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DigameXtra wishes all its readers a wonderful holiday season !

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NERJA

They limit the capacity on New Year’s Eve on the Paseo Balcón de Europa in Nerja for security reasons: {Translation, summary}
– Nerja’s councilman of Security, Francisco Arce (PP), has reported that “for security reasons” the viewpoint over the Mediterranean will have limited capacity this New Year’s Eve “as a preventive measure against possible crowds of people to welcome the New Year. In addition, the old site where the cultural and multipurpose center Giner de los Ríos was located will be enabled as a new space for the celebration.
– He pointed out that access controls will be established at two points: one at the entrance on Calle Carmen and another in Puerta del Mar, in order to count the people accessing the Balcony of Europe. Also, a capacity control will be implemented in the aforementioned space of the former Giner de los Rios.
– Both the Balcony of Europe and the Giner de los Rios will enjoy live music by the Alalba Group and DJ Toulalán, respectively, as well as bar service, from eleven at night until two in the morning. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/axarquia/limitan-aforo-nochevieja-paseo-balcon-europa-nerja-20241230111953-nt.html

Note: Forecasters say there is a 30% chance of showers in the area on New Years Eve night. Confirm any outdoor activities to avoid disappointment, the locals are known to cancel events for even a small chance of rain. Town Halls should have the latest updates.

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VÉLEZ-MÁLAGA

The vandalism in Vélez-Málaga continues: {Translation}
– Vandals continue to roam freely in Velez-Malaga in the midst of the Christmas holidays, despite the efforts of the City Council of the capital of the Axarquia to strengthen surveillance and security of public spaces in recent months. This past weekend five rubbish bins have burned in different parts of the town because of vandalism.
– As reported in a statement from the bipartite government team, PP and GIPMTM, in the Consistory of Velez, “the City Council condemns these acts, which undermine the welfare of all residents.” The rapid action of the firefighters of the Provincial Consortium prevented the fire from spreading to more elements located in the town center.
– “We appreciate the rapid intervention of the emergency services, who acted diligently to minimize the damage. The Local Police are still investigating the facts to identify those responsible,” said the City Council of Velez-Malaga in a message posted on their social networks. “We call for collective responsibility and appeal to civic conscience to protect our municipality,” they have apostilled. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/sucesos/vandalismo-velezmalaga-arden-cinco-contenedores-reciclaje-fin-20241230130941-nt.html

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Vélez-Málaga will culminate Christmas with a Three Kings Parade full of magic and inclusion for children with autism: {Translation, summary}
– The Royal Postman will be this coming Thursday, January 2 in the Plaza de Las Carmelitas to collect the letters sent to Their Majesties by the children of the municipality. The next day will be the turn of the delicious Roscón de Reyes, of which more than 4,000 servings will be distributed among the attendees.
– The finishing touch will take place on Sunday January 5 with a new initiative, the traditional celebration of the Three Kings Parade, which this year will feature for the first time with a noiseless area, in which the councilor put special emphasis with a clear orientation to “improve the enjoyment of children with autism, similar disorders and people with reduced mobility”. The enclave chosen for this new initiative will be Molino de Velasco street.
– The traditional finishing touch of Christmas in Velez will begin on Thursday January 2 with the visit of the Royal Postman to the Plaza de Las Carmelitas, an act that will be attended by large crowds of young and old to leave their requests to Their Majesties the Magi from the East. At 16:30 hours will begin the journey of the envoy of the Kings from Juan Barranquero Street to Las Carmelitas Square, where, from 17:00 hours, will be the usual delivery of letters to the royal envoy. The entertainment will be provided by members of the theater La Carpa.
– The penultimate Christmas stop will have a sweet flavor with the distribution in the central square of Velez of the traditional Roscón de Reyes next Friday, January 3, between 17:00 and 20:00 hours. 300 roscones have been prepared for tasting by the residents of Velez-Malaga, which will allow the delivery of more than 4,000 portions among attendees. The performance of the pastoral of Santa Maria, at 17:30 pm, will enliven an evening that will end at 20:00 pm, the zambomba veleña.
***The Kings, in the neighborhood of El Cerro***
– The end to the Christmas festivities will take place on Sunday Jan 5th with the majestic parade starring the Three Kings, who will delight young and old through streets and squares of the municipality.
– Their Majesties the Magi will land at 9:45 am in the Cerro de Nuestra Señora de Los Remedios (San Cristobal), where they will greet the children of the municipality prior to the official reception at City Hall (11h). A mandatory visit will then take place, from 11:30 am, to the center of Asprovélez, Senior residences and Hospital Comarcal de la Axarquia, among other locations to which their royal majesties will go in a traditional procession through the various locations of Velez-Malaga in their triumphal walk every year. The royal cavalcade will begin its walk through the streets of Velez from the Fortress to Las Tiendas street, in a special tour of the historic center and the streets of the town decorated.
– The tour will begin in Plaza de Las Indias at 17:30 hours, and will move through enclaves such as Plaza Reyes Católicos, Canalejas Street, Molino de Velasco and Camino Viejo de Málaga to the Plaza de Las Carmelitas, in an end to the party that the councilor encouraged to attend all citizens to “put together the best culmination” to Christmas in Velez-Malaga. The parade will consist of 12 floats, parades, brass bands, pastoral, dance academy, belly dancing, entertainment groups and this year, for the first time also, the presence of the Band of Bugles and Drums Veleña La Caridad, which will enliven the parade with a very special repertoire. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/velez-malaga-culminara-la-navidad-con-una-cabalgata-de-reyes-llena-de-magia-e-inclusion-para-ninos-con-autismo/

USA

RIP 39th President Jimmy Carter:
– Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White House as a global humanitarian, has died. He was 100 years old.
– The longest-lived American president died on Sunday, roughly 22 months after entering hospice care, at his home in the small town of Plains, Georgia, where he and his wife, Rosalynn, who died at 96 in November 2023, spent most of their lives, The Carter Center said. Full article: https://apnews.com/article/jimmy-carter-dies-18c198c20352c835bca3eec276020dd7

HEALTH

Pediatricians update their recommendations on the use of screens in minors: {Translation, summary}
– The Spanish Association of Pediatrics (AEP) has updated its recommendations on the use of screens in children and adolescents based on new scientific evidence that, among other measures, calls for completely restricting the use of digital devices until the age of six.
– The new recommendations from pediatricians advise against the use of screens before the age of six, considering that there is no safe time of use. As an exception and under adult supervision, it can be used for social contact with a specific objective, such as having the person on the other side of the screen tell you a story.
– Between the ages of seven and 12, they urge a usage time of less than one hour, limiting devices with Internet access, agreeing on time and content limits with children, and prioritizing that they dedicate their free time to sports activities or relationships. in person, for example.
– Finally, for adolescents between 13 and 16 years old, they recommend that they spend less than two hours on these devices, that parents install parental control tools on them, and that they delay the age of the first smartphone with an Internet connection.
– The latest studies confirm different impacts on neurodevelopment at different ages. For example, the use of a telephone to reward or distract children from one to four years old causes minors to demand the devices to calm themselves and become frustrated if they are denied, which makes it difficult for them to develop self-management strategies. Meanwhile, in adolescence, digital media increases the activation of the limbic region of the brain and decreases frontal activity. Additionally, screen-related multitasking is associated with worse cognitive outcomes, a decreased ability to filter out distractions, and increased impulsivity and decreased working memory. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1854577/los-pediatras-actualizan-sus-recomendaciones-sobre-el-uso-de-pantallas-en-menores/

TECH

WhatsApp will no longer be available for Android devices aged 10 years or more from 1 January 2025; some old iPhones will get cut off in May:
*ANDROID*
– Starting January 1, 2025, the WhatsApp app will no longer be accessible on older Android phones that are more than 10 years old, WhatsApp announced. So, what should you know about it?
– For your information, if the phone is running Android Kitkat (Android 4.4) and earlier, then the owner must change phones if they want to continue using WhatsApp. WhatsApp explained that this action was taken due to technological compatibility factors between devices and applications and also to ensure optimal security and usability ( functionality.
– In addition, Android KitKat, which is Android version 4.4, was launched in 2013. That said, these are the devices that will not be able to access WhatsApp starting January 1, 2025:
Samsung: Galaxy S3, Galaxy Note 2, Galaxy Ace 3, Galaxy S4 Mini
Motorola : Moto G (1st Gen), Razr HD, Moto E 2014
HTC: One X, One X+, Desire 500, Desire 601
LG: Optimus G, Nexus 4, G2 Mini, L90
Sony: Xperia Z, Xperia SP, Xperia T, Xperia V
– If your phone is not listed but is running Android KitKat (Android 4.4), then it will have the same fate. If you are one of those affected, then make a backup ( backup chat to Google Drive) and switch to a phone that uses the latest Android or at least Android 5.0.
*APPLE*
– From May 5, the WhatsApp will stop working on iOS versions earlier than 15.1. While some iPhone users with older iOSes can simply update their phones, some which are still in use can only be updated to iOS 12.5.7.
– The phones in this category that can still use WhatsApp now but won’t be able to from May 5 are the iPhone 5s, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.
– These changes affect both the regular WhatsApp application and WhatsApp Business, which has the same system requirements.
Android ref: https://technave.com/gadget/WhatsApp-will-no-longer-be-available-for-Android-devices-aged-10-years-and-above-from-1-January-2025-41049.html
Apple ref: https://metro.co.uk/2024/12/29/full-list-phones-will-stop-able-use-whatsapp-2025-22265189/

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)

Warning from the AI ethicists of the University of Cambridge- Beware the coming “Intention Economy”:
– The near future could see AI assistants that forecast and influence our decision-making at an early stage, and sell these developing “intentions” in real-time to companies that can meet the need – even before we have made up our minds.
– This is according to AI ethicists from the University of Cambridge, who say we are at the dawn of a “lucrative yet troubling new marketplace for digital signals of intent”, from buying movie tickets to voting for candidates. They call this the Intention Economy. Researchers from Cambridge’s Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (LCFI) argue that the explosion in generative AI, and our increasing familiarity with chatbots, opens a new frontier of “persuasive technologies” – one hinted at in recent corporate announcements by tech giants.
– “Anthropomorphic” AI agents, from chatbot assistants to digital tutors and girlfriends, will have access to vast quantities of intimate psychological and behavioural data, often gleaned via informal, conversational spoken dialogue.
This AI will combine knowledge of our online habits with an uncanny ability to attune to us in ways we find comforting – mimicking personalities and anticipating desired responses – to build levels of trust and understanding that allow for social manipulation on an industrial scale, say researchers.
– “Tremendous resources are being expended to position AI assistants in every area of life, which should raise the question of whose interests and purposes these so-called assistants are designed to serve”, said LCFI Visiting Scholar Dr Yaqub Chaudhary. “What people say when conversing, how they say it, and the type of inferences that can be made in real-time as a result, are far more intimate than just records of online interactions”
– “We caution that AI tools are already being developed to elicit, infer, collect, record, understand, forecast, and ultimately manipulate and commodify human plans and purposes.”
– Dr Jonnie Penn, an historian of technology from Cambridge’s LCFI, said: “For decades, attention has been the currency of the internet. Sharing your attention with social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram drove the online economy.” “Unless regulated, the intention economy will treat your motivations as the new currency. It will be a gold rush for those who target, steer, and sell human intentions.” “We should start to consider the likely impact such a marketplace would have on human aspirations, including free and fair elections, a free press, and fair market competition, before we become victims of its unintended consequences.” Leaders at tech companies such as OpenAI, Shopify and Nvidia have spoken about chatbots focusing on human intent. Apple launched a developer framework in to connect apps to its voice-controlled personal assistant, Siri, which includes options to predict actions a user may take in the future or suggest the app intent to a user.
– “These companies already sell our attention,” Chaudhary said. “To get the commercial edge, the logical next step is to use the technology they are clearly developing to forecast our intentions, and sell our desires before we have even fully comprehended what they are.”
– A large language model AI could be used to gather information about its users — such as their politics, vocabulary, preferred communication style, age, gender, browsing history — and use that information to suggest choices determined by companies. “While some intentions are fleeting, classifying and targeting the intentions that persist will be extremely profitable for advertisers,” said Chaudhary.
– In a typical attention economy, advertisers can purchase access to users attention in the present through online ads and in the future through planned physical ad space like a billboard. But in an intention economy, which the researchers wrote is still “more aspiration than reality” currently, advertisers will be able to bid for access in real-time and against possible futures. “This transition would empower diverse actors to intervene in new ways on shaping human actions,” the authors say in the paper.
Full articles: https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/coming-ai-driven-economy-will-sell-your-decisions-before-you-take-them-researchers-warn &
https://www.courthousenews.com/ai-might-start-selling-your-choices-before-you-make-them-study-warns/

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Holiday Season Music Videos

Tom Jones & Janis Joplin – Raise Your Hand: This is Tom Jones TV Show, 1969. Video Link

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Tom Jones & Tina Turner- Warner Theatre 1978:
Baby (You’ve Got What It Takes)>Nutbush City Limits>You & I. Video Link

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The Blues Brothers – Live At Winterland, December 31, 1978: Full Set
The full unedited performance recorded when the Blues Brothers opened for the Grateful Dead on the monumental closing night of Winterland, SF. John Belushi was 29, Dan Aykroyd was 27. Video Link

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Petrol Prices – Updated daily: These are the fuel stations in Malaga province with the lowest prices. The price data for 95 and 98-octane petrol and diesel fuel is updated every day. See it here:
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Weekly Markets
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Tuesday: Nerja, Salobrena
Wednesday: Rincon de la Victoria, Algarrobo Costa
Thursday: Velez Malaga, Torre del Mar, Frigiliana
Friday: Almunecar, Salobrena, La Herradura- Summers only, Mercadillo de La Cala del Moral- Rincon de la Victoria.
Saturday: Competa, Mezquitilla@Algarrobo behind the Sala Ottowa
Sunday: Nerja Car Boot

Taxi
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Frigiliana: 952 533 231

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DigameXtra No. 2920 NEW YEARS EVE Tuesday, December 31st, 2024