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If your basic subsistence needs were covered, would you look for a job? That is an almost philosophical and inherent issue of human nature that many sociologists have asked and Economic policies responsible. Sam Altman, without going any further, raised establish a universal basic income to cushion the Impact of AI on the labor market. In the world different experiments have been carried out on the effectiveness of providing a pay that covers the basic needs. One of those tests It was carried out in Barcelona Between 2017 and 2019 and the participants were delivered up to 1,297 euros per month. The results of that test They have just been published. Basic Universal Income in Barcelona. The city launched one of the most ambitious social experiments that have been carried out in Spain: the B-MINCOME PROGRAMwith a total cost of 4.8 million euros. 822 households from different vulnerable neighborhoods of the city, They received a monthly income (Provision of municipal support for inclusion or SMI, for its acronym in Catalan), which reached up to 1,297 euros for families of four members, or 663 euros for a single -person home. This amount corresponds to an estimate equivalent to 70% -80% of the local poverty threshold. These homes were distributed in two control groups (in principle they were going to be four control groups): Basic rent (SMI) linked to voluntary participation in formative activities and non -supervised social inclusion. Basic rent (SMI) in limited modality, which reduces the benefit to the same extent that a salary is received. Basic rent (SMI) with gradual withdrawal in sections, conditioned to the perception of a salary between 25 % (each additional euro reduced the provision 25 cents of the first 250 euros) and 35 % (each additional euro reduced the provision 35 cents of more than 250 euros). One SMI euro for each euro of salary: the failure. One of the strong points of this study is that researchers could check the Effects of basic income approached from different conditions, and their effects are decisive. The study revealed a 22% drop in the chances of working in the group to which the limited modality was applied. That is, for each euro they received from a salary, a euro of basic income was discounted. That economic loss discouraged the search for a job. This fall not only affected the receiver of the benefit, but also affected the whole of the home, reducing the probability that any adult of the family nucleus seeks a job, perpetuating the dependence of the subsidy. According to the study, in this group both part -time and full -time employment was affected, the latter being responsible for two thirds of the general effect of abandonment of employment. That is, the greater the wage remuneration obtained, the more labor insertion is discouraged. Basic rental with discount. Instead, The results For the group that only received a discount percentage for each salary euro received (between 25 and 35%), the probabilities of labor reintegration increased by 6.5% that those who did not receive any help. That is, by maintaining a certain level of salary increase with respect to basic income, the search for a job to improve family income was encouraged, making compatible and beneficial receive the benefit with developing full -time employment. In addition, this model was more efficient for the administration since in the case of the total withdrawal model, each transferred euro supposed 34 cents of additional public spending. In the discount model, the cost was only 12 cents for each euro delivered. That is, the impact on employment was better and the minor cost when the design applied a partial discount. Work at home and take care. The most striking impact of the experiment was concentrated in homes with children of the group to which the total withdrawal model was applied. In these cases, some adults, especially women, reduced their participation in the labor market to devote themselves to unpaid household workscare of dependent people and children. Researchers speak of a “replacement between paid work for care work.” Some of these families opted for take care of your children or dependent relatives without fear of falling into social exclusion. According to the researchers, this decision “could generate positive externalities, such as improvements in the education and health of children or reductions in adolescent crime”, in addition to improving family conciliation to the rest of the family members. The conclusions coincide with Germany. The results of the B-Mincom are not isolated in the international scene. In Germany a similar project in which being the beneficiary of a basic monthly assignment of the employment situation caused participants to improve their training to obtain better jobs. The fact of Maintain the safeguard From an insured income, the German beneficiaries encouraged to venture to change to better paid jobs, to study and form and even reduced anxiety levels and other mental problems by having the certainty of reaching the end of the month thanks to the vital basic income. However, the most relevant conclusion that the Barcelona test leaves, like the German, is that it is not enough to assign a subsidy to a certain population profile at risk of social exclusion, but the important thing is to apply the appropriate strategy to encourage their progress, not stagnate that group in what the researchers called “Poverty traps“That perpetuates its dependence. In Xataka | Germany believes having found the most German solution to its productivity problems: work more Image | Pexels (Markus Spiske)

Japan has been a test laboratory for years to encourage birth. And he doesn’t have good news for the world

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Neither The aid. Nor the facilities for access education. Nor the improvement of working conditions. Not even attempts for Exercise “Casélro” and create new couples. The repeated attempts of the Japanese authorities to reactivate their Merm Birth They are clicking on bone and have not prevented the country from closing 2024 with a bleak demographic panorama. Its fertility rate is minimal, births have fallen below the barrier of 700,000 per year and the number of deaths far exceeds the babies. Thus, the country faces a question that They have been Considering analysts: what can a government really do to encourage birth? Can you avoid collapse by looking for everything to the measures of Economic cut? Birth. 2024 has not been a good year for Japanese demography. His Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Welfare has just confirmed it in A balance Desorator and confirms that, despite all its efforts, the country has not yet found the appropriate key to avoid collapse. Among all their data there are two special worrying and that give an idea of ​​the descending drift that is drawing its birth: the fertility rate and births. Last year the global fertility rate (the number of children that a woman would have if she lived until the end of her fertile life) It stood at 1.15. A bad result twice. Not only is it 0.05 points less than in 2023, but it leaves that indicator in historical minimums. This is the lowest recorded data From at least 1947which further away to Japan from the one known as Replacement ratethe necessary number of children (2,1) to maintain a stable population without taking into account immigration. In Tokyo that indicator It does not arrive Even 1. A fact: 686,000 babies (and down). The other devastating fact for Japanese demography is that of the number of births. In 2024 the Japanese Ministry of Health accounted for 686,000, 5.7% less that in 2023. It is the first time in addition (at least since 1899, when the official registration began) that the number of annual lighting was below the 700,000 barrier. The Japanese authorities already had the birth would cross that psychological red line, but they expected it to do so within several years. The forecasts of the National Institute for Research of the Population contemplated that 2024 be closed with some 755,000 new babies And that the births would not fall below the barrier of 690,000 to a decade and a half, in 2039. The predictions were pessimistic, but they have fallen short: that threshold crossed 15 years earlier than expected. ASAHI remember In fact, the 2024 data has coincided with the worst projection drawn by the body. Losing population. The data of the Ministry of Health show only the photograph of the native population resident in the country, excluding both foreigners born in Japan and Japanese born outside their borders; but reveals a serious problem in the demographic engine of the nation. The reason is simple: more Japanese die than they are born. The 686,061 babies scored in 2024 remain away from the 1.6 million of deaths (1.9% more than in 2023). That translates into a negative balance of 919,237 people, around 70,000 people more than the previous year. To understand what this data supposes in practice, Nikei Slide that equivalent more or less to lose all Kagawa in a matter of 12 years. That hole also adds to those that Japan has been suffering over the last years. After all, it carries almost two decades supporting more death than births, which is reflected in Evolution of its total population. A small ray of light: marriages. Among all these negative data the balance of the Ministry of Health leaves one in positive: the number of marriages. The organism registered 486,0632.2% more than in 2023. They remain at low levels and below half a million, but leave the first increase in two years. And that is very relevant to birth. Although in Spain and other EU countries it is increasingly common That couples have babies without going through the altar, in Japanese society births outside marriage or de facto couples are still rare: Nikei remember which in 2023 represented 2.5% of the total. A matter of state. Japan is not the only nation that dealt with birth problems. Something similar happens to South and China. And like them the Japanese authorities have deployed A wide fan of measures to try to reverse the trend that include from children’s subsidies or measures that facilitate education for initiatives to Promote creation of new couples. “Focusing children related to children and parenting is something that cannot expect or postpone,” warned two years ago! Fumio KishidaJapan’s Prime Minister until last October. The problem worries enough to Tokyo for its executive It would be proposed Raise public aid by son to levels similar to those of Sweden and thus avoid that the nation lost “its ability to operate as a society.” That same year the government announced An ambitious plan to encourage birth to deploying a millmillionaire investment. Can you solve with money? That is the question that leaves the last demographic balance of Japan and that have been raising analysts for a long time, both inside and outside the nation. Are economic -economic policies enough to encourage birth? There are those who indicate that at least these strategies must be accompanied by deeper changes and even A rethinking of certain ideas and attitudes rooted in their culture. In 2023 Tomas Sobotka, deputy director of the Institute of Demography of Vienna, He pointed out some keys that feed the demographic crisis and that go beyond subsidies or married policies. The list includes the delay in the age of motherhood, cultural and social changes that lead to young people choose to remain single and without children, a change in the homes themselves, the greatest presence of women in the labor market and a philosophy of life that prioritizes professional ambitions and leaves little time available for parenting. … Read more

Nostalgia has become the true fuel in the car market. The scamoteable headlights are the last test

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There was a day that the headlights were hidden in cars. Deportivo, sharp nose … and some headlights that completely broke the front of the vehicle with two huge bulbs to illuminate what was in front. The Ferrari F40, the Lamborghini Countachhe BMW M1 or the most earthly first Mazda MX-5. There are many examples of all kinds. Some of them extremely shocking such as the Porsche 911 Flatnose. Because yes, Porsche came to offer as extra equipment the sneakable headlights In its most iconic sports car, which some sacrilege will seem to some. And what do we say about Carlos Sainz flying along the sofari rally slopes In Kenia aboard his Toyota Celica? And although when we think of scamotable headlights we look almost automatically at the 80s and 90s, it is a much older invention. It is considered that The Cord 80 was the first car that he used this formula in the United States in 1935. Shortly after, in 1936 he would arrive in Europe with the beautiful Alfa Romeo 8C (attentive to this miniature If you are thinking of spending more than 20,000 euros on one of them). Regardless of where we place its origin, the usual as we said is to think in the decade of the 80s and the 90s when we talk about this lighting system. And how everything comes back: are the sneakable headlights back? Mg cyber x concept They come back … more or less Shanghai 2025, MG presents the Cyber ​​X Concept. The prototype is, in the words of the Chinese company, a “global urban adventure toy.” What our eyes see is an extraordinarily square SUV to generate that aspect of hard off -road. Of course, nothing similar to Joseph Kaban Bugatti Veyron, designer of both products. But, beyond this curiosity … What appears on the front? Yes, small and fine sneaky headlights. With two LED squares in each of them, the Cyber ​​X Concept look is projected through some that hide in the body “as a nod to the classics,” they mention in the brand. Mazda Ionic sp Interestingly, it is not the only prototype that has opted for this formula in recent years or months. Mazda presented the IConic SP at the 2023 Tokyo Salon. There they revealed the prototype of a sports car Halfway between Mazda MX-5 and RX-7. What had both models in common? Yes, the sneakable headlights. At least in the First generation of the mythical Miata. With its rounded and fluid forms, Mazda advanced its concept of what its Sports of the future. An extended rank electric that was projected towards the past with A rotating engine to act as a generator And, in addition, with scamotable headlights that make you drool when you see the figure of the car. The last great manufacturer that has presented his proposal of scamoteable headlights was Honda. In the past CES of January, the company presumed two electrical prototypes that advance the formula of its future models. It was what the company called Honda 0 series. Honda Series 0 The formula was striking because it recovered the flat and acute forms of wedge -shaped eighties. According to the brand, it was “applying the thin, light and wise approach to a SUV.” It was promised that an evolution will be seen in the US market in 2026 and, later, in Japan and Europe. But another thing that caught the attention were the headlights of his front. Their light groups were hidden under a small retractable tab They closed to leave a clean hood and retracted to illuminate what you have ahead. A more logical and realistic solution than those of Mazda and Mg. Because the problem of retractable headlights are safety regulations. In fact, although they disappeared for them, they were also the main reason why they became popular. They explain in Diariomotor that in the United States was forced to take the headlights at a minimum height to the ground. The solution went to use these retractable headlights that allowed the height of the headlights to be raised without compromising a front of the front. To this was added the fashion of playing with this device, popularizing in the 80s. But after this fever, that bump when the headlights were deployed was gradually disappearing. A sum of small details ended up killing them inside the industry. First of all for something very simple: the sneakable headlights are a headache. Compared to a traditional optical group, the lighthouse must have a small electric motor, which makes the frontal and more susceptible to breakdowns more complex. The second is that, although closed the car could significantly increase its aerodynamic performance, deployed were a disaster in this regard. Of course, the solution of a lighthouse wall on the front of the vehicle does not seem the best solution. Finally, in the early 2000s, special attention began to be paid to the consequences of the outrage of a pedestrian. Obviously, two huge flat, sharp and outstanding surfaces In the body they were not going to deliver the best results, so he discouraged the manufacturer to set up a component that was already beginning to go down in history. Today, in this Revival That we live in the automotive market, up to three manufacturers have recently presented prototypes with sneaking headlights in recent months. Will we see them again? I say, hopefully. As long as he was not hit by one of them. Photo | MG and MAZDA In Xataka | This lighthouse costs as much as a Porsche 911: it is no joke, it is the lighthouse of a bugatti chiron

For years, historians wondered if the fights between gladiators and lions were real. They already have the test

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One can go to posterity for many reasons. For writing a great novel, composing a symphony, being an influential politician, A pioneer or even commit some misdeed or error to forget. In the former Roman Britain, however, a young man lived, from no more than 35 yearswhich will be remembered for something very different: a bite. To be more precise the denttellada of a lion in the middle of the pelvis. It may seem an extravagant motive to move on to the annals, but that bite tells us a lot about the Roman shows. The reason? The man in question It was probably a gladiator And that old dentontellada constitutes “The first physical evidence” of the fighting between humans and beasts on the Roman sand. Historians already knew about them, but through tracks such as mosaics, ceramics or written documents. There wasn’t evidence. In a place in Britania … The origin of history (or at least that of The investigation who have just presented a group of experts from the Maynooth University and the King’s College London) is in a Roman cemetery of 1,800 years old Located in Driffield Terrace, on the outskirts of York. There, near the old EBORACUMon the main road between what is now York and London, a deposit with dozens of burials was discovered in 2004. Some very peculiar. In 70% of cases Experts appreciated that the bodies had been beheaded, a well -known practice in Britania and that it is usually considered a funeral ritual Post Mortenalthough it is also related to executions. In addition, except for a woman and some young people, the vast majority of those buried were corpulent men Between 18 and 45, men with different origins and with marks of brutal trauma cured before they die, which leads to think that they often participated in fighting. A very special bone. All those details and the similarities between York’s bones and those found in another former excavated cemetery years ago In Ephesushas led some experts to a fascinating conclusion: what they found in Driffield is neither more nor less than A burial with remains of gladiators. Among all his remains there was one, however, that caught the attention of the archaeologists: a pelvis, part of the skeleton of a man of between 26 and 35 years which was buried with two other people and covered with horse bones. What was special? A brand. Deep Sharp Enigmatic An incision that experts soon associated with the bite of an animal. What animal? And when did he bit him? Identified the dentellada was the task of finding out its origin. And to achieve this, archaeologists did the most logical: They contacted British Zoos And they were asked to be given samples of horse bones biting by cheese, tigers, leopards and lions and then compared the marks. When they finished they took a capital surprise. The puncture found in York’s pelvis coincided with everyone’s greatest feline. Thus, the other big question was pending: in what circumstances could a lion bite a fighter? How were both in the sand? The question is interesting because, to begin with, the big cats often kill their prey by biting them in the neck or head, like Remember The Guardian Tim Thompson, Professor of Anthropology at Maynooth. “The pelvis is unusual. That wound can be survived. It is not deadly. We believe that the individual had been incapacitated and that these marks are evidence that the animal dragged the body.” The bones thus counting a fascinating story. What if it is a Venatore? Few figures are more emblematic (and versioned) of Roman history than gladiators. However, not all fighters and specialists trained to entertain the people fighting with other men in melee fighting. There were aurigas, acrobats and Venators (either Bestiarii), people who fought on the sand with wild beasts. “The Roman amphitheats also organized ‘Beast Cacerías’ (Venation), who faced people against animals, a show that lasted from the republican period to late antiquity, “the researchers collect in The article in which they collect their findings, published in the magazine Plos One. Gladiator vs. great felines. During the shows the Venatore They were dedicated to hunting and measuring their forces before the public with tigers, leopards, bears, elephants, wild boars, deer, bulls … and also lions. Animals served for fighting and were also used for “spectacular mutilations” or executing criminals during bloody Damnatio Ad Beasts (“condemns beasts”). With all those data, the teacher Thomspon explains that he and his colleagues reached a fascinating conclusion about York’s nibble skeleton: “We believe that it is the remains of a gladiator who faced the feline in a combat sand as part of a Roman show.” Why is it important? Because as they underline so much The King´s College London and Maynooth UniversityYork’s bone is “the first physical evidence of a combat of gladiators between humans and animals in the Roman period.” Historians had seen images of fighters bitten by lions in mosaics and ceramics and knew about fighting with beasts thanks to written records, but the pelvis unearthed in ancient Britain has allowed them to go further and shed new light on the shows of Rome. “Although images of gladiators have appeared fighting lions in ancient mosaics and ceramics, this is the only convincing skeletal evidence of the Roman world of bite marks produced by the teeth of a great feline,” Celebrate John Pearcearcheology professor at King’s College. If York’s bone and the study he has inspired is relevant, insists The London institution is because it throws a “convincing skeletal evidence.” “The bite marks represent the first osteological confirmation of violent encounters between humans and great carnivores in a combat or training environment in the Roman world,” ditch The institution. From the clues to the tests. Archaeologists knew about the existence of shows with animals, but in a way until now they had clues, signs distributed by mosaics, ceramics and chronic. York has just yielded a test. And one that has been studied … Read more

The youngest millionaires of 2025 are the test

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Being a millionaire has ceased to be a goal for a small percentage within the 1% of the richest population on the planet: His goal is to become the youngest millionaire who manages to be. However, while some have worked their own way to get it, “Great wealth transfer“It is causing many others to get it simply for being born In the right family. According to The list of Milmillonarios that every year does Forbesthere are only 21 millionaires under 30 in 2025 with a heritage of more than 1 billion dollars. Of these, only two have entered the list this year for having founded their own company. Millionaires “Old School” The Forbes 2025 list of The youngest milmonaries reveals how fortune can get so much by inheritancefruit of empires raised by their parents or grandparents, as for the cunning of betting on booming sectors such as artificial intelligence and cryptocurrencies. According to the 2025 edition data published by Forbes, most of the world’s millmillonaries They are between 50 and 79 years old. Only 12% of millionaires with more than 1,000 million heritage are under 50 years old and only 21 of them are under 30 years old. According to data of the United Nations, approximately Half of the world’s population is under 30 years old. However, only 0.00000027% of them are Milmillonarios. This contrast underlines how extraordinary it is to reach such a level of wealth at such an early age. In most cases, these fortunes come from large family inheritancesas is the case of the heirs of the Mars family, famous for their chocolate bars: or the Walton, heirs of the empire of the Walmart supermarkets. The era of the great heirs In the 2000 and 2010 decades, the list of young Milmillonarios was dominated by Pujantes Technological entrepreneurs Like Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Larry Ellison, Larry Page and Sergey Brin who revolutionized the world with the innovations that created their companies. These names became synonymous with innovation and business success forged from scratch. However, in 2024 he already began observe the change in trend And it remains in 2025: most of the new millmillonarios under 30 years They have inherited their fortune, instead of creating it for themselves. Thus, while before the “prodigy children” of technology lowered the average age of this Select Millionaire Clubnow the historical surnames and the Centenary companies occupy a central place among the richest of less than 30 years. Among these new Millionaires is Johannes Von Baumbach, only 19, who has inherited with his three brothers of 23, 25 and 27, a fortune estimated at 5.4 billion dollars each, thanks to his participation in the pharmacist Boehringer Ingelheim who founded his great -grandfather. It also emphasizes that, 15 of the 21 new milmonaries on the list, comes from Europe, being Germany the country with more representatives. To the four heirs of the Pharmaceutical Empire From Boehringer Ingelheim, Sophie Luise Fielmann, 30, which opens in the ranking with a fortune of 2.8 billion dollars, heiress of the German optic chain Fielmann. From Germany Kevin David Lehmann also arrives, with a heritage of 3.8 billion dollars and only 22 years, who received 50% of the DM-Drogerie Markt drug stores; and Maxim Tebar, 24 years old, holding a part of the German STIHL chainsaw company that brings a fortune valued at 1.2 billion dollars. Some of the rich heirs who became part of this list have increased their fortune for 2024. An example is found in the three brothers of the neighborhood, heirs of the ESSILORLUXOTTIC GASK EMPIREthat thanks to its new alliances with technology They have seen their fortune grow 40% this year until reaching 6,600 million dollars. Some have had to fight Although most of the Young Milmillonarios de 2025 They owe their fortune to inheritance, there are notable exceptions. The Australian Ed Craven 29 years old, Cofundó Stake.com, the Major Casino Online Based on cryptocurrencies, which generated 4.7 billion dollars last year. Its success shows that, even being young, it is possible to make their way to success by own means in such agitated as is that of cryptocurrencies and content streaming. Another case of professional success is that of Alexandr Wang28 years old, who Scale AI co -foundeda company dedicated to data annotation for artificial intelligence. Wang’s case is somewhat peculiar because he had already entered the Forbes list in 2021 with A heritage above 1,000 million Of dollars, but the fluctuations of the economy raised him in 2022. However, a recent financing round valued at $ 13.8 billion has returned to the list with a equity of 3.6 billion dollars. In Xataka | While the bags collapsed and the gold faltered, an asset maintained its profitability: Hermès’s bags In Xataka | The great fortunes are bleeding with the collapse of the bag. Warren Buffett has hit his old recipe again Image | Flickr (Fortune Brainstorm Tech), LinkedIn (Leonardo María), Kick

The US is realizing that manufacturing the iPhone without China is almost impossible. Tariff exemptions are the test

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Donald Trump’s administration has applied a very special exemption to reciprocal tariffs announced The last days. Thus, mobile phones, computers and some other consumer electronics products “are fought”. Importing them to the United States will not make 10%global tariffs apply, nor China’s specific ones, which are 125%. What products are exempt. The note published by the US Customs Department almost without making noise is especially important, and makes a list of HTSUS codes (Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States) that include different types of electronic products. Among them, exemptions affect: 8471: PCS of desktop, laptops and its components, such as CPUS, hard or I/O peripheral discs as monitors (8528.52.00), mice and keyboards 8517.13.00: smartphones 8517.62.00: Routers, modems, wireless access points 8523.51.00: SSD units 8524: CDS and DVDS Regrabable 8541.49.10 and 8541.49.70: Solar panel cells 8541.49.80: LEDs 8542: microprocessors, controllers, memory chips and other integrated circuits But they are temporary exemptions. As they point out In Financial TimesUS Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, made it clear that these exemptions are temporary. All these products will be part of the semiconductor tariffs, “which will probably arrive in a month or two.” Trump denies that this are exemptions. In his social network Truth, Donald Trump He also stood out That what was announced on Friday were no exceptions to tariffs and made it clear that these products are still subject to 20% rates related to the fentanil. “What has been stated is that we need to manufacture products in the United States, and that we will not be hostages from other countries, especially hostile commercial nations such as China, which will do everything in their hand to disrespect the US people,” he added in his statement. Dodging price increases. The measure is clearly aimed at avoiding notable price increases in semiconductors, mobiles and consumer electronics products, especially considering that a vast majority of those sold in the United States They come from China. The impact for consumers can be very important, and these temporary exemptions reduce concern for the future of these products and their prices and protect strategic sectors. The iPhone as a great example. Some analysts estimate that the price of the iPhone in the United States It could triple If the cost of tariffs ends up moving to consumers. Apple smartphones are one of the clear examples of how tariffs would affect US consumers first and the rest of the world later. The climb of reciprocal tariffs between the US and China has been spectacular in recent weeks. Source: Reuters China as a US factory. According to Counterpoint Research dataChina represents 80% of the iPhone production sold in the United States. The remaining 20% ​​are manufactured in India, a country in which Apple is gradually growing in production precisely to avoid the dependence of China. The Cupertino company in fact fought several aircraft full of iPhone From India to try to have some margin of maneuver if tariffs came into force. Exemptions also disappear the “basic” 10% tariff that applied globally and included countries such as India. These exemptions are also partly the tacit recognition to manufacture the iPhone in the US It is practically impossible. Business pressure. The impact of tariffs has been especially remarkable for Big Tech, which have collapsed in the stock market in recent weeks. All of them depend largely on China’s production capacity, and these exemptions are also an acceptance (at least temporary) that changing things and mitigating Chinese dependence will take a long time. No official explanation. The US government did not explanations about the reason why it applied these exemptions, but it is evident that This is a big respiteeven if it is temporary, for companies such as Apple, Nvidia, Dell, or HP, which import a good part of their products from China. A war without winners. As they point out In axiosChinese President Xi Jinping stressed that a war of tariffs “will not produce any winner.” China indicated that I was evaluating the impact of these exemptions. In a statement last Sunday, the Chinese Ministry of Trade Califified the measure as “a small US step to correct its wrong practice of establishing ‘unilateral reciprocal tariffs.” How will we be next week? Democrate Senator Elizabeth Warren appeared in a debate In CNN to describe the confusion that exists about tariffs. He indicated that “investors will not invest in the US with Donald Trump playing” red light, green light “with tariffs and saying” Oh, and For my special donors, you have special exemptions“. He also highlighted how the situation is impresable.” No one can imagine what the rules will be within five days, much less in five years. “ Image | Gage Skidmore In Xataka | Spain acts where Europe doubts: the strategy that is paying fruits in China

The Spanish administration is obsessed with AI. Granada and its broken street monitoring is the last test

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Granada has just embrace a new system to monitor in real time the status of its urban elements. One based, of course, in artificial intelligence. A car, Lidar sensors, high precision GPS and a municipal management platform responsible for collecting this data for later treatment. The news comes a few weeks after the Traffic light implementation with AI to regulate the state of traffic in one of the most chaotic roundabouts in the city. They are evidence of an obsession of the Spanish administration of a time to this part: automate processes with AI. That road is broken. The damage on public roads are inevitable. And it is the obligation of the State responsible for repairing them with immediacy. In fact, if you suffer an accident for poor state of some road, you are protected by article 106 of the Spanish Constitution. This establishes that any individual will have the right to be compensated for any injury that he and his assets suffer whenever the injury is “a consequence of the functioning of public services.” The plan. Granada wants to be aware of the damage in its urban environment, both on roads and in the rest of its streets: painted, infrastructure in poor condition, damage of all kinds. To do this, in collaboration with Innovasur, it will implement a car equipped with hardware capable of capturing in real time the status of the urban environment (through cameras, Lidar and GPS), sending this data to a management platform responsible for monitoring the information. The objective is to monitor large surfaces in a short time, and provide complete information to the city to expedite operational efficiency. AI, AI and more. Granada’s plan joins the wide list of Spanish cities using AI for things. Cordova already regulates Some of its traffic lights with AI to detect pedestrians with disabilities, Santander has one of the greater urban infrastructures related to the world, and Valencia already proves artificial intelligence functions to prevent natural disasters. Spain is not at the forefront in AIalthough we do not stop seeing new projects related to it. The main doubt? The one we always have with AI: It is not trustworthy. The Spanish transpiés with AI. The Ábalos case is one of the most recent and sounded in this “bad” cloud. Some of the transcripts of the statements of Judge Leopoldo Puente or the former Minister José Luis Ábalos were made with AI tools. The results were absolutely terrible. Something even more serious happened recently with the National Police: I had been using an AI for six years to detect false complaints. An AI whose reliability Now we know it was quite debatable. Modernizing administration is useful and necessary. As long as we base these tools on reliable methods. In Xataka | The infrastructure boom for AI begins to show cracks: China accumulates unreasonable data centers, and is not the only one Image | Martin MassonWaymo

The Big Tech have played their whole future to AI. Tariffs are going to test that bet

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The world economy makes waters. The geopolitical and economic hurricane called tariffs It is affecting especially to large technology companiesthat fall remarkably in the stock market. There are many problems derived from that value of value of the Big Tech, but among them there is a remarkable one: the future of AI. Apple in low hours. The tariffs have just entered into force, but it is also that the US has officialized the 104% tariff to China. The global commercial war intensifies, and has already left a great loser: Apple has ceased to be the most valuable company in the world. This is the current situation of companies with the greatest market capitalization on the planet. Source: CompaniesMarketcap The great AI actors, in danger. But curiously Apple has not invested much less in AI and its rivals. Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon, Google and Meta have suffered significant losses in recent weeks. Tariffs have been the decisive factor so that in 2025 they accumulate a negative balance that goes from 14.6% of the 33% of Apple according to data according to data from CompaniesMarketcap. This is not about the debated “AI bubble”. It is true that all AI companies have wanted to sell us the message that this technology was going to change everything. At the moment that has not happened and some talked about a potential “AI bubble“, But what is happening with tariffs is something very different, and does not help at all the future of this discipline. This table, created on February 10 for Xataka, indicated the market capitalization percentage that Big Tech would dedicate to capital expenses (CAPEX). The photo has changed in terms of the percentages, and we will see if it also does it as to those amounts. Capex in danger. Two months ago we talked about how Apple was the company that Less capital expenses (CAPEX) would have in 2025. In front of it, colossal investments and a common discourse: almost all those thousands would be focused on creating data centers for AI. Now those investments are in danger, because all these Big Tech can end up disincurning to mitigate the effects of tariffs on their account books. The AI ​​was already expensive, and now it will be more expensive. Being able to take advantage of the functions of AI means using the enormous resources of the data centers of those Big Tech. If the tariffs cause the dreaded and expected price increases in these infrastructure, that will make it cause Use ia more expensive For users and companies, which can lead to a drop in its use and a slowdown of its development. If everything is more expensive and the expense is trimmed, so does innovation and work in new AI models. Fear of investing. Investment companies, such as risk capital, can also be very affected by this panorama and start Measure very much Your future investment in AI startups. That is another danger to the evolution of a market that until now had taken advantage of Optimism and unbridled expectations about AI. And without so much investment once again the appearance of new startups and the rhythm of innovation can be clearly braking. Risk of recession. The consultant JP Morgan I already esteem that the risk of the US to enter recession in 2025 is 60%. In these periods, companies prioritize financial stability over innovation, which can decelerate the pace of technological innovation. A study A year ago of Deutsche Bundesbank and the Bank of Finland showed how a 1% drop in GDP can reduce investment in innovation to 0.3%. Precisely JP Morgan revealed that US GDP could fall 1% in the third quarter of 2025 for this circumstance. Image | Jamie Street In Xataka | The Copilot+ PC promised a revolution. I have tried one and for now there are more promises than realities

Europe had a plan to jump into the electric car and 2025 was its first fire test. The manufacturers have ended it

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It had been rumored for a long time and has ended up confirming. The European Commission will make the maximum pollutant emissions that manufacturers will be fostered if they do not want to be fined with sanctions that promised to be one thousand millionaires. The pact that has been reached is a small three -year moratorium that postpon the problem to 2027. These are the key points. What we had. What was on the table was a road map designed to jump into the electric car gradually. By 2035 it is planned prohibit cars that are not “carbon neutrals.” That is, it is expected that combustion engines can be still used with hydrogen either synthetic fuels that during their production they absorb CO2 and, therefore, equal their small pollutant emissions expelled with the use But the truth is that these They should be more than mere exceptions. In 2030, an emission limit is so high that it should not allow the sale of cars that, at least, are not plug -in hybrid. And in 2025 very high fines were expected for those who exceeded 93.6 gr/km of CO2 on average in the car fleet sold. The regulations said that for each gram of CO2 exceeded in the fleet of cars sold it would be punished with a fine of 95 euros per car sold. That is, if the fleet average is 98.6 gr/km of CO2, the fine would be multiplied by five. Each car sold would face a sanction of 475 euros. A manufacturer that sells a million cars in the EU would face a penalty of 475 million euros. What changes. Little and a lot. The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has presented The conclusions of the second meeting of the table known as Strategic Dialogue for the future of the European Automobile Industry. In his second point he points out that there is “a clear demand to make the CO2 emission standards more flexible.” This flexibility is a kind of moratorium for manufacturers. Yes, they will have to comply with that emission limit of 93.6 gr/km of CO2 but will do so in 2027. Then they will present their results that will result from an average of sales of 2025, 2026 and 2027. Millionaire fines There are, therefore, in suspense. Trying to content everyone. According to Von der Leyen, the current emission limits are maintained in 2027 so as not to punish those who have done the job before anyone else but believes that the industry needs “more margin of maneuver and greater clarity, without changing the agreed objectives.” The changes, of course, need to be approved. The president of the European Commission It is optimistic In this sense, pointing out that an amendment as specific as this should be approved in very short space of time. On March 5 we will know more details with the presentation of an action plan that also contemplates the production of battery for electric cars within the European Union, among other measures. The big beneficiaries. Among the big beneficiaries are, of course, those who were not going to comply with emission regulations and aimed to overcome it widely. The biggest beneficiary is, with much difference, the Volkswagen Group, according to calculations collected by The automotive tribune. The German conglomerate pointed to a penalty of 6,914 million euros with the sales and emission data of 2024. Mercedes, who had received a fine of more than 1,000 million euros with the figures last year, is the other great beneficiary although there was already talk that he could have reached an agreement with Volvo or Polestar, among others, to form a pool of emissions before the European Union that will free them from the sanction. Now both manufacturers have time to launch mass electric cars (Volkswagen awaits you to 2026/2027) or, like Mercedes, which sell large volumes within the figures they usually handle. He Mercedes Cla It is the great hope for this year and the coming. Losers? If we take a look at the figures of 2024, Stellantis and the Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi alliance could also breathe calm since the fines could exceed 2,000 million euros if the data last year is taken as a reference. However, both groups have made important efforts to reach 2025 with electric cars that aspire to sell good quantities and, thus, reduce the middle emissions of the fleet. Stellantis has made an investment of 30,000 million euros on Stla platforms of greater and smaller size and software development, with the aim of accommodating electrical and hybrid mechanics in the same space. He Peugeot E-3008for example, it is a good attempt to sell large volumes of electric. Renault, meanwhile, has also made a giant leap in the electric car market in the last two years (winner of two Car of the Year consecutive along the way). His Renault Scenic and his new Renault 5 They are cars to move large sales figures which should significantly reduce the average emission. Those who surely lose. Those who have lost with the play are, of course, the manufacturers of electric cars exclusively. And, more specifically, those who aspired to get a good sum negotiating with their emission bonds to get the companies out of the possible sanctions. It could be a good impulse for Volvo, which has a very high part of its widely electrified range and, above all, to contain that It does not go through its best moment economic. But the one who loses the most is Tesla. The company had a complicated 2024 and is about to see if it reverses the situation in 2025. The sale of your emission bonds They were highly coveted because their sales volume in Europe is relatively high, it had to grow with the arrival of the Tesla Model and updated And it has no combustion engines that criminalize it in the least. Photo | Volkswagen In Xataka | Spain will manufacture the electric car that … Read more

The Oscar idyll with independent cinema is not a mirage, and ‘anora’ razing this year is the best test

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The whims and trends of Hollywood go through Rachas and now (and for a few years) it is the turn of independent cinema: ‘Anora’ has made a full of five Oscars and confirms a trend that had been seen for years: the blockbusters are no longer the beautiful girl of the industry, which prefers to reward the small, emotional and remote tapes of the Blackbides of the blockbusters. Five Oscar, five. Be Baker He has taken with ‘Anora’ five Oscarfour of them for Baker on a personal capacity: Best film, best address (Baker), Best Screenplay (Baker), Best Assembly (Baker) and best cast actress (Mikey Madison). It is especially striking that Baker has collected four of these five awards (including best movie, since he produces it), marking a total record in the history of the Oscars: never before one person had won so many awards in the same gala. It is an unusual recognition. Triumph for independent. With this success of ‘Anora’, this edition of the Oscar completely reveals a type of cinema that is made with six million dollars (and raises more than 40), which makes Sean Baker the movie one of the cheapest to win the Grand Prix of the Night. And there is a second winner: the indie neon -only distributor that two years ago It was A24 With ‘everything at once everywhere, which already has experience in these lides, since it was the one that took the Korean’ parasites’ to the United States, facilitating its victory in 2019. The indie sweeps. As We have commented previouslythe Oscars have been rewarding independent or, at least, at least, regardless of the great proposals of the Majors: ‘All at once everywhere‘In 2022,’Coda‘In 2021,’Nomadland‘(2020) or’Parasites‘(2019) have been the most recent. The only exception on this streak took place last year, with ‘Oppenheimer‘, But in this edition we return to the fold, in what is confirmed that it is more than a coincidence: next year we will have to be very attentive to the proposals in the margins, because in view it is that they start more likely to success. A convulsed year. The sweep of ‘Anora’ has left almost without prizes to the rest of the favorites, who have had to settle for secondary and very distributed awards. ‘Emilia Pérez’ has been punished for Karla Sofía Gascón’s tweetsand he has only taken cast actress for Zoe Saldaña; ‘The Brutalist’, maybe also affected by the use of AI In the movie, he stays with photography, music and actor for Adrien Brody; ‘The substance‘, another that could have put up the gala, does not wear an actress or director, and is made up of makeup and hairdressing. Of secondary actor, in short, the favorite Kieran Culkin wins. Below the blockbusters. That ‘Dune 2‘ and ‘WICKED‘They have gone home only with technical awards (sound and visual effects one; costume and production design another) makes the Oscar turn very clear. Above all, taking into account how good it went to ‘Oppenheimer’ last year; And no, it is not useful that in reality, that is an author film: the same can be said of ‘Dune 2’, which also belongs to a genre very dear to Nolan. Small movies is what he likes now, and Majors Like Disney, Warner or Universal will do well in taking note of it. All Oscar 2025 winners Best movie Anora (winner) The Brutalist A Complete Unknown Conclave Dune: Part 2 Emilia Pérez I’m still here Nickel Boys The substance WICKED Best leading actor WELL PROTECTIVE ACTRESS Best address Sean Baker (Anora) (Winner) Brady Corbet (The Brutalist) James Mangold (A Complete Unknown) Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez) Coralie Fargeat (the substance) Best cast actor Yura Borisov (Anora) Kiera Culkin (To Real Pain) (Winner) Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown) Guy Pearce (The Brutalist) Jeremy Strong (The Amprentice) Best cast actress Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown) Ariana Grande (Wicked) Felicity Jones (The Brutalist) Isabella Rossellini (conclave) Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez) (winner) Best animated film Best animated short film Beautiful Men In the Shadow of the Cypress (winner) Magic Candies Wander to Wonder Yuck! Best photography The Brutalist (winner) Dune: Part 2 Emilia Pérez Maria Callas Nosferatu Best costume design A Complete Unknown Conclave Gladiator II Nosferatu WICKED (Winner) Best documentary feature film Black Box Diaries NO OTHER LAND (Winner) Porcelain Ware Soundtrack Oh a Coup d’Etat Sugarcane Best documentary short film Death by Numbers I am ready queen Incident Instruments of a Beating Heart The Only Girl in the Orchestra (Winner) Better assembly Anora (winner) The Brutalist Conclave Emilia Pérez WICKED Best International Film Best makeup and hairdresser To Different Man Emilia Pérez Nosferatu The substance (winner) WICKED Best music The Brutalist (winner) Conclave Emilia Pérez WICKED Wild robot Best original song The evil (Emilia Pérez) (winner) The Journey (Six Triple Eight) Like a Bird (the lives of Sing Sing Sing) My path (Emilia Pérez) Never Too Late (Elton John: Never Too Late) Best Production Design The Brutalist Conclave Dune: Part 2 Nosferatu WICKED (Winner) Best Short Film in Real Action To Lien Anuja I’M not a robot (winner) The Last Ranger The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent Best sound A Complete Unknown Dune Part 2 (winner) Emilia Pérez WICKED Wild robot Better visual effects Best adapted script A Complete Unknown Conclave (winner) Emilia Pérez Nickel Boys The lives of sing sing Best original script Anora (winner) The Brutalist To Real Pain SEPTEMBER 5 The substance Header | Gtres In Xataka | There is a “ghost” category of the Oscar that is not spoken: it is so demanding that there have never been films that opt ​​for it

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