And we want to avoid as much as possible that this ends up being chaos in Spain. The estimate. We are not talking about a few thousand people interested in these phenomena, but the Government proposes that millions of people can move to follow the strip of totality that will diagonally cross 13 autonomies and at least 27 provinces from Galicia to Aragon, passing through Castilla y León, Cantabria, Navarra and La Rioja. The eclipse will occur just at sunset, with the Sun going completely dark for a few minutes while the Moon blocks its disk, peaking at 20:28. The zone of total darkness will also cross a part of northern Portugal, the extreme west of Iceland and an unpopulated strip of Greenland, but Spain will be the only country where it can be observed with full guarantees and from inhabited places. And in the case of Spain in particular, the truth is that it is something historic, since It will be the first to be seen from the Iberian Peninsula in more than a century. What is requested. The central government wants to anticipate problems that may arise, such as an emergency, which is likely when we talk about a mass of people at a specific point. But in addition to this, contingency plans must also be prepared on roads due to the large number of trips that can occur in a very short period of time. The problem here is that we are in a country that is not centralized in a single administration, and that is why the cooperation of all the autonomous communities is essential. The Ministry of Science emphasize which, in addition to guaranteeing safety and mobility, seeks to promote correct scientific dissemination and avoid risks such as the use of non-approved solar glasses, an aspect highlighted by Cigudosa to prevent damage or fraud in eye protection during observation. The problems. Among those they want to address is undoubtedly the possibility of having accidents on roads, kilometer-long traffic jams and blocked access to cities. This adds to the possible overload of the infrastructures of emptied Spain, since many observation points are located in rural areas or coastal areas with limited resources. This means that it can be very easy for secondary roads to collapse, mobile coverage towers to be saturated, and for there to not be enough fuel or food for all the spectators of this historic event in our country. Although we must also highlight the possibility of a greater number of forest fires due to bad human practices and precisely at a time of maximum risk. Those that are to come. The 2026 eclipse is just the starting signal for a ‘trio of eclipses’ that can be seen from Spain. The specific agenda we have is the following: August 12, 2026: the great northern eclipse, at sunset, which is total. August 2, 2027: Just one year later, another total eclipse will cross the southern tip of Spain. It will be visible from Cádiz, Málaga, Ceuta and Melilla. Unlike the first, this one will be in the morning and will be one of the longest of the century, with a total that will exceed 4 and a half minutes in the Strait. January 26, 2028: an annular eclipse (where the Moon does not completely cover the Sun, leaving a bright circle) will cross the south of the peninsula, visible from areas such as Seville or Granada. In this way, the Government has the task of preparing for three different events in a range of three years that will attract a large number of national and international curious people. In Xataka | Between 2026 and 2028 Spain will become an eclipse paradise. And we have new maps to know where they will look best

Amazon is not done with layoffs, according to Reuters. A new round will affect thousands of employees starting this week

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Amazon is preparing for a new wave of layoffs that could reach up to 30,000 corporate jobs starting this Tuesday, according to information provided by Reuters. The stated objective within the company is to cut expenses and correct the oversizing of personnel derived from the years of greatest demand during the pandemic. The news agency points out that, if confirmed at these levels, it would be the largest internal adjustment since the around 27,000 cuts that began at the end of 2022. The new cut comes in a context of constant changes within Amazon since Andy Jassy assumed executive management. In these three years, the company has alternated layoffs and new hires. The first wave of mass layoffs under Jassy took place in November 2022 and mainly affected the Devices and Services teams. Since then, the company has continued to review its internal structure in search of a balance between efficiency and growth. The figures. The plan contemplates up to 30,000 corporate cuts, according to the aforementioned media, which is equivalent to almost 10% of Amazon’s approximately 350,000 office employees. In its total global workforce, of about 1.55 million people, it represents a smaller fraction, but the internal impact would be considerable. If confirmed, it would be the company’s largest personnel adjustment since the around 27,000 positions eliminated between 2022 and 2023. The exact figure could vary depending on the financial priorities of each division. Where it impacts. The most affected divisions will be, according to Reuters, the Human Resources departments – known internally as People Experience and Technology –, along with the Devices and Services areas, and part of the operations. In the last two years, Amazon had already made minor cuts to several of these teams, including communications and podcasts. The new departures, which begin this week, point to a broader reorganization within corporate structures. Why now. Since his arrival, Andy Jassy has promoted a restructuring aimed at reducing what he himself described as excessive bureaucracy. Its strategy includes cutting hierarchical levels and promoting the use of artificial intelligence to optimize internal work. Jassy had already anticipated in June that the advancement of these tools would cause new cuts, by automating routine tasks. How will you communicate? The management teams began internal training this Monday to manage communication with affected employees, according to the sources consulted. Email notifications are scheduled for Tuesday morning, when the process will formally begin. Amazon wants area managers to be able to answer their teams’ questions and offer support during the transition. While preparing this internal adjustment, Amazon is heading towards a new Christmas season that promises to be intense. The company plans to hire about 250,000 temporary employees to reinforce its logistics centers, the same figure as in the previous two years. Next Thursday it will present its third quarter results, where it is expected to detail the impact of its internal reorganization and forecasts for the end of the year. Images | Amazon (1, 2) | tonodiaz In Xataka | The striking thing is not that Accenture is laying off 11,000 workers for AI: it is that it is hiring many more for AI

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