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Planting the heat of Córdoba in summer is impossible. I have tried a personal thermal dissipator to at least try

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I do not discover anything to anyone if I say that In Córdoba it is hotter than on Charmander’s birthday. We have many good and beautiful things, such as the Mosque-Catedral, Medina Azahara or the Alcazar of the Christian Kings. This is the only city in the world with four assets of humanity, The first person to fly did in Córdoba And for having, we have even A traffic light with artificial intelligence. But if there is something we have and that we are left over, it is, without a doubt, heat. There are those who fight this excess of Celsius degrees leaving Fuengirola (also called Córdoba II). Others put in front of the fanunder the air conditioning or call the friend who has a pool at home with the excuse of “how long without seeing us.” I, for my part, have tried in a less conventional way. I have done it with a personal thermal dissipator of Sony: the Reon Pocket Pro. It is put below the shirt, but so you can see the size better and where it should be placed | Image: Xataka Terus dissipator … what? I know it sounds a bit strange (not as much as Go to the gym with an exoskeletonwhich also made), so we go in parts. The Sony Reon Pocket Pro is a portable thermal device that cools and heats the part of the body with which it comes into contact. That part is precisely the upper back area, just below the neck. It is not a portable air conditioning, much less. How does it work? The device incorporates two independent thermal modules in the rear that cool or heat according to the context (then we return to this) and a fan that extracts the heat from our body and expels it above. The two thermal plates alternate, so that when one reaches a certain temperature, the other is deactivated and activated so that the sensation of freshness is constant. These two plates work independently and cool or heat | Image: Xataka How do you get? We have to place it so that the two plates touch our body and the upper air exit protrudes slightly from the shirt. If we wear a shirt, we can use the adapter. The device is slightly curved, thus respecting our natural curve, and has a pair of flexible tubes that are placed around the neck and keep it subject. These, by the way, are not seen, but they stay under the shirt. And yes, they are noticed. The air exit should stay above the neck of the shirt | Image: Xataka These moorings should also be placed below the shirt | Image: Xataka Is it comfortable? Depends. It is acceptable if we take it while we walk or We are perfectly seated (With a straight back), and that weighs about 200 grams. If we change posture, for example, more reclined in the chair or lying on the couch, impossible. As for noise, I have not appreciated that the fan makes more account noise. I wear it right now and in my office, where only the noise of my mechanical keyboard is heard, I do not appreciate it in excess. However, I must say that it seems like a device too large and that finding the exact location in which it must be placed is complicated. It is not so “of remove and put” as perhaps you could expect a device like this, but you have to place it well, in its place, if we want it to work correctly. That it is more or less comfortable will depend, in large part, on the position we adopt | Image: Xataka Ok, but it cools? Let’s go to the point. The Reon Pocket Pro can be used in two ways: manual or automatic. If we establish it in manual, we can configure (via buttons or via app) the target temperature and the device will be in charge of reaching it. If we establish it in automatic, it will use, in addition to the data of the device itself, those of the Reon Pocket Tag to determine the objective temperature depending on the ambient temperature, the humidity and even the exposure to direct light. The problem is that this small sensor works well if it is abroad. If we carry it in the pocket (it is fully designed to hang it on the keys or in the pants), the data can vary. In any case, it works well and if we are going to use it in a room like an office for a while, just leave it on the table and forget about it. Reon pocket tag | Image: Xataka As for the sensation, it is … curious. As soon as we put it, we will notice how the surface of the neck begins to cool (or heat). It is almost instantaneous. With the passage of the latter, the sensation of freshness is improving and, thanks to the two thermal modules that are alternating, it is constant. And yes, cool. Now, the reality is that the one that is: the sensation of freshness, within that it relieves even going down the street, is very localized in the area near the location of the device. The cold mode sensation is the same as if you carry a bag of ice cubes on the back. In heat mode, it reminds me a lot of thermal blankets for neck pain. Image | Xataka On the battery. Using it at a medium cold temperature, the device lasts practically one day. A working day endures it without problem. At a lower or greater temperature, depending on the way we choose, less autonomy. In that sense, the use of hot mode spends more than cold mode, but for obvious reasons I have not used it just during these days. As for the load, it is completed in approximately three hours. So… Is it pleasant? It is, especially when you put it … Read more

The Valencian Community has a single inhabited island. And when summer comes tourism is the slightest of its problems

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Tabarca is a special island for many reasons. By its sizejust 1,800 meters long, a few hundred meters wide and an area of 0.3 km2. For its condition of Only inhabited island from the Valencian Community, although its census barely goes from half a hundred of neighbors. And for the particular situation that lives in the tourist stage of the Costa Blanca. Although in summer Tabarca receives thousands of visitors a day, its main problem with tourism is not the massification but The deficiencies suffering from the archipelago and worsens with the arrival of heat. Tabarca is a unique island. And not always for good. In a place in Alicante … Tabarca is a small island on the Alicante coast, located scarce Eight kilometers from the port of Santa Pola. And the “little” is more than justified. The island is around 0.3 km2 and the entire archipelago barely passes from 1,800 m long and 400 wide, which can travel from top to bottom in A small walk. Its size and their population, of just over fifty people (According to the INE There are 34 men and 25 women censored there) they make it an exceptional case. It often presents itself as The only one Populated Island of the Valencian Community and The smallest of the country with permanent population. Its location, beaches and landscapes also make it something else: a busy destination in summer. A figure: 10,000. One thing is the autumn tabarca, winter and the principle of spring and a very different summer tabarca. When the heat arrives, the island becomes a defendant destination. Both in fact that the transfer of bathers and families multiplies exponentially. Some estimates talk that in summer peak days exceed 5,000 visitors. Others raise it to 10,000. It is good for one or another figure, in October that translates into a tourist pressure that far exceeds its register. The figures handled by the local press do not always coincide, but are equally blunt. Some estimates point to more than 150,000 visitors during the summer months or even 230,000 Throughout the year. The influx of tourists also concentrates on a Very concrete season: The drip begins towards Holy Week, with the arrival of retirees of the Imserso, continues among the ends of spring and the beginning of summer with the schoolchildren and intensifies in the warmest months with visitors attracted by the beaches. Is it a problem? The tide of tourists has sneaked into the public debate of Alicante, with Voices in favor to control access to the island and apply “limits to the number of visitors” daily, a measure that already applies in other parts of the country, such as in the CIES, in Galicia. At least a year ago the Almeria City Council It was not shown However, too supportive of afor and restrictions. Others bet on DestationalizeThe demand for the bulk of tourism not to concentrate in the summer months. “The island needs a more balanced approach that considers not only beach tourism, but also ecotourism and cultural tourism, which can help distribute the load of visitors more uniformly during the year,” he said In 2024 Alejandro Triviño, from the University of Alicante, to Information. In his favor Tabarca has more than beaches. It is considered Marine reserve Since 1986 and enjoys an interesting story that links it to Berber pirates and Genoese fishermenin addition to A rich heritage which includes The wall or the Church of San Pedro and San Pablo. Something more than massification. However, the big problem of Tabarca is not the massive influx of visitors, but how they arrive and what they are once land. I explained it yesterday The country in An article Remember that the main challenge of the island in tourism is the deficiencies that it drags, a few deficiencies is that they become even more visible when the heat comes. “The problem is not tourists,” Recognize to the Diario Carmen Martí, president of the neighborhood association. “We need a comprehensive plan that condition the island for inhabitants and visitors.” The reason? In summer Tabarca receives a tide of travelers willing to spend the day on their coasts, but unlike what happens in other Arenales of Alicante, on the island –Martí complaint– They do not have some basic services. “Public toilets, shadow areas, tourist attractions such as the church or the vaults of the wall are closed, the tower is in ruins …” insists The neighborhood leader before adding one more task to the list: regulate displacements and a public transport service. “How 40 years ago”. Martí is not the only one who thinks like that. The owner of one of the island’s restaurants Recognize to The country That Tabarca has gone from being a small community that basically lived from fishing to a hyper tourist destination, but that transformation has not come accompanied by changes that make it more assumed for the locals. “Many people come and we are like 40 years ago,” Reflect. “We need a larger port, to separate the tourist from goods ships and more cultural activity so that the visit is not only sun and beach.” The list of resident requests is wide. They talk about transport, pricing disparity with which visitors are and the cost assumed by those who work on the island, of public services as basic as medical assistance or public spaces (picnic or even shadow areas) in which visitors can protect themselves during the warmer afternoons of the summer. Is it something new? No. It comes a quick search to verify that the complaints of the neighbors are not new. A year ago, during An interview In Onda Cero, Martín explained that the Island supports a tourist pressure similar to that of “any tourist area of ​​the Peninsula”. “The problem is that it is not prepared to welcome with guarantees the numerous visitors who agglomerate mainly during the months of July and August,” warns the representative of the neighbors, who regrets that “the impression that … Read more

Ourense is synonymous with heat and 40ºC in summer

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The ourensans are more accustomed to the heat of what we would commonly think for one of the Galician provinces. The municipality has broken the record Several times in the last decades of the highest temperatures marked in Europe. It is not that it has exceeded the absolute figure, but has exceeded other typically torrid cities on the same dates, and for a notable difference. The Coasts of the Atlantic Ocean have always been famous for being cold and wet. Even in summer, Galicia enjoys softer temperatures than the rest of the peninsula due to pure oceanic climate. Well, at least in almost all its territory, because if we take into account Ourense this premise may not be fulfilled. Embedded between green mountains and bathed by the Miño, Ourense is, without a doubt, somewhat peculiar. And, although it is of a very Galician character, and it has nothing to envy landscapes and atmosphere to its sister provinces, instead of having a purely oceanic climate sometimes There are more typical episodes of subtropical areas. This has led to the records of maximum temperatures several times over the last decades. Galician, but hot The previous occasion was in 2017, when Ourense beat the maxim during the month of May. At that time, the city reached 37.6 ºC (together with Ribadavia), which meant the breakdown of the European record for those dates. At that time, the entire peninsula lived a very hot climate for spring, but especially the Ourensana capital, which recorded throughout the month sustained temperatures above 30 ºCusually reaching 36 ºC. In 2013, in full heat wave of Julio, Ourense reached 45 ° Cwith a thermal sensation of up to 51 ºC, while in Seville, a typically hot city, the 45 ° C were reached, and that in Europe The maximums were around 40 ºC. In 2012, this city was also among the hottest spring, reaching temperatures comparable to those of the southern peninsular. In July 1990, the extreme figure of 42.2 ºC was reached in Ourense a record number, again, for those dates. And so the account becomes long, with numerous similar episodes. How do you explain that Ourense is one of the hottest cities being so north? However, we do not need to go back back in time to identify the peculiar warmth that the climate of this Galician province entails. According to the weather file prepared by Meteoblue During the last days of the current month of June the maximum temperature has risen until touching the 35 ° Cwhich, once again, consolidates it as one of the European regions with the warmest climate. A subtropical climate in Galicia In 1900, Wladimir Peter Köppen designed a Climate Classification System. This consists of a global natural climate classification that identifies each type of climate with a series of letters that indicate the behavior of temperatures and rainfall that characterizes this type of climate. According to this classification, Galicia is in a pure or subocean oceanic climate, identified with CWB and CWC figures. However, Ourense does not enter into this classification, but corresponds to a CSA climate, that is, a typical Mediterranean climate. The typical Mediterranean is characterized by dry and hot summers, with average temperatures above 22 ° C and wet and rainy winters, with soft temperatures. The colder the month, according to this system, the rainiest results; Already the reverse, the hotter the month, the drier results, although they do not have to coincide exactly. In an oceanic climate, such as the rest of Galicia, however, summers are much cooler than in areas with subtropical or Mediterranean humid climate. Why does it depart so much from the rest of the region? The answer is undoubtedly in the orography. The Valles del Miño and Sil They produce a geographical barrier that directs the weather. Thus, there is a kind of thermal well promoted by a thermal investment effect. This phenomenon occurs when the coldest layers and close to the ground cannot ascend since they are blocked by a still cold layer. This generates a layer of clouds and calima over Ourense, which causes an increase in temperatures in the area due to a local greenhouse effect, where radiation from the bouncing surface. Thus, although the morning dawns fresh, as the day takes place, solar radiation heats the air that remains imperturbable in the same area. This orographic configuration, in fact, would have been responsible for THE EXPLOSION OF LIFE that the region has lived In the last 120,000 yearsafter glaciation. As indicated by the geographers of the Department of Xeography of the University of Santiago de Compostela, the diversity of temperatures responds to the existing contrasts between the different areas of Galician geography. These contrasts, in turn, must, as we said, to the so particular geographical configuration of Galicia in combination with the distances that are even the Atlantic Ocean. Thus, both in the interior valleys of Miño and Sil, and in the interior depressions of Verín and Monforte, there are very high temperatures compared to northern Galicia, where you can register up to twenty degrees less for being subjected to fresher winds, from the ocean. In Xataka | At the end of May we reached 40ºC: it is only the appetizer of the decimer summer a consecutive warmer than normal according to aemet In Xataka | The Mediterranean is more than two degrees above normal: and it is something that has serious consequences in Spain

The atmosphere has been stuck in a “extreme heat generator” on Spain. That means something: a hard summer

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The first fortnight of June has brought us more typical temperatures at the end of July or even August: there have been numerous days in which wide areas of the southern peninsular have seen the thermometers exceed the 40º line. The problem now is not that heat stays with us throughout the summer, the problem is that it may go more. Same trend. The heat seems determined to settle on the peninsula, or at least that is what can be detached from models such as those used by the European Center for Middle Term weather forecasts (ECMWF). To understand why, we have to look higher towards the atmosphere. About 1,500 meters high. According to Explain The physicist, disseminator and researcher at Aemet JJ German in his account Twitterwe have the track in the forecasts on the temperature at height at 850 hectopascales (HPA), which usually refer to an approximate height in the atmosphere of 1,500 meters, the low troposphere zone. The temperature at this level tends to be related to the temperature that we see at soil level, so it can serve as a reference for how temperatures will evolve in the coming days. According to data shared by German, we not only find a temperature above the climatological average (an anomaly above the 5th Celsius), but the situation will last, with the possibility that this anomaly approaches 10th towards the end of June. “This is barbarity: far from returning to balance as normal, atmospheric dynamics on the Iberian Peninsula seem to get stuck in an extreme heat generator,” explained in its publication. Looking at the map. If we focus on The map Prepared by ECMWF, we will also see that heat will remain foreseeably installed on our heads. The forecasts indicate that during the next ten days the almost entire peninsula will be under the influence of temperatures above 20º to 850 HPA, with large areas above the 24th and with some points, the 28th barrier temporarily exceeds. What’s happening. In a second TweetGerman explained what is happening. According to the expert, a Dana located west of the peninsula and a dorsal (an extension of high pressures associated with an anticyclone) would be responsible for the situation. A situation that would be seeing aggravated by the low atmospheric movement, thus achieving what German refers as a “static equilibrium point.” The result: heat and more heat. The result is the intuitive: this warm episode seems to be sentenced to extend over time, at least during the next week. The maximum in a large part of the Peninsular South They could stay above 36º and promptly above 40º. In Xataka | At the end of May we reached 40ºC: it is only the appetizer of the decimer summer a consecutive warmer than normal according to aemet Image | ECMWF

Aliexpress’s summer promo starts with very powerful discounts on mobile phones, tablets and more devices

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There are many users who, when they seek to renew one of their devices, usually expect very specific dates, such as Black Friday. These promos usually bring chollos and offers of all kinds, although the negative part is that they are only held at specific times of the year. The good news is that the different stores also launch promos the rest of the year And now he has touched Aliexpress. From yesterday until June 25 at 23:59 we have available your Summer promoan event loaded with very good offers in technology. In addition to these, we also have at our disposal A series of discount coupons To save even more in our carts: code discount Minimum purchase ES02 2 euros 15 euros ES04 4 euros 29 euros ES10 10 euros 69 euros ES20 20 euros 139 euros SSES30 30 euros 199 euros ES40 40 euros 279 euros SSES45 45 euros 309 euros ES50 50 euros 349 euros ES60 60 euros 439 euros All these discount coupons cannot be used combined nor are they valid for virtual products or other promotions. In addition to the above, we have others available that, in this case, can only be used with products that Miravia sells through Aliexpress: Code discount Minimum purchase Master153 3 euros 15 euros Master5910 10 euros 59 euros MES400 80 euros 599 euros An event loaded with chollos in technology As we say, there are few offers that we have available right now in this summer promo. To facilitate the work, we leave you down a selection of the most prominent that are still available. Little x7 proa smartphone with a great value for money, by 219.99 euros. Bose Quietcomfort SC headphonesof headband and with good autonomy, by 124.29 euros With the ES20 code. OnePlus Watch 3with 1.5 -inch screen and an elegant design, by 183.49 euros With the SSES30 code. Galaxy Tab A9+a very economical tablet to study or work, for 119.99 euros With the ES20 code. Nintendo Switch Pro commandcompatible with Nintendo Switch 2, by 49.66 euros with the ES04 code. Little x7 pro We start with him Little x7 proa telephone that stands out for a very high money ratio (and more, with this offer). 6.67 inches AMOLED screen with 3,200 nits peak shineinsured power with the dimensity 8400 ultra of MediaTak and a considerable battery of 6,000 mAh. In addition, it has a good double camera photographic system. It is available by 219.99 euros. * Some price may have changed from the last review Bose Quietcomfort SC If we are looking for headband headphones, these Bose quietcomfort scs perfect us. They stand out for being light, for offering a sound at brand height And for having a good noise cancellation. In addition, we can also configure them in their ‘Aware’ mode to be aware of what happens around us. Available by 124.29 euros With the ES20 code. * Some price may have changed from the last review OnePlus Watch 3 He One Plus Watch 3 It is a smartwatch with a classic cut design, but has enough characteristics to get our attention. Its 1.5 -inch screen is protected by sapphire crystal and has a peak shine of 2,200 nits, so we will be able to see it out of problems without problems. We cannot forget that it also has a good number of sensors to be able to control our health and our training to the millimeter. It comes out by 183.49 euros With the SSES30 code. * Some price may have changed from the last review Galaxy Tab A9+ You don’t have to spend a fortune to have a tablet at home and this Galaxy Tab A9+ It is the test. It is a manageable and comfortable device to use, both for work and leisure. It has a 11 -inch screen (with 90 Hz) and a 7,040 mAh battery to offer us good autonomy. Besides, It is compatible with Dolby Atmos soundideal to watch series or movies. We can acquire it for 119.99 euros With the ES20 code. Galaxy Tab A9 + (4 + 64 GB) * Some price may have changed from the last review Nintendo Switch Pro command We close with the Pro Nintendo Switch Uno command, which It is compatible with Nintendo Switch 2. It is a wireless and very comfortable command to use, ideal if we seek to have a traditional experience in the Nintendo console. The best thing is that the summer promo leaves it at a price that is not easy to find: it goes out for 49.66 euros with the ES04 code. Pro Nintendo Switch command * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Aliexpress, little, Bose, OnePlus, Samsung, Nintendo In Xataka | The best smartwatch: their analysis and videos are here In Xataka | Best wireless headphones. Which to buy and 19 models from 20 euros to 450 euros

or hire more controllers, or there will be delays this summer

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The Irish airline Threat with 20% more delays for this summer If the Minister of Transportation, Óscar Puente, does not increase the template of air drivers. Why is it important. Ryanair has made the shortage of controllers a public battle against the Spanish government. And not just Spanish: a few days ago He pointed to his five major European markets on his own website. The company records 11,576 delays in 2025 that have affected more than two million passengers. And the figures are transformed into media pressure strategy. In Xataka In its extreme obsession with hand luggage, Ryanair has created a new and explicit product: “Backpacks to travel with Ryanair” The facts. Spain occupies The second European position in air control delaysjust behind France. The data is objectives: 2024 was a record year in ATC delays despite having 5% less flights that before pandemic in Europe. Air traffic grew 9.7% in 2024 after A especially negative 2023 in terms of delays. Spain It manages 22% of European traffic and generates 11% of delays Continental. The process of forming a controller requires two years, which complicates the immediate response to the demands of the airline. The context. This campaign comes in full controversy due to Ryanair fines for abusive practices. The company had already previously attacked Minister Pablo Bustinduy after receiving A sanction of 179 million euros. Between the lines. Ryanair’s tight schedules (one of the factors that explain its important profitability) amplify any system delay. When an airline program scales with minimal times, five minutes of delay can generate a cascade of problems that the automatic Eurocontrol system does not forgive. The question in the air is whether the lack of controllers is the main cause of delays or if there are operational factors of the airlines themselves aggravating the problem. The answer possibly includes both elements. In Xataka | The great secret of Ryanair’s success is that he does not earn money to fly: he does so squeezing you in everything else Outstanding image | CLAUDIO LUIZ CASTRO in Unspash

If the question is how to prevent electric car loaders from collapse in summer, China has an idea: rolling plugs

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The end of March 2024. Spain returns from Holy Week, one of the most mobility festivities in the country, and the images begin to run through mobile phones: Collapsed Tesla chargers. They are not many but enough for their users to have to wait for hours to fill their batteries. The images leave us two readings. The first is what We explain in Xatakathe images are without any doubt the reflection of the lack of confidence in other service stations other than Tesla. The second reading is more worrying for those who want to jump into an electric car: in Spain around 5% of electric cars were being purchased in 2024. And, despite everything, the service stations (no matter how much they were) They collapsed. It is logical that the agnostics of the electric car and also those who value make the leap in their next purchase ask themselves: what happens in a country like China? Over there, In 2024 11 million cars were sold completely electric. The figures are so overwhelming that, without a doubt, it is a challenge for load infrastructure when vacations arrive. But also a mirror where to look at the future. Its solution this year has been to put rolling points. Wheels plugs The first days of May, China celebrates as a good part of the world worker. However, over the years, the Chinese government has been expanding this holiday that now occupies the first five days of the month and, therefore, has become one of the most important rest periods in the country and one of the great moments to travel. As It happens in Spain during Holy Weekin China the feast of the first days of the year accumulates congestion and long jams On the road. With the largest electric car park in the world, this can be a problem on roads such as the one that unites Beijing and Shanghai, separated by more than 1,300 kilometers. One of the usual fears before the electric car is that if we do not manage to reduce the load times, little by little the service stations will be saturated and the 20-30 minutes of recharge can be transformed in hours as a result of a sustained jam to be able to operate in the plugs. To avoid this, this year a first test has been launched with what has been described as “plug -in aircraft carriers.” That is, trucks with huge batteries already loaded that serve as plugs to several vehicles at the same time. In the Chinese media They explain that they can serve a total of eight cars at the same time and even nurture a maximum of 100 cars per truck. The system has allowed multiplying the options that drivers had available during the Chinese New Year. They estimate that the available plugs grew by 80% on the highway between Beijing and Shanghai and that for this 238 auxiliary trucks were deployed in the 49 most busy service areas. In addition, another 246 temporary load stations were built to relieve the demand for electricity. The system was managed by the provincial Jiangsu Department of Transportation and the company Jiangsu Dlala New Energy Technology Co. Click on the image to go to the original tweet Once the truck empties all its batteries, it moves to a station where Recover energy through solar panels and load the batteries again. With yours already loaded it can move where more demand for electricity is required. In total, each truck has 3,600 kWh of energy. That is, with the calculations above, each car can load a maximum of 36 kWh of electricity. That, in an electric car with a road consumption of 20 kWh/100 km is about 180 kilometers of autonomy. Despite this, we must understand that in China the extended range. Cars that, In the background, they are plug -in hybrids and whose batteries move in that range of about 40 kWh capacity, so they could not fill the batteries more. The use of these rolling plugs is not new in China but they are generally used to get hurry to those who have not been able to reach a load point and have run out of electricity before or as auxiliary but very punctual support when a station has been filled. The power of these loaders mounted on trucks is, however, 20 times greater than the Rolling plugs of brands like Wulingdesigned for an emergency. That of this brand, for example, has a battery inside that allows you to contribute up to 141 kWh of electricity. This means that it can fill between 1.5 and 3 electric cars batteries, depending on their size. Catl is also investing In the development of this systems although, again, these are auxiliary and smaller services. Photo | Byd and @drivegreen80167 In Xataka | If the question is how we are going to load thousands of electric cars on the street, Portugal believes to have the answer: street lamps

Is it healthy to eat an ice cream each and every day of summer? Science already has an answer

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In a balanced and varied diet it is not difficult to find a hole for occasional whim, a sweet dessert or a Snack from time to time. Now, finding balance is not always easy, even more so when we often receive news that they point out that foods like ice cream They are healthy, something that seems to contradict our most basic ideas about nutrition. So is this true? How often can I eat ice cream? First, bad news: no, eating ice cream is not especially healthy. As with the consumption of certain alcoholic beverages such as wine, the fact that some study finds positive properties in any of its converters, does not necessarily imply that a food will be healthy. Here it is important to address several issues issues. The first is that there may be other components that cancel the positive effect detected. In the example of wine, its alcohol content tends to counteract the impact of compounds such as polyphenols. A key question to ask ourselves here is if we can obtain the beneficial compounds of a source that does not contain the harmful compounds. It is also relevant to attend to what aspect of health a certain study refers. Analysis can be carried out focused on A specific aspect of healthsuch as the incidence of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes or cancer. It is therefore important to understand that what can be good for one aspect of our health may not be so much for another. Interpreting the results of a study is important, but sometimes the methodology can also give us important clues when making this interpretation. An example we have In an article for The conversation Written by Duane Melor, expert in Medicine and Nutrition of Birmingham Aston University. Although it is an interesting result, some factors must be taken into account, the first, the fact that ice cream represents a small element of the diet and that sometimes other variables can play a bad pass. Melor In a doctoral thesis published in 2018 and focused on the heart effects of dairy products. The thesis, the expert indicates, included a study in which it was observed that, among the study population (composed of people with type 2 diabetes), those who consumed ice cream no more than twice a week showed a 12% lower risk of suffering from cardiovascular diseases, compared to those who did not consume this sweet. Although it is an interesting result, some factors must be taken into account, the first, the fact that ice cream represents a small element of the diet and that sometimes other variables can play a bad pass. “It is important to note that this bond between ice cream and heart disease only becomes apparent when other aspects of people’s health are taken into account, including how healthily they ate,” MELLOR EXPLAIN IN YOUR ARTICLE. “This suggests that eating A generally healthy diet It is possibly more important when reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease in people with type 2 diabetes, compared to eating ice cream. ” Establishing causal relationships in observational studies such as this is difficult and mellor gives us an example of why. A person with problems prior to the study may decide to stop consuming ice cream to improve their diet. This implies that this person will be seen for the purpose of the study as a person with a worse level of health despite leading a seemingly healthier life. If there is a marked trend, that is, if there are numerous cases like this, the results of the study may present biases. Practice and theory Ice cream are usually high caloric food in sugar and in fat. This, as we point out at the beginning, can fit perfectly into a balanced diet, but it does not mean that a food is healthy. He sugar consumption It has been linked to very different problems that cover from oral health to an increased risk of cancer, also through diabetes. Fats and excess calories can also facilitate the appearance of overweight or obesity. While this is not a health problem in itself, it is a risk factor in the appearance of diseases and disorders, including cardiovascular diseases. There are also studies that point in this direction, some of them cited by Melor in their piece. A study Made by an Italian researchers team and published in 2019 in the magazine Nutrientsdetected that greater ice cream consumption was linked to the appearance Non -alcoholic fatty liver diseasesomething that is not exclusive to this food, but we must also take into account when making our nutritional decisions. We explained before something that we must take into account is whether we can find healthier alternatives. Part of The benefits that can give us ice cream come from milk, thanks to elements Like calcium either The probiotics. That is, non -sugary yogurt (or less sugary), cheese, or milk can give us some of these nutrients, turning them into alternatives that may perhaps fit more into a daily diet. So how much can I eat ice cream? There is no clear response, it depends on factors such as the type of ice cream we are consuming (the nutrients that each type of ice cream provides can vary) and the size of the ration, our diet and countless factors such as our weight or our state of health. If we wanted Consume ice cream every day We should make sure first to have A varied diet (and healthy lifestyle habits), consume reduced amounts and eliminate other added sources. And still nothing guarantees that this cannot lead to other problems such as the aforementioned fatty liver disease. In Xataka | We have been studying chocolate and tea compounds for more than 75 years. Now we know that they help control blood pressure Image | Lukas

Several newspapers published their 15 favorite books for this summer. 10 of them had invented the AI

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Summer approaches, and with it, the inevitable recommendations of the best books, series and films with which to invest our time. Lists that we understand that they are elaborated by experts in this type of suggestions, although it is not always so. In fact, they are sometimes elaborated by artificial intelligences. And sometimes, the results are as disastrous as delusions. It has been AI. This is what the ‘Chicago Sun-Times’ readers have found (and many other newspapers in the United States with that union content) in the supplement ‘The best of summer’, published last weekend. In it, an article with fifteen book recommendations for heat months: ten of them are false, although curiously, their authors are authentic. The person in charge, Marco Buscaglia, recognizes 404 average that has used AI To elaborate it: “Sometimes I use AI as support, but I always check the material first. This time I did not do it and I cannot believe that it would happen to me because it is very obvious. There are no excuses. The fault is mine one hundred percent and I am completely embarrassed.” A couple of examples. Among the most striking books recommended by the list is ‘Tidewater Dreams’ by Isabel Allende, who significantly has just published a book, ‘My name is Emilia del Valle’. The article also recommends the new Andy Weir, author of ‘The Martian’ who titled ‘The Last Algorithm’. It is interesting because the description made of the previous work of the authors is correct, and the synopsis that invents could be true. But they are not. The list of authors continues with people like percival Everett, Ray Bradbury or Jess Walter. Confusion to many levels. According to They have investigated in 404 averageGoogle’s AI gives as authentic that same false book of Isabel Allende (although at this time, the search for ‘tidewater Dreams’ throws, above all, results that report on the Chicago fiasco of Chicago Sun-Times). It’s about a significant fact: it has not transcended what the article elaborated with the article, but as It is increasingly patentthe search for documentation and reliable data between these systems that are feedback begins to be a real mines field. Multiple hallucinations. This is one of the first times in which these problems with the veracity of the results of the AI ​​transcend into the physical world. But Internet users have been suffering from it for a long time: a Reddit comment 11 years ago has traveled to the present, and Google’s AI recommended in a recipe Use pizza cheese glue. Before that, in 2023, Google’s primitive AI I dropped Alphabet for your incorrect answers. The stories are multiple, especially in Google searches (we do not enter the “hallucinations” of chatgpt): Present as real a story of the Day of the Innocents to Invent meaning for invented phrases. Read a lot, read anything. Under what is still a concatenation of capital errors and lack of professionalism not only at the level of the editor, but also to that of the Many intermediate stages that must approve that list, throbb another circumstance. Reading has soaked from cultural exhibitionism that we continue with movies, series or video games. It is no longer about reading what we want, but to mark the greatest amount of boxes on the list of “what you have to read” what We are commissioned by the Booktokers on duty. Reading is cool, even if the book is a lie. The phenomenon of Fomented Reading Clubs by Dua LipaSarah Jessica Parker or Reese Whitherspoon are the best proof that books are no longer a library mice. Reading is cool and sexy againbut it is not enough to experience it: you have to prove it. Like the Marvel movies or the fashion series this week, Read has become the topic of conversation of the momentand that generates monsters like this invented list: there are plenty of books because the SATURY INDUSTRY. But in case with that we fell short, we invented more books. Header | Marcel Strauß in Unspash

Ryanair’s most expensive summer is just around the corner. The reason: to have sold too cheap

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The greatest Low Cost from Europe is about to upload their prices. After a year with tickets up to 7% cheaper, Ryanair has announced price increases for this summer. Your benefit fell into the last quarter16%, up to 1.6 billion euros, dragged by the war with online agencies and failed deliveries of Boeing. In detail. Michael O’Leary, his CEO, sells it as a “remarkable robustness” in a difficult year. But the real margin per passenger has remained at just 8 euros, less than its more than 10 euros of 2024. Ryanair has had to give part of the cheap seat with a discount. Online agencies stopped selling their flights and that forced him to lower prices to maintain occupation. It is a serious problem for an airline whose model lives to fill each 95% flight. Why is it important. Ryanair, with his very particular brand image, is a European air transport thermometer. If she suffers, the rest too, because paradoxically anyone, not even the big ones, approach the return of the queen of the flight Low Cost. The balance between costs at bay, constant growth and permanent tensions with their partners (aircraft manufacturers, travel agencies, governments under the command of airports) sometimes cracks. And if even Ryanair has to raise prices, this summer fly will be presumably more expensive. Even for the rest. In perspective. Ryanair has trimmed his expectations. Of the 215 million passengers he expected by 2025-2026, it goes to 203 million. Its long -term objective (300 million in 2034) is still standing, but has stopped the rhythm. In addition, the tension on both sides of the Atlantic can lead to tariffs for the Boeing aircraft that Ryanair resorts (one of the secrets of its prices is the homogeneity of its fleet). AND Ryanair is clear: If you have to enroll the planes in the United Kingdom to avoid those tariffs, it will. The idea of ​​buying Chinese airplanes Sounds more to order, modus operandi. The important thing is that tariffs do not translate at a cost for them. The backdrop. Ryanair’s story does not change: growth, low prices for seats surrounded by accessories to monetize, pressure to suppliersReturn to the shareholder. But sometimes the seams appear. O’Leary, his CEO, boasts of muscle, but has had to resort to discounts, adjust expectations and distribute dividend to calm the markets. Outstanding image | Xataka In Xataka | The great secret of Ryanair’s success is that he does not earn money to fly: he does so squeezing you in everything else

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