Last week Facebook announced that it would change its name to Meta . A new definition that, according to its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, better encompasses everything the company does today, and that goes through its vision of a future in which augmented and virtual reality have a much more present weight in lives of all. Although it still sounds too much like science fiction , the bet of the old Facebook already has some points of connection with the present through its Oculus glasses. But, beyond the world of video games, it is possible that work, and especially remotely, is…
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The University of Murcia (UMU) will start this Monday, September 6, the academic year with more than 30,000 undergraduate, master and doctoral students and under the guidelines set out in Contingency Plans 4, which contemplate adapted face-to-face teaching with a distance security in the one-meter classrooms and the rest of the measures to avoid contagion, sources from the educational institution reported in a statement. These contingency plans, which can be consulted on the website of each faculty, affect the return to the presence of academic life. In practice, this means that each center, depending on the specific needs of their…
Michelin, leader in the agricultural tire segment, is committed to AgroGlobal, the largest agricultural fair in Portugal that will open its doors from September 7 to 9. The Michelin group will be present with a wide range of high-performance tires with complementary solutions, which offer maximum performance accompanied by efficient and sustainable productivity, becoming a key element in transmitting power, traction and respecting the ground. Michelin has a wide range of tires with complementary solutions that allow farmers to achieve their goals with minimal impact on the environment. Under its premise “Beyond the tire to protect the soil” , Michelin…
The Social Security contribution is one of the most important obligations that a worker has, since it will allow him to access the retirement pension that corresponds to him or other types of benefits in the future. Although these contributions begin with the beginning of the citizen’s work activity, there are situations in which, without working, contributions are maintained. According to the General Law of Social Security , the obligation to contribute ” will be born with the beginning of the provision of work, including the trial period ” and “will be maintained for the entire period in which the…
The economic and employment recovery may be overshadowed by rising inflation. Since the beginning of the year, the rate of increase in prices has accelerated. This fact can have negative consequences for the economy. Inflation in the Eurozone stood at 3% year- on- year in August , when the objective of the European Central Bank is a rate slightly above 2%. In Spain, it reached 3.3%. Forecasts suggest that it will accelerate even more in the coming months , due to energy prices, the economic rebound after the stoppage caused by Covid-19, the strong growth in the costs of maritime…
Not new, although it has been detected again in recent months , there are several drivers who have notified the police of a scam that involves a car and a false call to insurance . The one known as ‘mirror scam’ because this element is the hook on which the plot begins, this leads to a theft that can reach up to 1,500 euros . With the return to normality on Spanish roads, as evidenced by the mobility data of the DGT, traffic accidents have also returned. More minor claims due to the accumulation of vehicles that in most cases…
The Nigerian Government confirms the kidnapping of 136 children in a school last Sunday. There are already more than 900 students kidnapped since last December. The Nigerian authorities confirmed this Thursday that 136 students were kidnapped from an Islamic school in north-central Nigeria on May 30. “The Government of the state of Niger – where the kidnapping took place – has confirmed that the number of students kidnapped by bandits at the Salihu Tanko Islamic School, in Tegina, Rafi local government, is 136,” authorities said in a statement sent to Efe by the press service of the governor of the…
The investigators of the crime of the young Samuel Luiz , after a beating at dawn on July 3 on the Coruña promenade, do not rule out new arrests, as confirmed at a press conference after lifting the court the secret of the summary. “The operation is still open, there could be more arrests “, has advanced the chief commissioner of the Provincial Brigade of the Judicial Police of the Superior Headquarters of Galicia, Pedro Agudo. Regarding the detainees -a total of six people, two of them minors-, Agudo has confirmed that they have had a “direct responsibility”, which in…
‘La voz senior’ is already preparing its third edition on Antena 3. The network has already prepared the new of its popular musical talent show with elderly singers with the fichaje de Niña Pastori como coach como una de las grandes novedades, según ha conocido en exclusiva YOTELE. The flamenco singer-songwriter , who has accumulated more than two million copies sold in her 25-year professional career in the world of music, returns to the format after having been Rosario’s advisor on ‘La voz kids’, in the stage that was broadcast at Telecinco in 2014. After this first experience, Niña Pastori…
The Luxembourg National Data Protection Commission (CNPD) has imposed a penalty of 746 million euros on Amazon Europe Core, considering that the processing of personal data by the multinational did not comply with the Union’s data protection regulations European. “We believe that the CNPD’s decision lacks merit and we intend to vigorously defend ourselves in this matter,” said the electronic commerce company about the sanction, communicated on July 16, which represents the highest fine imposed to date in Europe. regarding data protection. “We totally disagree with the ruling and we intend to appeal,” added the company, for which the CNPD’s…