Regardless of the platform or algorithm, it’s humans that make social media toxic
A study published in ‘Nature’ analyzes 500 million messages over three decades to better understand bad manners on the internet
Images on the internet are even more sexist than texts
Gender bias in photos on the web is noticeable on platforms like Google, Wikipedia and IMDB, a problem that may be exacerbated by artificial intelligence
Nanna Bonde Thylstrup, expert in digital memory: ‘We could lose part of our memory because a file format becomes obsolete’
The Danish researcher speaks with EL PAÍS about how to understand the fragility of digital memory within the apparent abundance of the internet age
Spanish orchestra performs work made with AI for the first time: ‘It was a pastiche’
Spain’s RTVE Symphony Orchestra and Innovation Laboratory managed to compose a piece of music using artificial intelligence, but the result wasn’t very promising
Journalist Antony Loewenstein: ‘Israel uses apps that make killing Palestinians as easy as ordering pizza’
A new book describes the technology used against Palestinians and their alleged ineffectiveness against the October 7 Hamas attack
Apps that control kids’ phones: how much vigilance is enough?
Moms and dads’ fear over the effect phones can have on minors has triggered the use of parental control apps, but experts warn of risks: “Spying is not the way”
How to make it big with the first ‘start-ups’ of the AI age: ‘A few years ago, just two people would not have been able to set this up’
Two entrepreneurs from Spain launched MagnificAI, an image enlargement app that hit the big leagues in just a month and a half with 400,000 registered users, attracting attention from Elon Musk, Hollywood and Beeple
Experts warn of the dangers and difficulties of a government-instituted anti-porn app: ‘This has never been successful’
Restricting minors’ access to online content is a challenge that no country has managed to solve without generating new risks and inconveniences
Researcher claims Harvard bowed to Meta: “I got pushed out after a $500 million donation from the Chan Zuckerberg initiative”
Disinformation expert Joan Donovan wants an investigation into her dismissal, alleging undue donor influence on the university
Raquel Urtasun, the engineer who believes she has found the key to self-driving cars: ‘I have no doubts’
The first generation of driverless vehicles has failed to catch on. But after 15 years of research, this Spanish engineer has founded a company in Canada that she sees as the solution: ‘We have the advantage of being second’
‘You wanted it, bitch!’: An AI chatbot gets nasty with a teenager
Character.AI generates fictional conversations with famous people, but occasionally spins out of control
‘Working in Amazon offices was like slowly killing yourself’: Life in the tech giant, according to a former executive
Kristi Coulter spent 12 years in various positions at the company’s headquarters in Seattle. Now she has released a memoir about the grueling work conditions, which she says have been key to the business’s success
At what age should a teenager be given a cell phone?
The debate about when to give kids their first smartphone is growing among parents and experts, but there are no clear solutions. Three researchers point out the key aspects
‘A 12-year-old is not ready’: Why thousands of parents are teaming up to delay their children’s first cell phone use
A WhatsApp chat group based in Barcelona, Spain, filled up in just a few weeks with families who want to restrict devices among schoolchildren. It is the largest example of a movement that is growing among parents across Spain
‘People have no idea’: How smart devices spy on us and reveal information about our homes
Pioneering research has discovered how smart devices talk to Android apps and each other to share data that allows them to know who enters a home, when, and how much they earn
‘When are you getting the Lamborghini?’ This is how the NFT market is surviving after promising millions to its investors
The technology that allows for the creation of unique works gave an enormous boost to digital art. Nowadays, however, NFTs are dealing with malaise and waiting for better times
Ben Smith, journalist: ‘On Twitter/X, we’re only left with depraved journalists and politicians yelling at each other’
The reporter has firsthand experience with the changes of the last 20 years on the border between technology and information. He now recounts the rise and fall of viral content in a new book
‘I caught my wife cheating on me’: The disturbing ease with which spying devices can be bought online
Amazon and eBay offer hundreds of increasingly sophisticated and inexpensive surveillance equipment. While the items are legal, some of the purposes for which they are used are not
When Elon Musk unplugged the Twitter servers with a pocket knife: ‘There’s still shit that’s broken because of it’
The famous journalist Walter Isaacson has had access to the magnate and his entourage for hundreds of hours. His biography lauds Musk’s achievements and addresses his mental health and family issues, especially with one of his 10 children who is trans because of the ‘woke mind virus’
Will Community Notes, Elon Musk’s tool to combat misinformation, turn into a polarized battleground?
The open-source algorithm enables users to collaboratively add context to potentially misleading tweets
‘Right-wing bias’: A macro study confirms that Facebook disinformation is consumed by conservatives
According to analysis of data from 208 million US citizens, which Meta allowed a team of academics to access, 97% of fake news is seen by right-wing users. The investigation did not find clear links between social media and political polarization
Pamela San Martín: ‘I can read seven tweets and become an instant expert’
This Mexican lawyer and member of Meta’s Oversight Board provides insights into the internet’s impact on democracy
Julia Ebner: ‘We’re at the beginning of the digital Middle Ages. It’s a very dangerous road’
The exploitation of a technology like the internet and successive global crises have led to a chaotic situation, says this Austrian researcher, who studies the proliferation of extremist ideas
‘Being a YouTuber is as hard as being a soccer player’: The abysmal odds of succeeding as a content creator
Spanish researchers reveal just how difficult it is to reach the necessary numbers to live off the most popular video platform in the world
ChatGPT lies better than humans
A new study finds that it is more difficult to detect misinformation in tweets written by artificial intelligence
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg challenge each other to a fight in Las Vegas over Meta’s new Twitter feed
The two moguls exchanged messages on their social media in which the Tesla co-founder accepted a challenge from the Facebook owner, who now practices martial arts
Is ChatGPT the end of programmers? ‘It will make them more efficient, not replace them’
Experts agree that as helpful as the artificial intelligence tools are, programming professionals will still be necessary in the future, albeit with different roles