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One of the problems with leaps in technology is that some components are becoming obsolete, despite the fact that technically they still have a useful life ahead of them. An example of this is what happens with processors and RAM memories, in which the change of socket or socket requires that the updates be complete and that they include both a processor and a motherboard. But nevertheless, a youtuber named Bing -and supposedly, also an employee of Asus- gave with an interesting system that allows using DDR4-type RAM memories on motherboards that use DDR5 memories. To do this, he built an adapter that adds to DDR4 memory and with which it can be connected to a DDR5 slot on the Asus Z690 motherboard. But this adapter is only half the task. The other half has to do with managing the me...

With the resurgence of COVID-19 in the United States due to the omicron variant, there are some activities that people should avoid. And one of them is cruise travel, according to the new bulletin delivered by official organizations of the country. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States indicated that there are dozens of ships in which there have been cases of infection and therefore, the recommendation is to avoid getting on a cruise ship for now. "It is especially important that travelers in risk groups for COVID-19 avoid getting on cruise ships, be they transatlantic or domestic river cruises," they indicated. The recommendation also includes people who have already been vaccinated with several doses, since according to the CDC there have been more than...

On track to achieve its best year since 2015, the dollar has been supported by an improving US economy and persistent inflation prompting an aggressive turn by the Fed, which is now expected to start raising interest rates. from March. The best performance of major currencies against the dollar in 2021 was for the loonie, which was flat throughout the year, helped by expectations that the Bank of Canada will begin tightening its monetary policy in January. Among the major currencies, the worst performer against the dollar was the Japanese yen, which is down about 10% this year. The euro, which represents the largest weight in the dollar index, was down just over 7% in 2021, with analysts at Scotiabank projecting a weakening of the European Union currency next year. The euro was down ab...

The president of the Republic, Laurentino Cortizo Cohen, signed this December 31, 2021, the Executive Order by which the minimum wage is adjusted in those activities that have presented some level of recovery in 2021 compared to 2019.According to the Decree, these new minimum wages will be applied in activities such as:Agriculture, fishing and livestock – 1.5%Social, financial and private health services activities 2.0%Supply of electricity, gas, steam, in the area of ​​water supply, sewerage, waste management - 2-0%Quarrying and construction sector - 1.0%Banana workers, according to the agreement reached in 1019 between Sitraibana, Sitrapbi and the National Government - 13%Domestic service – 5%See Official Gazette here.The Minister of Labor and Labor Development, Doris Zapata Acevedo,...

The last day of the year ends with a record of infections for most of the autonomous communities that have reported their data at this time. Andalusia, Aragon, Catalonia, the Valencian Community, Galicia, Murcia or Navarra have registered unprecedented numbers of new infections in the last 24 hours. As on November ...

An unexpected discovery was made by a group of scientists studying ancient mummies: DNA preserved for 2,000 years, thanks to lice attached to the scalp of the remains. The study, led by biologist Alejandra Perotti and published in Molecular Biology and Evolution reveals that the sticky substance released by lice, and which helps the bugs stick tightly to the head, also serves to preserve DNA. This was discovered by analyzing the remains of some Argentine mummies, dating from a period between 1,500 and 2,000 years ago. The researchers indicated that the amount of genetic material preserved by the lice substance is similar to that found in a tooth, twice that preserved in a petrified bone and four times greater than the DNA present in a drop of blood. taken from an adult louse dating bac...

On track to achieve its best year since 2015, the dollar has been supported by an improving US economy and persistent inflation prompting an aggressive turn by the Fed, which is now expected to start raising interest rates. from March. The best performance of major currencies against the dollar in 2021 was for the loonie, which was flat throughout the year, helped by expectations that the Bank of Canada will begin tightening its monetary policy in January. Among the major currencies, the worst performer against the dollar was the Japanese yen, which is down about 10% this year. The euro, which represents the largest weight in the dollar index, was down just over 7% in 2021, with analysts at Scotiabank projecting a weakening of the European Union currency next year. The euro was down ab...

The euro is preparing to meet its second decade in circulation on January 2 pending a facelift with the redesign of banknotes scheduled for 2024 by the European Central Bank (ECB) and without losing sight of a new digital era, for which the issuing institute hopes to have a first prototype of the digital euro ready in 2023, as well as the expected adoption of the currency by new EU countries, the first of the which could be Bulgaria in two years.Despite the ups and downs experienced in its first twenty years in the pockets of the citizens, the euro has established itself as the second most used currency in the world, although at a considerable distance from the dollar, which maintains its hegemony as a currency without question. global reserve, except in the emerging segment of green bo...

Ten of the top 11 sectors in the S&P 500 were advancing in a light-trading session, led by energy, the best-performing division of 2021. The S&P and the Dow hit highs this week as optimism generated by early data suggesting the omicron variant is less virulent that other strains countered concerns stemming from a record surge in cases in the United States and warnings of disruption. On New Year's Eve, thousands of flights within the United States and internationally were delayed and hundreds were canceled, in part due to the rampant rise in COVID-19 infections. "With no big market drivers and no major events scheduled, we expect quiet trading activity," JFD Group's Charalambos Pissouros wrote in a note. "Let's not forget, however, that due to limited liquidity, a sudden market-related ...

NEW YORK (dpa-AFX) - US government bonds increased their profits slightly in shortened trading on Friday. The futures contract for ten-year Treasuries (T-Note-Future) recently rose by 0.08 percent to 130.52 points. The yield on ten-year government bonds fell to 1.498 percent.Dealers spoke of a thin and directionless deal before the end of the year. Market moving economic data were not published. The rapid spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus is still in the focus of the markets. The effects in the USA were limited, however, as hardly any economic restrictions have been adopted so far./he www.finanzen.net

Operations and passenger traffic in the Tocumen International Airport They exceeded the projections planned at the beginning of the year, according to the data accumulated in the activity reports, at the end of November 2021. The general manager of the Tocumen International Airport, Raffoul Arab, In his 2021 management balance, he maintained that the movement of passengers through the Tocumen airport will exceed 9 million people, at the end of this year. The figure represents more than 60% of the statistics reported in 2019.This growth, according to Arab, is due to the vaccination campaign, the use of passports and digital certificates of vaccination schemes and the relaxation of travel requirements.All these measures help to improve the confidence of business and tourism passengers ”,...

A group of scientists from the Department of Energy's National Laboratory for Accelerators (SLAC) has announced that the world's brightest laser is close to completion. It is Linac Coherent Light Source II (LCLS-II), which can be up to 10,000 times brighter than LCLS-I, the brightest laser in existence until the new device is operational. For now, the LCLS-II is still being built in a facility thirty feet underground near Stanford University. The apparatus stretches for about 3.2 kilometers in a tunnel that was dug especially for this purpose. SLACScientific expectation According to those in charge of the project, this new laser could help physicists answer some of the main unknowns of the universe. LCLS-I, the previous project that went live in 2009, is capable of creating a beam of l...

Although we are leaving the second year of the coronavirus pandemic behind, the scientific community has explained on several occasions that little is still known about this health threat. This happens mainly because the characteristics of the disease change frequently, which is conditioned by the appearance of new variants of SARS-CoV-2. Israel, for example, has just detected the first case of flurone, a simultaneous infection of flu and coronavirus, according to the portal Ynet. The victim would be a 30-year-old woman who has not been vaccinated and who recently had a baby in the Beilinson hospital in the city of Petah Tikva. “He was diagnosed with the flu and coronavirus as soon as he arrived. Both tests came back positive, even after we repeated the test, ”said Arnon Viznitzer, hea...

New York City is taking efficiency and carbon footprint very seriously. And for this they announced that they will buy a fleet of 184 fully electric Ford Mustang Mach-E vehicles, which will be used by the authorities and emergency services. In particular, the Mustang Mach-E will arrive at the New York Police Department, the Department of Parks and Recreation, the Office of the Medical Examiner, the Department of Environmental Protection, the Office of Emergency Management and the Department of Corrections. These 184 electric cars will be part of a much larger fleet: 1,250 vehicles that will be added to the city's operation in 2022. These cars, yes, will not be operational soon, but will be added to the city's fleet until June 30, 2022. The acquisition is part of a $ 420 million invest...

The National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) issued a recommendation to the government of Cuitláhuac García, state president of Veracruz, for the undue detention and indictment of six young people.Through a statement, the CNDH reported that it asks the García administration to repeal the crime of outrages to the authorities, as well as administrative and criminal sanctions for those responsible for the abuses.“The defense body ruled that the Cuitláhuac government violated the legal security and freedom of each of the six young people through the Public Security Secretariat and the Prosecutor's Office, since they were arbitrarily detained last September and remained, without any evidence against him, for four months in prison, "the document states.The six young men were released after a l...

So was this 2021, similar to a continuation of that 2020 that we longed for so much for it to end. And yet, with the people we follow on this ship of life, modified in so many ways. 2021 is the year of courage and innovation where we decided to go out and try after the year of fear, anger and the step to acceptance.This is how this year has become successful in so many things. We have clearly learned to take better care of ourselves. We have become convinced of the real value and possibility of remote work. Generations that we believed irreconcilable came together and markets and businesses were opened that we did not yet know would exist so quickly and so successfully. Industries were consolidated, while some emerged, others were reinvented and many others in an almost inexplicab...

The Benchmark 10-year US Treasuries were on Friday to end the year with the biggest increase in yield since 2013as investors brace for the likelihood of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates as early as May. www.ambito.com

The Benchmark 10-year US Treasury bonds closed this Friday to close the year with the largest increase in their yield since 2013as investors brace for the likelihood of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates as early as May. www.ambito.com

“Panama is facing a community transmission with the new variant and that the tests that have been carried out on itthe last hours possibly 20% of the positives are Omicron“Said the Minister of Health, Luis Francisco Sucre.Sucre indicated that according to the analysis carried out by the Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies (ICGES) As of Wednesday, December 29, a total of 46 cases have been detected in the country of the new variant Ómicron, without reporting any deaths.Explained that Omicron is a variant that spreads very quickly so he anticipates that it will be the predominant lineage in the country.He reiterated the call for the correct use of the mask, hand washing and physical distancing to contain the accelerated spread of the virus. elcapitalfinanciero.com

In recent times, technology has surprised with the development of new robots capable of carrying out the most unique tasks. Now, in the context of CES 2022, the Yukai Engineering company presented a curious robot that bites the fingertip of the user. For whatever reason, the company known for the robotic cat's tail pillow hopes the finger-biting robot will be a "somewhat pleasant sensation" for its owner. The most interesting part is that the robot, known as Amagami Ham Ham, has an algorithm called Hamgorithm that chooses one of twelve nibbling patterns, so you never really know what the person will feel when the robot interacts with its limb. YukaiThose interested in this prototype can get an idea, since the firm has explained that these patterns include "Tasting Ham", "Massage Ham" an...

The Nature Protection Service (Seprona) of the Civil Guard is searching the mountains of the Coruña regions of Barbanza and As Mariñas in search of poisoned baits, placed to kill wolves. The investigation began after the disappearance of wolf specimens that were being followed. ...

The risk of hospitalization with the omicron variant of the coronavirus is approximately one third that of delta, according to a British analysis of more than a million cases of infections with both mutations in recent weeks.The data, published by the UK Health Safety Agency, also showed that the vaccines can work well against omicron.The third dose is associated with an 81 percent reduction in the risk of hospitalization compared to similar unvaccinated individuals."The latest set of analyzes is in line with the encouraging signs we've already seen," said Susan Hopkins, the agency's chief medical adviser."However, it is still too early to draw definitive conclusions about the severity of the hospitalization, and the increase in omicron transmissibility and the increase in cases in the ...

To avoid the overflow of hospitals with the increase in COVID-19 cases caused by the omicron variant, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson must be ready to impose restrictions on social contacts, a senior official from the National Health Service of United Kingdom [NHS, por sus siglas en inglés]. Boris Johnson, caught in the crises that can end his leadership and the Conservative government ...

El Government through the Ministry of Commerce and Industries (Mici) extended maximum retail prices for six more months of eight products in the basic basket, and decided to eliminate the other six products from the list of 14 that were previously approved.In accordance with Executive Decree 102 of December 30, 2021, which modifies Decree 165 of July 1, 2014, The following products are eliminated from the list: cassava, yams, stifled meat, onion, potato and tomato perita. Keep on the list: bone-in tape steak, cPremium ground arne, Panama whole chicken, premium rice, powdered milk, white sliced ​​bread, processed American-type yellow cheese, and sausages containing beef.The Decree will enter into force as of January 3, 2022 and will last for no more than six months. The The same will g...

DT en Español could receive a commission if you buy a product from the site The food of the southern United States has its peculiarities: strong and tasty cuts of meat and, percent, Tex-Mex food, that mix between Mexican cuisine and that of Amerindian origin, with all those ingredients that give it a unique flavor. . But where can you find the main exponents? We have selected the best texas restaurants What can you visit. You will be interested in: Eculent Kema, Texas Google: 4.9 points | Yelp: 4.5 starsType of kitchen: fusion, molecularBookings: ExploretockCOVID-19 measures: reserves are required, surface disinfection. Break the limits of the traditional gastronomic experience. This is the goal that chef David Skinner set for himself with Eculent. Using techn...

Asus has many models of computer motherboards for sale, but one in particular is causing problems and will have to be recalled. The problem? There have been too many episodes of burned plates. This is the Asus Maximus Z690 Hero model board and according to various user reports, it is literally on fire: small flames appear at a specific point on the board, forcing the device to be turned off and disconnected from the power to avoid a major incident. Both in the Asus forums like in Reddit, several users revealed to have suffered the same situation. Given what happened, Asus launched an investigation and indeed, a manufacturing problem was discovered in the Maximus Z690 Hero boards, due to a small and dangerous error: a small memory capacitor that was installed backwards during the manu...

European stocks fell slightly on Friday, although they ended the year on a high note, despite rising Covid-19 infections around the world and concerns about the pace of global economic recovery after the pandemic.Trading volumes were slim on Friday, with many investors absent and most of the major European exchanges closed, with the exception of London and Paris, which had shorter trading sessions.The pan-European STOXX 600 Index lost 0.1 percent, with retail stocks leading the losses. The benchmark added 1.3 percent on the week.The STOXX 600 ended the year up 22 percent, its best year since 2009, and all major subsectors posted annual gains.Banks and tech led earnings for the year, each advancing 34 percent, while pandemic-affected travel underperformed, advancing 4 percent. www.fi...

In Panama on December 30, 2,664 new cases of Covid-19 were registered for an accumulated of 493,707 cases, revealed the epidemiological report of the Ministry of Health (Minsa), doubling the number of new positives compared to the December 29 when there were 1,348 are new cases.El Minsa reports that in the last 24 now two deaths have been reported, for a total of 7,427. The new recovered were 387 totaling 475,216 recovered.Were made 25,679 new tests, registering a 10.3% positivityActive cases already go for 11,064, of which 10,726 are in home isolation and 170 in hotels. Hospitalized: 168, in ward: 145 and in ICU: 23 elcapitalfinanciero.com

Many corners of the planet have already welcomed the new year, however, once again the celebrations have been colored by the coronavirus pandemic. On this occasion, the rise in the number of infections due to the omicron variant has made the celebrations more measured, if compared to a "normal" year. New Zealand was one of the first territories to welcome the year 2022. This country organized a discreet light show that was projected on the most important monuments of Auckland, among them the Sky Tower and the Harbor Bridge. New Zealand. Getty ImagesThis celebration replaced the traditional fireworks display that took place even before the COVID-19 pandemic. This change is due to the fact that, for the second consecutive year, the authorities wanted to avoid crowds. Australia, for its p...

Brent is on track to end the year nearly 52% higher, its biggest gain since 2016, while WTI is heading for a 56.5% gain, the highest return for the benchmark contract since 2009, when prices soared more than 70%. Both contracts hit their 2021 high in October, with Brent at $ 86.70 a barrel, the highest since 2018, and WTI at $ 85.41, its highest since 2014. Prices are expected to continue rising next year. year, as demand for jet fuel catches up. "We have had delta and omicron and all kinds of closures and travel restrictions, but the demand for oil has remained relatively strong. This can be attributed to the effects of stimuli that support demand and supply restrictions," he said Craig James, chief economist at Australian brokerage CommSec. After climbing for several days in a row, Cr...