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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

Europe has focused on stopping Chinese electric cars. The true threat is in its cars with combustion engines

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He returned with other motor partners of the motor of the presentation of a new model or of a first contact. I do not remember the car that was but it was at Frankfurt airport, almost a second house for whom we have entered this world, and we were in 2023. I receive a call from a phone that I didn’t have saved. To the answer, the person on the other side of the phone is presented and explains that Chery, the company that owns Omoda and Jaecoo, are finalizing the details for their first events in Spain. The Chinese group was going to land In our country. It was already an open secret But I talk a few minutes on the phone to learn more details. They explain that they are very clear: they will enter the market with combustion vehicles. It is not that its bet is clearly focused on low ranges but they are sure that their arrival in Europe should be through models with thermal motors. The electric car is perhaps the future (and yes, they have options saved to launch) but for now they will focus on gasoline and hybrid vehicles because they are still preferred by European customers. Although logical, the speech did not stop crashing. It is not that they rejected the electric car but they were clear that they were going to follow that very own philosophy of Toyota to sell in each market what the client asks. And the client, in Europe, continues to prefer the hybrid car or the pure combustion. When Omoda made his long in Spain, we explained that he had MG as a reference. Saic’s company is the Chinese manufacturer who More cars is selling And, in fact, this Chinese state group is the most successful in our continent at the moment. His MG4 Electric It is one of the great supervants because by size and autonomy it was much cheaper than its rivals. However, Saic knew how to smell very well what the client claimed. The MG4 Electric is especially interesting in markets such as Spanish, where we prioritize cheap cars. But for all those who do not want or cannot afford the jump to the electric car, the former British company has offered a good handful of pure combustion products that have managed to place themselves in the lower market. And the results have not been waiting. We looked at the electric car … Given that electric offensive of Chinese cars for Europe, with the MG4 Electric leading a landing to which Byd has joined as a great reference between plug -in vehicles, child, Xpeng, Dongfeng, Leapmotor and, more discreetly, Chery (omoda/Jaecoo), the European Union decided to lift commercial barriers to the cars arrived from the cars arrived from the Asian country. Those commercial barriers are translated, Since October 2024in specific tariffs on each company, taking into account the alleged help that the brand has received from the Chinese State and the degree of collaboration they have shown with the European authorities in their investigation. The Tariffs apply to electric cars And even those brought by European companies from there as a result of their association with Asian companies. But those commercial barriers They do not apply to combustion vehicles nor to the plug -in hybrids that is where, truly, China is hurting. We do not know if it is part of a strategy not to make tariffs a direct attack on the Asian country or because from Europe it was considered that the real danger was in the Chinese and cheap Chinese car and that local businesses could fight with low -end combustion cars. But the truth is that where they begin to get a part of the cake is exploit those cars with combustion engines. For proof, the SAIC growth presented in Europe under different brands. According to ACEA dataThey sold in Europe 157,340 units in 2024, 6.7% more. A figure that places them above Jaguar-Land Rover, Mitsubishi, Mazda and Honda. Its market share stood at 1.5%. And in what we have this yearSaic keeps making his way. In what we have been registered 52,508, a third of the cars that placed in 2024, with a 52.3% growth in the first quarter of the year. At the moment, he has left Suzuki behind, who had it ahead in 2024, he is shot by Volvo, and his market share has grown up to 1.9% (compared to the 1.2% last year at this point at this point). As for the other Chinese companies, we have no data at European level. We do know that Chery has announced That Omode and Jaecoo will extend to a total of 19 markets this year. So far, they only operated in eight markets but in 2025 we will see them. With this extension they expect to sell about 10,000 units when April ends and reach 75,000 units at the end of the year. It is a small figure with respect to what we have seen with omoda but will allow them to place themselves above companies such as Honda or Mazda if the figures end up closing. In Spain, Registrations reflect that Omode is already selling almost as much as Fiat, accumulating 2,539 units in what we have been over, and surpassing brands fully settled in our country such as Honda or Suzuki. In addition, Chery adds 1,945 units of Jaecoo and 1,154 of Ebro. Right now, their more than 5,700 units sold as a group place them in a competitive position despite only offering a handful of models and without having received the options with eco or zero emissions stickers They are a claim. With very little time in the market, the Jaecoo 7 plug -in hybrid is already the fourth most selling model in our country. For its part, Byd already sells more than Tesla In our country (3,809 units compared to 3,169 units of Elon Musk cars) but focuses the bulk of its registration on … Read more

His true drama is autonomous driving

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The United States took the submachine gun, loaded her tariffs and downloaded her bullets all over the world. Except for exceptions, the Donald Trump government announced on April 2 that it will tax with additional economic measures to anyone who, according to their accounts, has mistreated the United States. China, one of the most punished countries, has already responded. The tariffs. A quick review of what has happened. Donald Trump presented on April 2 the largest tariff load for a century, according to experts consulted by BBC. The European Union will pay 20% as of April 9 for putting your products in the United States. United Kingdom, however, will pay 10%. Russia will not pay anything. China will pay 39%. An island inhabited by seals and penguins will pay 10%. It seems random but it is the result of applying a flat rate of 10% of tariffs to all countries. Then, the commercial balance is taken and if it is negative for the United States, it is divided between the imported, it is multiplied by 100 and, for the executive of the American country you have the figure of the alleged undercover tariffs that each country or region imposes on US products. Donald Trump has taken that figure and divides it by two. The result is the tariff applied to each country. A blunt answer. For China, new tariffs are “subjective and unilateral valuations (…) do not conform to international trade standards” and, deep down, are a “typical unilateral intimidation practice.” These are the words, collected by The countrythat the Chinese government has used in a statement to confirm that it will impose a 34% tariff to all goods from the United States. This 34% adds to 20% that the United States already announced in early March and was answered From China with new tariffs to specific sectors (such as the field), the prohibition of selling products to 15 US companies for security reasons or Restrictions in the sale of rare minerals. Until now, Chinese companies The tariffs had been jumping In products for less than 800 euros. These, as of April 9, will have to raise their prices by 54% (20% already established and 34% announced on April 2) compared to the cost of just a few months ago. China will apply its tariffs from April 10, which looks like an open door to negotiation. How are you going to Tesla in China? Elon Musk’s company is one of the most settled American companies in China. Tesla sold 1.79 million electric cars worldwide. Of them, 657,000 vehicles were sold in the Asian country. That is, one in three cars manufactured by Tesla was bought in China, according to data from Reuters. It was a sales record in a year where He could not sell more cars than the previous exercise worldwide, a rarity. Of those 657,000 electric cars, Cleantechnica He points out that more than 480,000 of them were Tesla Model Y. This electric SUV that became the best -selling car in the world in 2023 is, by far, the best beta in the mine that Tesla has in China. The Tesla Model and is the best -selling electric car in the country. China has a category called “New Energy” where the electric and plug -in hybrids add up. Above Tesla Model and only the Byd Song was placed but this is sold in hybrid version. The Seagull Byd, second best -selling purely electric car, about 27,000 registrations below the Tesla model. An extreme dependence. The company has ended up based on China on the electric SUV. Behind the Tesla Model and, his Tesla Model 3 was the best -selling car with a lot of difference. So much that according to data collected by Autovista24The Berlina touched the 177,000 registrations. Added both vehicles is the result: Tesla lives two models in China (Model and and Model 3). The Tesla Model S and Model X are missing. Yes, the company sells them there but they are models considered luxurious to the point that Xiaomi boasts to put in the market an ultra xiaomi su7 that is sold in China for a much lower price to Tesla Model S Plaid, with which it compares in benefits. Little impact … A 34% tariff to all goods from the United States would affect very little in practice to Tesla sales in China. The only two cars that would be punished are the Tesla Model S and Model X that, as we see, have irrelevant sales in the final results account. They are models considered of luxury and Chinese clients have turned their backs to any product that is not local in that price segment. Tesla manufactures those two cars exclusively in the United States But his Tesla Model 3 and Model and yes he manufactures them in China with concrete specifications for the country. Everything indicates that they would not be affected by the new tariffs. In the opposite direction, everything that Tesla sells in the United States is manufactured in the country so it is Of the few companies that can breathe Relieved And although the year has started horrible for Tesla in China, in March it has sold 78,828 vehicles according to data from CNEVPOST. That means that the replacement of Tesla Model and is already paying off. Despite a 11.8% drop compared to the same month of 2024 begins to move in usual figures compared to previous years. Little impact … direct. The economic impact for Tesla should not be very high, as we have commented, but there are other fronts that the company has to take into account this commercial war. The first and that does affect it directly is the confidence of investors. Between bad results and the new Chinese tariff flying out, Tesla will face the day based on a significant fall. The second is to see if China is willing to close Tesla’s tap in its businesses in China. The company has been trying to … Read more

In Singapore, luxury is not having a Ferrari or a Lamborghini. True luxury is simply driving

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Singaporethat little city/country-state between Malaysia and Indonesia where they barely exceed five million inhabitants, is a Place of contrasts. While the enclave has a high degree of government control and certain practices that can be described as repressive, on the other they embrace new technologies to the point of being A world reference in the public sphere towards AI. There, having a car is not a practical need, it is a statement of status. Drive in Singapore. The story was told this week The New York Times. In Singapore, possessing a car is not something practical, it is rather a statement comparable to dressing a designer suit or wearing a luxury watch. The reason? He Property Certificates System (introduced in 1990 to control congestion and pollution) imposes on citizens the payment of Astronomical sums Only for the right to buy a vehicle. These certificates, known as Certificates of Entitlement (COE), can reach up to $ 84,000raising the total price of common cars to Exorbitant figures more typical of a supercar. As the newspaper of Insurance agent Andre Lee told the newspaper, which in 2020 paid $ 24,000 for a kia forte Second hand, having a car was simply part of its professional image, although it later acknowledged that the expense was not justified and chose to sell it. An unnecessary luxury. It is also explained on the other hand. With a public transport network affordable and effective, Few residents They really need a car to move around the city. Long routes cost less than two dollars and transport apps such as Grab are widely available. Despite this, twice a month they are celebrated COE auctionswith limited quotas set by the government. This policy has been very effective: Singapore has only 11 cars per 100 inhabitants, well below countries like the United States or Italy, where the figure exceeds 75. Other cities have adopted by measures against congestion, such as urban tolls In LondonStockholm or New Yorkbut no charge both for having a car and Singapore. The car and social classes. For the richest in the country, acquiring a vehicle with all associated costs does not represent a problem. Su-Sanne Ching, businesswoman, said paid $ 150,000 by A Mercedes-Benzincluding a coe of $ 60,000. On the other hand, for the middle class, especially families with children, the car becomes a luxury difficult to sustain. Joy Fang and her husband told the Times that they bought in 2022 a used Hyundai for $ 58,000 to take their two children. Every month they allocate More than 10% of their family budget to keep the vehicle, which has forced them to reduce departures and trips. Even so, they consider that the alternative (moving with young children and bags in public transport) is unfeasible. Sometimes not even symbolism. There are more extreme cases. Even for those who acquire a car for symbolic or professional reasons, Like Andre Leecumulative expenses can make The decision loses meaning. Maintenance, gasoline, parking and insurance end up exceeding the initial expectations. Read, for example, sold his car three years after buying it and now moves in public transport, or borrows his father’s vehicle when he needs to meet with customers. In his opinion, there are other priorities that ended up despite more than the image that projected to have their own car. Rational choice against chaos. Singapore’s restrictive model contrasts with that of other Southeast Asia cities Like Yakarta or Bangkokwhere extreme traffic converts displacements into an odyssey. For many Singapurenses, giving up the personal car is a reasonable price for enjoying more clear streets and fast journeys. In this regard and According to sociologist Chua Beng Huatthe choice is cultural and practical: the population prefers to avoid long hours behind the wheel. The man himself, despite having a SUV byd to move his grandchildren, says he turns to the subway when he goes to the center. Ultimately, the car in Singapore seems to have become a more than functional aspirational good, one reserved for those who can afford it without compromising their economy. Unlike other parts of the world where the vehicle represents an almost imperative need for mobility or independence, on the island-state it is, for many, A luxury compared With the most ostentatious objects. There is like having a rolex, or almost. Image | William Cho In Xataka | Guide to know if your car can circulate through the Zbe of Madrid in 2025: labels, registered and areas In Xataka | How to make an appointment at the IMSS online in Mexico

The question is if the ‘True Crime’ is getting too far

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The edition of the book ‘El Odio’, in which José Bretón confesses the murder of his children, has been paralyzed after numerous requests of Ruth Ortiz, woman of the murderer, by the editorial itself that I was going to publish it, Anagrama. Although they believe they have the right to edit it, for the moment they stop the process until there is a legal pronouncement on Ortiz’s requests. A decision that, in any case, puts on the table the controversial literary works written by murderers, and that are lately arriving at the Spanish editorial panorama. The Breton case. José Bretón killed his two children Ruth and José in Córdoba in 2011, but since 2013 and for 12 years he kept his innocence. The book ‘The Hate’ includes the correspondence he has maintained with the journalist Luisgé Martín and in which he finally confesses the crime, which he carried out poisoning them and subsequently incinerating the bodies. Breton was convicted and turns 25 in prison in the maximum security prison of Herrera de la Mancha. The book that was not. ‘Hate’ was going to be published on March 26, with the undoubted commercial hook to include Breton’s confession. As soon as Ruth Ortiz was announced, he went to the service of victims of Andalusia, with whom he presented a letter to the Prosecutor’s Office (first of Córdoba, after Barcelona, ​​where the publisher is) asking that the publication be stopped. The Minister of Equality, Ana Redondo, has expressed support for prevent Ortiz from revictimizing. Anagrama’s aforementioned message manifests his disagreement and mentions works such as Cold Blood ‘of Capote or’ The Adversary ‘of Carrère as precedents. New ways for True Crime. It is one of the Fashion genres indisputable within a morbid variant of the criminal documentaries of a lifetime. On platforms, every very little time triumphs a series or fiction film based on real facts, or documentary that unleash old cases or iconic criminals. In podcasts, programs like ‘Criminopathy‘or’ The Lord of Crimes’, not to mention foundational milestones as’ serial ‘or’ criminal ‘bet on the profusion of data and atmospheric narration. Books on the subject also abound, and practically all publishers have their releases True Crimebut this orientation to give voice to the murderers is new. Or isn’t it so much? More convicts who write. Breton adds to a series of books that different men are recently written. The media Daniel Sancho I would be writing one From prison in Thailand. And Alfonso Basterra, convicted of The assumption casehas written a book in jail, although it has nothing to do with the case that gave it fame: it is a novel that It is titled ‘Cito’ and dedicated to the murdered girl. The three most media cases and that have occupied more hours in the media in recent years between conjectures, follow -ups and gatherings, thus find such a singular as expected editorial counterpart. A long tradition. Breton, Sancho or Basterra cases are not unique. A serial murderer as legendary as John Wayne Gacy detailed his crimes in the Book of Memories ‘A Question of Doubt’, 1992, encouraged by the abundant literature he was generating. And the recently deceased OJ Simpson played with the morbidity of his case with ‘If i did it’, in which he counted, in the form of hypothesisthe crime by which he was tried, although he never published in his original form, but as a commented manuscript. More abundant are the books in which a journalist interviews the criminal or investigates the case and tries to put himself into his skin, as in the classics cited by Anagrama or the ‘Hate’ of Martín and Breton, and that it is not yet clear if we will read. Header | Anagram In Xataka | The ‘True Crime’ pending black Spain: the cases that television fiction have not yet dared to play

The true crown jewel in Apple is not its products, but its credibility. And they just torpedo her

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In the summer of 2008 Apple made a great launch, one colossal and one that was one of the greatest disasters in its history. You probably remember the first two (the iPhone 3G and, above all, the App Store), but perhaps not what was that disaster. It is normal: they got us almost forgotten about that. That disaster was mobilemethe email platform that sought to compete with Exchange or with the Blackberry systems. However, its operation was An absolute disasterwith service drops and unexpected charges to user credit cards. So terrible was what David Pogue, an known editor of The New York Times, changed the name to Mobilemess (playing with “Mess”, “mess” in English “). Two years later Mobileme was kaput. It was something later when we knew how that disaster was managed internally. In 2011 Fortune published an article in which they precisely told how shortly after the launch, Steve Jobs called the Mobileme team to a meeting: “According to a participant in the meeting, Jobs entered dressed with his characteristic black neck jersey and blue jeans, gathered his hands and asked a simple question: “Can anyone tell me what Mobileme is supposed to do?” After receiving a satisfactory response, he continued: “And why don’t you do it?”. During the next half hour, Jobs rebuked the group. “You have stained Apple’s reputation,” he told them. “You should hate them for having disappointed you mutually.” Public humiliation especially enraged Jobs. Walt Mossberg, the influential gadget columnist from the Wall Street Journal, had criticized Mobileme. “Mossberg, our friend, doesn’t write good things about us anymore,” said Jobs. In the act, Jobs appointed a new executive to direct the group. “ History showed how for Jobs that ruling, now practically forgotten, had a capital importance. But that was the Apple before. Something smells in Apple John Gruber, well -known analyst and responsible for the Dary Fireball blog, I published this week A worrying analysis of Apple’s situation. It was titled “Something is rotten in the state of Cupertino”, and in it explained how different this Apple is now to which at that time managed Steve Jobs. This expert focused on what happened with Apple Intelligence in general and with the new version of Siri enhanced by the particular. In Apple they are clear followers in generativeand it does not seem that this will change in the short term. Apple Intelligence functions are limited and very modest, and while the greats of technology and various startups do not stop surprising us with new advances and increasingly striking functions, in Apple they continue with an approach that seemed interesting (very focused on privacy) but that is being disappointing in its exasperating deployment. But the really worrying thing is what happened with Siri. After the wwdc last year They announced that “Siri will be able to offer intelligence adapted to the user and the information of his device. For example, a user can say:” Play that podcast that Jamie recommended you, “and Siri will locate and reproduce the episode, without the user having to remember if he was mentioned in a text or in an email.” But both that and other promising options of Siri were only part of an empty speech, because There was never a public demonstration of those options. The only place where we could see it was in a pre -recorded demo “Not live,” in which Siri did all that Apple said he could do. As Gruber explained: “What Apple showed about the next” personalized Siri “in the WWDC was not a demo. It was a conceptual video. Conceptual videos are shit, and a sign of a company in disorder, if not in crisis.” Not only that: in September They returned To promote that future theoretical with an advertisement in which Siri understood the personal context – in what situation we were – to respond to a request. A few days ago Apple announced without more than that option it would not arrive until at least next year. Apple not only did not demonstrate in public these new Siri options, even in a preliminary version: the only thing we could see were conceptual videos about how the characteristic should work. And that announcement with Bella Ramsey – actress famous for her role in ‘The Last of Us’— has been withdrawn from YouTube this week without more. Are Too bad signsand all point to the same: to a fiasco. One worrying, because Apple did not do these things. He has rarely promised the launch of products and then back. It happened for example With the famous wireless load basebut this was a minor accessory. Siri’s dimension had, which is a theoretically crucial component for Apple to compete in the AI ​​field. And that leads us to ask what is happening in Apple. In the last 30 years the company has managed to build an enormously solid reputation and extraordinary credibility. People choose their products because they “simply work” – with many quotes -, and despite some more or less important slips –Hello, butterfly keyboardhello Throttling-, their products continue to stand out for their reliability. Apple’s credibility begins to make waters But that credibility staggers now and joins other signals that can be worrisome. We have been waiting for years for Apple to throw its new disruptive product, but They have never achieved it. It was not his Apple Watch – despite being a very popular product, such as the airpods – and of course They have not been the vision pro. Supposedly They canceled their ‘Project Titan’ And its intentions – just officers – to develop an ‘Apple Car’, but it is even more striking that the fact that two years have arrived since Chatgpt arrived and the most powerful company on the planet can only boast an assistant who Rewrite the emails or that generates cartoons. It is terrible. Source: Trendline. Apple’s situation also seems to be reflected in sales that remain colossal, but also They seem to have stagnated … Read more

It turns out that the myth that marriage fattens is true. But only for men

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There is a preconceived and quite widespread idea that relates marriage to accumulating kilos. Well now a group of researchers has contrasted that this prejudice with respect to the marriage union is correct. Or at least correct. An unequal effect. A new study has observed that the risk of obesity increases significantly in men after marriage. It triples, in fact. The same study, however, did not find a significant change in this probability in the case of women. Of course, the risk of developing overweight did increase in both groups. The results must still be interpreted with some caution because the details of the study have not yet passed the scrutiny of peer review and publication in a scientific journal. Those responsible for the work will be presented by this spring in the 32nd European Congress on Obesity that will be held in Malaga in May. Why do we get fat? The question of why we get fat can have many answers. The simplest is that our body absorbs more calories than it burns, so stores energy in the form of fat. However, this is only part of the story: there are many genetic, environmental or socioeconomic factors that we know are, the less, correlated with our risk of developing overweight or obesity throughout our lives. Little by little we verify that marriage is one of them. 3.2 times higher risk. The study indicated that marriage multiplied by 3.2 the risk of men to develop obesity, while the effect of this union was not significant in the case of women. The risk analysis to develop overweight showed a less marked difference. The team responsible for the study observed A 62% increase in the risk of overweight in the case of men. A risk that in the case of women stayed at 39%. Multiple factors. The study analyzed other factors linked to this relationship, which showed other connections of interest. It was thus observed that some factors affected the risk of obesity in the case of women. For example, depression caused the risk to be folded, while lack of health in terms of health also increased risk in women by 43%. This type of factors and interconnections helps us understand what is happening behind the data. Even so, the hypotheses are diverse (and complementary). For example, Less physical activity by men And social pressure in the case of women can help us understand the unequal phenomenon. “Research also suggests that men may have greater propensity to gain weight after marriage due to factors such as an increase in portions, social meals, and a decrease in physical activity; while women may remain more aware of weight due to social pressures ” He pointed to the British newspaper The Guardian Katharine Jenner, director of Obesity Health Alliance. Also age of age. Another important factor to take into account was that of age, as it could foresee. The study showed that age affected the probability of developing overweight and obesity, and that in this case the effect was greater in women than in men. Thus, for example, the risk of obesity increased by 3% per year in the case of men and 4% per year in the case of women. Understanding the context. Understanding the effect of factors such as marriage can help us develop more effective policies to address obesity and overweight, with the ultimate goal of addressing public health problems such as the increase in some non -transmissible diseases for which obesity and overweight are risk factors. In Xataka | We have a way to improve the effectiveness of treatments such as Ozempic to lose weight: deceive metabolism Image | Jeremy Wong

There are too many AI models. That raises a true death sentence for Anthropic and Claude

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We have AI models to bore. And the problem is that everyone starts looking too close and deciding which one is better not simple. All companies and startups strive to be referents in an absolutely unleashed market. One that as in other technological wars probably ends some winners and enough losers. And there are those who compete with clear disadvantages. Another colossal investment round. In The Wall Street Journal indicate That Anthropic is about to close a new financing round that would allow him to lift 3.5 billion dollars. That would make the company’s assessment amount to 61.5 billion dollars, and the question is whether the company really has options in such a competitive market. “This is not a real company”. According to analyst Ed Zitron, Claude has Two million active monthly users in January 2025. It also talks about how according to the WSJ projected revenues for 2025 (based on current contracts) is 1.2 billion dollars, a very modest figure. “They also lost 5.6 billion dollars last year,” Sign it. According to his opinion, Anthropic “is not a real company, they could not survive without the beneficence of risk capital.” Fierce competition. The truth is that Anthropic is facing exceptional competition in which the large heavyweights of the Tech industry are both in the US and in China. Deepseek surprised all of them with the launch of Deepseek V3 and after Deepseek R1, and that seems to have encouraged investors to bet even more money through all these companies. OpenAI is still a reference. At least, it is in number of users. According to CNBC They already have 400 million of active users every week, an exceptional figure that clearly puts them at the head of the popularity ranking in this segment. As with Claude, Openai is burning money that he does not have and that they obtain from extraordinary financing rounds, but unlike this, we insist, the popularity of Chatgpt is evident. And the big ones have what matters now: money. For many users IA is chatgpt, and giants such as Google with Gemini, Microsoft with Copilot or Meta with flame are still far from achieving that acceptance. They have something that Anthropic (or perplexity) does not have: many, many funds – Grok 3, from Xai is another example – and can be maintained in this race even if that is costing them a lot of money. The prize is too fat not to chase him. There are too many models, some can stay on the road. In all technological wars there have been winners and losers. It is the same as what this battle for AI points, in which there are too many competitors and that it probably ends up causing some of these efforts to not survive. Here Anthropic is one of those at a disadvantage. The AI ​​winner can be a company still unknown. Openai, Google, Apple or Microsoft may be especially well positioned to win that race, but it does not have to be so. As they recently indicated In axiosnew company can arise, still unknown, that end up doing something differential and what none of the greats had thought. It is not easy, but of course it is not impossible. Remembering Netscape. In the second half of the 9th Internet began to show their potential, but the great A small company called Netscape He managed to become a reference in the world of browsers. Then it would end up being the great loser of that war, but it was the demonstration that having more money and resources does not always have to have all the options. And that’s why so much investment in startups. That possibility that the one that wins the race will be an unknown company is precisely the one that makes risk capital companies investing a lot of money in projects that may not get absolutely at all. It has recently occurred with Thinking Machines Labthe Startup of Mira Murati, or with Safe Superintelligencethat of Ilya Sutskever. None of them have a product to show, but still have already received spectacular investments. And be careful, there is also China. Of course there are formidable rivals that are not in the US. Mistral is a reference in Europe, while In China another particular war is being fought which has made today the models of the AI ​​of Chinese companies are so good (or sometimes, better) than those of the US. The winner of this battle could also come from that country. Or any other, of course. Image | Saradash Pradhan In Xataka | China has an ambitious plan to overcome the West in Technology. And he has already chosen his 18 companies to get it

Spotify prepares a new subscription option, according to Bloomberg. Music Pro will come true the ancient Hifi audio promise

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It seems that this time is serious. Spotify could be closer to comply His former promise to offer higher quality audio to its users. Bloomberg points out that the Swedish firm is preparing a subscription option called Music Pro that will include this and other improvements for those who seek an experience a step beyond Premium. The sources consulted by the aforementioned medium say that Spotify is still working on the price and in the schedule, but they hope to launch the new level at the end of this year for additional $ 5.99 in the United States. At this time it is not clear if the supposed novelties will expand to other markets, including the European Union. Good news for audiophiles In the best case, paying a subscription and listening through the application, Spotify offers sound in AAC format with a quality equivalent to 320 kbps. Taking into account that the loss -less audio bits rate begins around 1,411 kbps, this shows how compressed are Spotify files. And while the service created by Daniel EK has the largest number of planet users, several less popular alternatives offer higher quality audio. There are Apple Music, Amazon Music HD or Tidal, who have been betting on this ideal possibility for audiophiles for a long time. Spotify will seek to make a difference with its new proposal. In addition to offering better quality audio, streaming service will allow subscribers to mix songs by different artists. For this characteristic it will use artificial intelligence, but it will not be the only thing. The additional payment of $ 5.99 The door will open to buy tickets for pre -sale concerts or access better seats. In any case, there is no official confirmation, so we will have to wait to know if this will end up materializing. Even having an official confirmation the ideal would be to wait. In its 2021 Stream On event, Spotify announced with bombs and dishes that would offer “Music with CDs without losses” at the end of that year. Four years have passed since that announcement, and not only the promise is still not fulfilled, but the video in which Billie Eilish participated, which was originally on YouTube, It has disappeared (Now it is private). In addition, la page with more details also It has been eliminated. Over time we will know what will really happen. Images | @felipepelaquim | Sound Tools In Xataka | Huawei Freebuds Pro 4, Analysis: The best way to summarize these headphones is with a word and that is “Chapó”

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